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Poor patient gets artificial limbs
Chandigarh, December 6 Dr V.J.S. Vohra, CMD of the centre, said, “Though the case was very difficult and in spite of her very severe disability, we succeeded in the fitment of the artificial arms to her.” Nidhi’s father Santosh Kumar of Mukan Gobargaun village, in Narsinghpur district (MP), belongs to poor family. Her aunt, Sushila Devi, adopted her. Nidhi is now studying in class VIII. With the help of the electronic hand, she can eat, drink and even write. Nidhi was full of smiles and said she would use her hands to become a doctor. Mr S.K. Parthani, CMD, Brahmputra Consortium New Delhi bore all expenses of the treatment.
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Kaushal tops in taekwondo meet
Chandigarh, December 6 The brief results: Male Junior: Female Sub Junior: |
FCI HQ beat West Zone in hockey tourney
Chandigarh, December 6 Mukesh Kaushik and Amit Kumar scored one goal each for the headquarters whereas the lone goal for West Zone came though Vinod Kumar. In the second league match, North Zone drubbed East Zone by 6-1. The scorers for the winning team were Satwinder Singh, Parnam Singh, Lakhvir Singh and Gurinder Singh. East Zone reduced the margin with the field goal by Sudhir Minz. Tomorrow East Zone will meet NEF Zone at 12 noon while the South Zone will face the West Zone at 2 pm at the same venue. |
Table soccer chief to visit India
Chandigarh, December 6 He confirmed that Mr Lunas, based in France, wanted to promote the sport in a big way in Asia and was eager to help the Asian Table Soccer Federation and the TSFI to penetrate deeper in the masses to carry out activities in the game. Mr Balwinder Johal, president of the TSFI, said during the past one year the game got immense boost in the region. Impressed by the efforts made by the TSFI, Mr Lunas decided to interact and personally visit various coaching centres where Table soccer is being played. |
Sumeer, Arpit triumphant in snooker tourney
Chandigarh, December 6 In the second match, Arpit Seith was too good for Sachin and won the match 3-0. The scores were 57-40, 39-25 and 50-36 in favour of Seith. In the third match, Dr Canon beat Ashu Duggal 3-0. The scores were 70-25, 64-20 and 53-25. It was a close fight in the senior billiards section. Surender Singh beat Manav Dhawan 210-173 and Ashu Duggal beat Rajat Khaneja 253-233. In the third billiards match, Parmod Kumar defeated Arpit Seith 228-147 in a one-sided affair. In the junior snooker section, Sagar Narula defeated Gagandeep Singh in a well-contested match. Both juniors showed excellent potting. Sagar won by 2-1. The score stood at 49-44, 18-60 and 58-15. |
Asian chess meet arbiter
Chandigarh, December 6 Leading chess players of Asian countries will take part in under-14, under-10 and under-8 categories. |
Walkathon on Dec 11
Chandigarh, December 6 It will be conducted by Aurbindo Chaudhary Memorial Great Indian Dream Foundation, an NGO, in association with Aviva Life Insurance. The purpose is to raise support for the children in Jammu and Kashmir, who have been affected by natural calamities.
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Probe ordered against 2 docs
Panchkula, December 6 The inquiry was ordered against a surgeon and an anaesthetist after allegations were levelled against them by relatives of two patients at the hospital yesterday. Dr Saluja asked the District Malaria Officer, Dr Shail Gupta, to conduct the inquiry and submit the report within a day. Relatives of two patients alleged that they gave the money to the doctors thinking that their kin would be properly operated upon. One of them alleged that the surgeon demanded Rs 2,000 and the other accused the surgeon of demanding Rs 2,500. |
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