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HEALTH

Stall on respiratory diseases
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 26
The “breathe free” kiosk set up by the Breathe Free Society working for children with respiratory disorders at the Festival of Gardens here attracted huge crowd during the past three days.

Manned by two senior doctors from the PGI, the team of volunteers of the society disseminated information to parents about various respiratory problems that children suffer from.

“We chose Rose Festival to generate awareness about a lesser known respiratory problem among children called 65 Roses. This is an acronym for cystic fibrosis. This was thought to be a disease affecting mainly white people, but recently it is being increasingly found in Asians and Indians,” said Dr Meenu Singh, Additional Professor Pediatrics, PGI.

“It is a disorder in which a child coughs a lot, succumbs to respiratory infections and does not gaining weight properly. Children are diagnosed after a sweat test when it shows that sweat contains an abnormally high amount of salt,” the doctor said.

She said many parents wanted to know about alternative cures and treatments available for asthma. “We recommend parents to make their children do yoga exercises since it has a positive effect on them. We also ask them to take precautions by using steroid inhalers regularly to prevent an attack,” she said.

Dr Madhu Sharma who is a dietician at the PGI here said, “We are also creating awareness among parents about the diet that asthmatic children should take. Since these kids are averse to physical activities fearing an attack, they tend to be overweight which worsens the problem.”

SPORTS

Sanjay beats HP lad in boxing
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 26
Sanjay Kumar of Chandigarh thrashed Amit Kumar of Himachal Pradesh 47-28 in the middle weight category during the quarterfinal rounds of the 13th All-India AK Misra Memorial Boxing Championship held at Skating Rink, Sector 10, here today.

Results:

Lt. welter wt: G Satya Raju bt Manoj Kumar, SB Pun bt Sandeep

Welter wt: V. Lavi bt Mangesh K, T.S. Parkash bt C. Anand, Surjit bt Raj Kumar, Dilbagh Singh bt J Ramaiah

Middle wt: Vinod Kumar bt Aswini Ghalot, Barinder bt N. Saradha Rao, Surinder bt Parveen Kumar, Sanjay Kumar bt Amit Kumar.

Lt heavy wt: Ajay Kumar bt Ram Singh, M. Thapa bt Vijay Kishore, Jasbir Singh bt Sashi Kumar, G. Tripauha Rao bt Sandeep.

Heavy wt: Raj Kumar bt Pankaj Sharma, Harpreet Singh bt Hardeep Singh, Vinod bt Vijay, Vinod bt Jeevan.

Super Heavy wt: Rajinder Pal bt Naveen Rao, Mehar Singh bt M. Tokas, V. Johnson bt Mohit Sharma, Suresh Singh bt Kuldip Singh.

Kamlesh wins 100-m race

Kamlesh Kumari and Manpreet Singh were adjudged the best athletes under the girls and boys categories in the two-day 13th annual athletic meet of Govt Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, held on its premises here today.

Results:

800 m race (Boys) : Amit 1, Aditya 2, Deepak 3

4x 100 m relay (Girls): 2K4 batch, 2K2 batch, 2K5 batch.

Javelin throw (faculty): Ashwini 1, C. S. Gautam 2, S.S. Lehl 3.

100-m race (faculty): Rajeev 1, Ashwini 2, P.K. Saha 3

Javelin throw ( Girls): Kamlesh 1, Mandeep 2, Parminder and Ruby 3

Discus throw ( staff): Sanjay 1, Baljeet 2, Surinder 3.

Triple jump ( Boys): Manpreet 1, Gagandeep 2, Vikas Gupta 3.

Javelin throw(staff): Baljeet 1, Sudhir 2,Kulwinder 3

100-m race( class IV): Pardeep Singh 1, Dharminder Singh 2, Pardeep Kumar 3

100-m race ( staff): Sudhir 1, Sanjay Singh 2, Raj Kumar 3

100-m race (boys): Gagandeep 1, Manik 2, Vikas 3

100-m race ( girls): Kamlesh 1, Nidhi 2, Preet 3.

Squash court at Lake Club

Another milestone has been added in the city sports arena with the inauguration of the state-of-the-art squash court at the Lake Sport Club complex by the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Gen S. F. Rodrigues here yesterday.

The court's building constructed at a cost of Rs 60 lakh and having a plinth area of 4346 sq ft.

Two black-glass walls have been installed to facilitate the viewing of the matches.

S.K. Sandhu, Secretary, Finance and Sports, and Inderjeet Singh Sandhu, Director, Sports, were also present.

Coaches course from March 12

The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association will start an All- India Tennis Association Level I Coaches Course from March 12 to 18 at the CLTA stadium, Sector 10, here.

The successful candidates will be given a certificate and be registered with AITA for 3 years as coach. The last date for registration for participation in this course is March 6.

Lata helps PU win

An excellent performance by Lata (4 runs) enabled Panjab University to slug out Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra by 22-5 in a one-sided match in the All-India Inter-University Softball Championship held on the PU campus, here on Friday.

Monika, Manjit, Sarita and Nidhi were the main contributors for the PU team. In another encounter, Delhi University outclassed Guru Nanak Dev University 4-2.