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Patients a harried lot
Ultrasound centre lying closed for two months at Ambala Civil Hospital
Suman Bhatnagar

The closed ultrasound centre at the Ambala Civil Hospital. A Tribune Photograph

Ambala, September 13
The ultrasound centre at the trauma centre of the civil hospital has been lying closed for past two months as no radiologist is available in the hospital to operate it.

Pregnant women and the BPL card holder patients have been facing great difficulty as they have to rush to private ultrasound centres where they have to pay almost five times more in comparison to a government hospital.

In fact, the ultrasound centre has not been working properly for past several years as no full time radiologist is available in the hospital. Also, a part-time radiologist was engaged on a contractual basis who continued only for a few months. Last month, when a team of the National Rural Health Mission decided to visit the hospital, a part-time radiologist was engaged for a few days and after the inspection was conducted, the centre was closed.

The Ambala City Civil Hospital is a district-level hospital and a number of seriously injured and sick patients come from various primary health centres and community health centres of the district. Ultrasound facility is the basic requirement of a trauma centre. During odd hours it becomes difficult to shift the patients to some private ultrasound centres.

Last month, when a team of the rural health mission visited the hospital, several patients had complaints for not getting proper medical facility at the trauma centre. Earlier, director general health services, Haryana, had also assured that a full-time radiologist would be appointed at the trauma centre but nothing has been done.

Local MLA Venod Sharma had also taken up the matter with the health minister. He said the facility of CT scan should also be available at the trauma centre as it was necessary for diagnosing the trauma patients.

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 13
Ponds in the villages would be cleaned on a priority basis under the Central Government-sponsored MGNREGA scheme to provide clean and hygienic conditions in the rural belts. This was stated by Baljit Singh Bhutta, chairman Zila Parishad, during the first meeting held with officers at his office today.

He said the officers had been directed to remove the congress grass and other wild plants from the roadside, besides the filling of pits on the road. He said the initiative should be taken to implement all the schemes announced by the state government so that the people living in the rural areas avail their benefit. He said the Zila Parishad would honour those panchayats, school teachers and doctors posted at village dispensaries that perform their duties honestly.

Bhutta also directed all the block development and panchayat officers that there should be no hindrance in the implementation of development schemes and old-age pension and the payment under other schemes should be disbursed on time. He also directed all the officers to submit their reports every month so that new developmental plans could be formulated accordingly.

Patiala, September 13
A competition titled ‘Talent Hunt – 2013’ was organised at MM Modi College. Dr Ajaib Singh, member of the National Commission for Minorities, Government of India, presided over the function.

He said, “Such cultural events have always given and continues to give talented performers and artists to the society and impart courage and spirit in the participants to excel in their lives.”

College principal Dr Satish Kumar Bhardwaj welcomed the chief guest and exhorted the students to actively participate in co-curricular activities. He said the students who perform excellently in these activities are provided all the facilities.

Competitions in elocution, folk song, ghazal, poetry recitation, quiz, and fine arts, photography, rangoli, collage making, mehndi, cartoon making, clay modelling, embroidery, on the spot painting and poster making were held. Mementoes and certificates were awarded to the winners.

Dera Bassi, September 13
A one-day NPTEL workshop was organised by the Swami Parmanand Group of Colleges on its campus here on Thursday. The programme was conducted by M/s CLASSLE in collaboration with IIT’S and IISc. Under the programme of the Ministry of human Resources Development, Government of India, about 150 faculty members and students participated in the workshop from various colleges.

The main aim of the workshop was to make the students and faculty aware about the initiatives taken by these learned institutions to develop electronics course contents in various engineering and science subjects.

The workshop started with the address by director principal Dr TD Sharma. He emphasised on the role of electronic media in the teaching practices. The ways and means to bring the best teachers in the teaching profession under the NPTEL programme were discussed during the workshop.

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 13
The Genesis Business Club of the School of Commerce and Management, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, organised a business quiz, with the motive to provide a
platform to the students to exhibit their knowledge regarding various concepts of management and also to groom their personality.

Five teams of the students of MBA and MCom (integrated) reached the final round of quiz out of the 11 teams that participated.

The first prize was won by Robert Owen team while the second prize was bagged by Max Webber team.

Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia appreciated the efforts of the department. He emphasised on sharing knowledge and grooming of the students through such events.

Dr.B.S.Bhatia (dean research), Dr Pritpal Singh (registrar), Dr Bir Bikram Singh (dean student welfare) and Dr JS Dhillon (Head of the Department) also addressed.

Dera Bassi, September 13
The Mount Litera Zee School, Dera Bassi, organised a number of activities for its students to mark ‘Hindi Diwas’ on Friday.

Students of Class VI presented a play based on the importance of Hindi. They emphasised that it is our national language and is thus our identity therefore we all must make an effort to excel in it.

The students of Classes III, IV and V took part in a quiz contest which was based on the use of Hindi in daily life. They were shown a picture and then were asked to pick up the nouns and write them.

The students of Class I presented poems in Hindi and also played a game based on Hindi words. The principal applauded the students and teachers for their effort.

Chandigarh, September 13
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has penalised Tara Homoeopathic Clinic and one of its doctors for failing to ensure hair growth of a complainant within three months.

The complainant, in response to an advertisement, approached the doctor in the Sector 32-based clinic for hair growth. He paid Rs 18,400 for the hair treatment.

The complainant was given some homoeopathic medicine in a small bottle with an assurance that his hair would grow within three months, but there was no hair growth even after one year.

The owner of the clinic admitted that the complainant took treatment for hair regrowth on the head and the necessary medicines were provided to him against the payment. He, however, contended that no guarantee of three months was ever given to the complainant.

Chandigarh, September 13
A local court has convicted a Mauli Jagran resident of murdering his wife here today. The convict, 44-year-old Ramlakhan, had set his 28-year-old wife on fire in Vikas Nagar of Mauli Jagran on February 6. Besides imprisonment, the court has slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him.

His wife, Anita had died in the PGI.

According to the prosecution, the convict set her afire in the morning after pouring kerosene on her.

She was rushed to the Government Medical Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, but was later referred to the PGI. The police had arrested Ramlakhan after the incident.

The duo got married on May 22 last year and would ofter pick up a quarrel with each other. They had also been booked under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC. — TNS

Panchkula, September 13
In the Geetanjali murder case, Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravneet Garg has moved a petition before the CBI court, requesting to reject the petition filed by her parents for the custody of the children.

His counsel, Vishal Garg said the petition stated that only the "guardian" can get the custody of the children. "We have mentioned that the maternal grandparents of the children don't fall within the definition of the guardian. It is only the natural parents who can decide as to who would be the guardian," said Garg.

He further added: "Since the natural parent is Ravneet currently, it is only him who can decide who the guardian is. So, we have requested for the rejection of the plea filed by them".

In August, the parents of Geetanjali, who was found shot dead in Gurgaon, filed a petition before the CBI court seeking the custody of her two daughters.

The parents had alleged that since Geetanjali's murder, they were not even allowed to meet the children by her in-laws. They also said the children, Aasma (4) and Adiva (3), had been confined to a room since their mother was killed.

It was on July 17 when Geetanjali was found shot dead in Gurgaon. Later the post-mortem revealed that she was shot three times.

Following allegations by the victim's family and the investigations by the police, a case under section 302(murder) was registered against her husband Ravneet Garg, father-in-law KK Garg and mother-in-law Rachna Garg.

Ravneet Garg, who is posted at Gurgaon, had moved with Geetanjali from Jagadhri to Gurgaon two months ago following his promotion.

Geetanjali is survived by her two daughters. The family later alleged that Garg had extra-marital relations and since Geetanjali was bearing only daughters, she was allegedly harassed by her in-laws.

Mohali, September 13
Two youths on a motorcycle snatched a gold chain from an 80-year-old woman in Phase XI, Mohali, yesterday.

The woman got seriously injured in the incident. After snatching the chain, the two youths pushed Mohinder Kaur and she fell on the road and suffered a hip fracture. She was later operated upon in a private hospital in Sector 69.

According to reports, Mohinder Kaur had come out of her house to supervise the work of a gardner engaged by her.

The matter was brought to the notice of the police by her neighbours.

Chandigarh, September 13
Swimmers of GGDSD College, Sector 32, created history by winning the Panjab University Inter-College Swimming Championship for Men with 80 points. The team of Panjab University campus and SGGS College, Sector 26, secured the second and the third position with 65 and 48 points respectively. The swimmers of DAV College, Chandigarh, secured 32 points to finish fourth in the competition.

Chandigarh, September 13
In the ongoing Inter-College Football Championship for Men (A-division), SGGS College, Sector 26, played a goal less draw against SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, during a match of the league stage.

In the second match, DAV College, Hoshiarpur, defeated GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadar, 2-0. Jaskaran posted both the goals to ensure the team's win.

Chandigarh, September 13
Cagers of GGDSD College, Sector 32, defeated the basketball side of DAV College, Sector 10, with a 79-62 margin during their opening game of The Panjab University Inter- College Basketball Championship for Men (A-division) today.

In the second match, SGGS College, Chandigarh, defeated PG Government College, Sector 11, 65-39. In other matches, Panjab University Campus trounced SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, 80-35.

Chandigarh, September 13
In an impressive show Rohit Kumar trounced Krishna Rajput to bag the title of the boys' (U-16) category during the AITA Total Tennis Championship today.

In the final of the category, Rohit defeated Krishna 6-4 and 7-6(6). In the final of the girls' (U-16) category, Seerat Sidhu beat Tanya Batra 6-2 and 6-3.

Chandigarh, September 13
The UT Sports Department will organise the 11th Administrator Challenge Cup (all-India football tournament for boys) from September 22 to 30 at the Chandigarh Football Academy Sports Complex, Sector 42, and the football stadium of Sector 17.

The teams from all-over India, including Panasonic Football Academy, Haryana; Mohun Bagan Sail Football Academy, Durgapur (West Bengal), Dalbir Football Academy, Patiala, Gujarat State Football Association, Gujarat, Sahayatri Football Club, Howrah, Mahilpur Football Academy, Football Coaching Centre ,Goregaon-Nazira (Assam); Sambalpur Football Academy, Sambalpur; Gorkha Training Centre, Shillong, Chandigarh Football Association, St Stephen’s Football Academy, Chandigarh, DAV School, Chandigarh, and Chandigarh Football Academy have confirmed their entry.

Chandigarh, September 13
On the second day of the Panjab University Inter-College Baseball Championship for Women, the team of Postgraduate Government College for Girls (PGGCG), Sector 11, defeated the Panjab University campus side with a score of 8-5 while in the last match of the day, GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, beat Ramgarhia Girls' College, Ludhiana, 14-8.