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Workers unhappy with ESI services
Mohali, September 22 The average worker is resentful and disgusted and seems to have lost faith in the ESI system which was created for his welfare. These were among the serious observations made at a meeting attended by the SMO of the ESI Hospital, representatives and members of the Mohali Industries Association (MIA) and workers today. Ms Namrata Gandhi, a representative of Gilard Electronics Ltd, complained that doctors at the ESI Hospital did not attend to patients promptly and properly. Quoting an example, she said that a worker of her unit, Yog Raj, got injured on September 8 as his fingers got caught in a fan. He was taken to the hospital as blood was oozing out of his hand, but nobody attended to him immediately. After sometime he was given a bandage but the bleeding still did not stop and finally he had to go to a private hospital for treatment. She said another worker, Avtar Kaur, had not been reimbursement her financial dues amounting to about Rs 7,000 for the past 10 years. In fact, the bills submitted by her reimbursement had go misplaced by officials concerned and the poor worker was suffering for no fault of hers. Mr Amarjit Singh from Luthra Industrial Engineering Corporation said when he took an injured worker to the hospital he was asked by the staff on duty to get an anti-tetanus injection from the market. He said when he got the injection he was later asked to get the needle so that the injection could be administered to the worker. Narrating another case, Mr I.S. Chhabra, a managing partner of Continental Engineering Works, said when a worker was taken to the hospital there was no doctor present and had to be called. The doctor then referred the patient to the General Hospital but the ambulance was not available. When the ambulance was traced, the driver of the vehicle could not be found and ultimately the worker had to be taken in a private car. Mr R.P. Singh, joint secretary of the MLA and Managing Director of Akal Paper Moulding Ltd, alleged that workers at the hospital faced a lot of harassment for getting OPD slips made as the employee on the job was not found on his seat for long periods during working hours. As such workers had to wait for to get slip prepared. The Director of Diplast Plastics Ltd, Mr A.K. Gupta, said the ESI services only in name and workers were not getting the required benefit. Why were satisfactory services not being provided even when money was being deducted from the wages of workers, he asked. Airing similar views, some workers present at the meeting also said they felt harassed as they were not attended to properly at the hospital. Mr Balbir Singh, president of the MLA, said the meeting was held to bring the matter to the notice of the SMO concerned as there was resentment in every quarter. He said the MLA would constitute a committee of three members-Mr I.S. Chhabra, Mr A.K. Gupta and Mr Jasbir Singh- who would monitor the working of the hospital by taking the authorities into confidence. Mr R.K. Jain, SMO in charge of the hospital, said he was not aware of certain problems as he had joined only about two months back. He said the hospital did not have a gynaecologist and surgical specialist but a request had been made to the authorities to provide the doctors. He said there was no ultrasound facility but the X-ray machine was now in a working condition. The hospital faced shortage of medicines. He said the hospital had only one driver for the ambulance who could not work for 24 hours and problems also arose when he went on leave.
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Training programme on cancer control
Chandigarh, September 22 The changing lifestyle, eating habits, consumption of alcohol and consumption of fats play a major role in making a person more cancer prone. The family history of a patient could also be a cause of ovarian, uterine and breast cancer. The doctors from the Department of Radiotherapy, Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh, highlighted the facts on the first day of a training programme on “Cancer Control’ organised for health professionals at the PGIMER, here today. The RCC doctors at the camp trained over 30 medical and para-medical workers from different districts of Punjab in early detection and prevention of the cancer. Dr Rakesh Kapoor, assistant Professor of the Department of Radiotherapy, PGIMER, while talking to The Tribune said that the ration of breast cancer among women is 25 to 28 per lakh incidents in India while every one female out of nine develop breast cancer in US. He added that maximum cases of cancer patients at the PGIMER were from its neighbouring state Himachal Pradesh followed by Punjab and Haryana. The cancer patients from Jammu and Kashmir also are being treated at the PGIMER. Dr Bhawna from the GMCH, Sector 32, educated the trainees about signs and symptoms of breast cancer. She also demonstrated the trainees (women) on the ways of self-examination of breast cancers. The specialists also trained the health professionals in early detection, treatment and prevention of some common cancers — cancers of uterine cervix, breast and oral cavity — seen in our country. The participants were also given preliminary training in palliative care to look after terminally ill cancer patients. Dr SC Sharma, Professor and Head of the Department of Radiotherapy, said that the knowledge and skills imparted in this programme will enable these participants in organising cancer control programmes in their own districts. He added that the training programme has also marked the beginning of district cancer control programme in Punjab and enabled the health system to tackle the steadily increasing menace of cancer. |
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Cancer training programme for health workers
Chandigarh, September 22 About 30 medical and para-medical workers from five districts of Punjab will be trained in the early detection and prevention of the cancer. The participants would also be given preliminary training in palliative care to look after terminally ill cancer patients. The knowledge and skills imparted in this programme will enable these participants in organising cancer-control programmes in their own districts and enable the Health System to tackle the increasing menace of cancer. |
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Manju, Tushar move up
Chandigarh, September 22 After losing the first game, Manju played splendid strokes to oust Monika 19-21, 21-5, 21-15. In an under-19 boys’ singles quarterfinal tie, Tushar beat Prerak Sharma 16-21, 21-7, 23-21. The results: women’s singles quarterfinals: H. Sarda b Amanpreet Kaur 21-6, 21-9; Purnica b Seema 21-9, 21-15; Manju b Monika 19-21, 21-5, 21-15; Isha Sharma b Nisha 21-12, 21-5; men’s singles quarterfinals: Vivek Sharma b Pankaj 21-18, 21-11; Ashish b Vipul Saini 21-18, 21-16; Pawan b Vikas 21-7, 21-13; Oscar Bansal b Sunil Kumar 21-18, 21-16; under-19 girls quarterfinals: Purnica b Anita 21-8, 21-6; Akriti b Rakhi 21-11, 21-18; Seema b Chetna 21-10, 21-14; Monika b Nisha 21-13, 21-8; under-19 boys quarterfinals: Tushar b Prerak Sharma 16-21, 21-7, 23-21; Sunil b Ankur 21-11, 21-9; Vipul Saini b Munish Bansal 21-17, 21-9; Oscar b Rohit 21-16, 21-8; mixed doubles: Oscar & H. Sarda b Amit & Monika 21-15, 21-13; Ashish & Bhavna b Vikas & Manju 21-15, 19-21, 21-13; Vivek & Isha b Akash & Amanpreet 21-12, 21-12. |
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Athletics meet
Chandigarh, September 22 The results: 10,000m: Rajveer Singh (Garhwal) first, Sita Ram (North-East) second, Vidhan Tamang (L&C) third; javelin throw: Dhurv Dewri (L&C) first, Govind Singh (L&C) second, Chandar Kanta (Garhwal) third; 20km walk: Ravi Shanker (L&C) first, Dhyan Singh (Kumaon) second, Dilbag Singh (L&C) third; discus throw: Sultan Singh (L&C) first, Hari Chand (Kumaon) second, Dalip Singh (HP) third; pole vault: Joginder Singh (Kumaon) first, Gyassi Lal (Ladakh) second, Mahavir Singh (L&C) third; 400m low hurdles: Yogeshwar Singh (Kumaon) first, Moti Lal (HP) second, Ashok Kumar (Garhwal) third; hammer throw: Lavin Kumar (HP) first, Rattan Lal (L&C) second, Balwant Singh (Kumaon) third.
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