HEALTH

Private hospitals impress Singla
Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 18
Punjab Health and Finance Minister Surinder Singla said here today that private hospitals were providing better service than government hospitals. He appealed to the private hospitals to reduce the charges for the poor.

Mr Singla was here to lay the foundation stone for the advanced cancer radio therapy unit to come up at the Grecian Hospital at a cost of Rs 8.8 crore.

He said at private hospitals they had to deal with a lot of problems, including transfers of doctors. The private hospitals had to provide better services and facilities to patients to prove them. And doctors there were more accountable for work.

Highlighting various schemes for the poor, he said under the medical insurance scheme for the families below poverty line as many as 4. 5 lakh people in the state would be benefited within 15 days.

While the Cabinet had given its nod for the schemes three days ago, they were in the process of completing all formalities for their implementation, he added.

He said with an increase in the cost of medical treatment and lesser availability of doctors abroad, now more and more foreigners were visiting India for various treatments. It’s a better chance for the private hospitals to attract patients from abroad and get more business.

Mr Shivpreet Singh Samra, MD, Grecian Hospital, said the advanced radio therapy unit to be set up in the hospital would provide a complete three-dimensional cancer radiation therapy treatment under one roof.

Denied treatment at PGI, man taken to GMCH dies
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Chandigarh, December 18
Mr Balbir Singh, a resident of Bhaowal village in Ropar district, who was undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College and Hospital after being allegedly denied treatment by the PGI last month, died this morning.

After struggling for survival for over 21 days, Balbir Singh could not be saved as infection had spread to his other body parts. The doctors at the GMCH said Balbir Singh died due to infection.

An octroi recoverer with the Market Committee, Jalandhar Cantonment, Mr Balbir Singh, was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, by the civil hospital Anandpur Sahib where he was undergoing treatment.

Mr Mohinder Singh, a brother of Mr Balbir Singh, had complained to the PGI Director alleging that the doctors at the Emergency had refused to treat him.

PGI OPDs to remain closed on Dec 20, 25
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SPORTS

Press Club badminton tourney
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 18
The Chandigarh Press Club today announced that the annual Airtel-Chandigarh Press Club Inter-Media Badminton Tournament would be held from December 27-30 at the Badminton Hall of the Sector 42 Stadium here.

All journalists, members of the Chandigarh Press Club (all categories) and their spouses are entitled to participate in the tournament.

Entries can be submitted to the Manager, Chandigarh Press Club, or Maneesh Chhibber, convener, Sports Committee of the club, by December 25. An entry fee of Rs 50 per category per event will be charged from each participant.

The various categories in which matches will be held are: Men’s singles, men’s doubles, men’s singles (above 45 years), men’s doubles (above 45 years), women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

Ankur wins snooker match
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Panchkula, December 18
Ankur Nanda bt Parveen Rathi, 4-3, to win the first final league match in the snooker event (senior category), of the Haryana Billiards and Snooker Championship, held at Haryana Billiards, Sector 11, here, today.

Ankur lost two frames initially, but managed to win the next three frames convincingly hitting breaks of 64, 48 and 42. Although Parveen Rathi won the 6th frame, the deciding frame was won by Ankur.

B’ball title for CRPF
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