HEALTH

Neurosurgeon quits DMCH
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 2
Dr M.K.Sobti, a city based neurosurgeon and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, today resigned after working for over 10 years in the DMCH. Talking to mediapersons here yesterday, Dr Sobti claimed that he had performed over 3000 major surgeries which included the surgery of a police officer, who had a bullet injury in his head and remained unconscious for over a month.

Dr Sobti said: “I could not provide personal touch to the patients at the hospital. Patients would come and go, proper care could not be given to them. Keeping this in mind, I have started a 50-bed neuro trauma centre in which I will be able to interact with my patients directly”.

Dr Sobti said that the new hospital would be inaugurated on October 14 and would include the super-specialities of neuro surgery, micro vascular surgery, plastic and cosmetic surgery, ortho surgery, urology and cardiology.

SPORTS

Vikram, Shikha win TT singles titles
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, October 2
Vikram Aditya of the Punjab State Electricity Board and Shikha Ghai of Amritsar won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively, in the 13th Prithipal Singh Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament that concluded on the Punjab Agricultural University campus yesterday.

In the men’s final, Vikram Aditya beat Dheeraj Arora of Chandigarh’s Reserve Bank of India, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9 and 12-10, while Shikha fought hard to beat Nitika of her city, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 and 11-6.

In the boys’ section of the juniors’ category, Varun Kassal of Chandigarh defeated local lad Rubal Arora to win the title. In the girls’ section, Charu of Jalandhar beat Navdeep Kaur of Amritsar to lift the title.

Mr Sunil Saxena, IRS, gave away the prizes, while Mr H.R. Malhotra, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax and Chairman of the organising committee of the tournament, presided over the prize-distribution function.

Results: Men’s singles (semi-finals) — Vikram Aditya (PSEB) b Munish Bhardwaj (Chandigarh), 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11; Deeraj Arora (RBI) b Harmandeep Singh (Ludhiana), 9-11, 11-8, 13-15, 11-9; final — Vikram Adiyta (PSEB) b Dheeraj Arora (RBI) 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10.

Women’s singles (final): Shikha Ghai (Amritsar) b Nitika (Amritsar), 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6.

Junior boys’ singles (semi-finals): Varun Kassal (Chandigarh) b Karan Sood (Ludhiana), 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6; Rubal Arora (Ludhiana) b Shail Mahajan (Amritsar), 11-8, 13-11, 11-8; final — Varun Kassal (Chandigarh) b Rubal Arora (Ludhiana), 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 13-11.

Junior girls’ singles (semi-finals): Navdeep (Amritsar) b Isha (Khanna), 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-5; Charu (Jalandhar) b Dimple (Khanna), 11-9 15-13, 11-8; final — Charu (Jalandhar) b Navdeep Kaur (Amritsar), 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (semi-finals): Pardeep (Jalandhar) b Atul (Ludhiana), 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; Sahil (Ludhiana) b Sarveen Jain, 11-5, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 16-14; final — Sahil (Ludhiana) b Pardeep (Jalandhar) 11-8, 11-9, 10-9.

Sub-junior girls singles (final): Dimple (Khanna) b Isha (Khanna), 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.

Cadet boys’ singles (final): Sahil Sharma (Ludhiana) b Amit (Jalandhar), 11-8, 11-8, 13-1.

Cadet girls’ singles (final): Nirdosh Sharma (Ludhiana) b Neha Rani (Khanna), 11-9, 12-10, 11-7.

Lucky doubles (final): Deeraj Arora (RBI) and Sarat Seth (Ludhiana) b Munish Bhardwaj (Chandigarh) and Manish Bassi (Khanna), 11-9, 13-11.

ADMINISTRATION

Major reshuffle in police admn
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 2
In a major reshuffle in the city police administration, more than 30 police officers were transferred late last evening. Five police stations have new SHOs out of which three were new faces as they have been ‘brought’ to Ludhiana police district.

Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar has been posted as the SHO Sarabha Nagar police station. He was earlier serving in Amritsar. Sub-Inspector Balraj Singh and Sub-Inspector Gurpreet Singh, both from Patiala, have been posted as SHOs in Model Town and Salem Tabri, respectively. Sub-Inspector Dilpreet Singh, who was earlier SHO, Sarabha Nagar, has been posted SHO, Division No. 4 police station. Sub-Inspector Gurpreet Singh has been shifted to the Press Information Centre from Division No. 4 police station. Tehal Singh has been posted as SHO of the new police station, Shimla Puri.

The other postings were mainly the inter-changing of police officers within the district. Several police posts have got new in charge.