Symposium on prostate diseases
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 2
The Dr L.H. Lobo Memorial Trust has been organising the Lobo memorial oration and a scientific symposium at the Christian Medical College and Hospital. The CMC has organised a scientific symposium as part of the annual day function every year for the past 18 years for the advancement of medical education in memory of the late Dr L.H. Lobo, an eminent and renowned orthopaedic surgeon and former principal of the Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, said Dr S.K. Chopra, honorary secretary, Dr L.H. Lobo Memorial trust.

This year the 19th annual function will be held on November 3, at the CMC Hospital Auditorium, according to Dr Kim Mammen, organising secretary and Head of the Urology Department, CMCH.

Dr Lionel Henry Lobo was principal of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, from 1971 to 1982. Besides being a renowned orthopaedic surgeon and professor, he is remembered by his students, patients, colleagues, friends, followers and the citizens of Ludhiana for the exemplary ways he guided Christian Medical College towards academic excellence and achievements, for administrative wisdom, ideal fellowship and overall for his quest for furtherance of medical education, Dr Chopra reiterated.

Padma Shri Prof Mahendra Rhandari, eminent urologist and director of the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, will be the orator and chief guest. The title of the oration will be “medical education for tomorrow”. A symposium on prostate cancer, “New insights for an old disease” will also be held the same day after the oration. Eminent experts in this field will participate in this symposium. Dr S.K. Sharma, Director, PGI, Chandigarh, Dr A.S. Bawa, Prof and Head of Surgery, GMCH, Chandigarh, Dr S.K. Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Urology, PGI, Chandigarh, Dr A.K. Homal, Prof of Urology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr M.K. Mahajan, Prof and Head, Department of Radiology, CMC, Ludhiana, and Dr Kim Mammen will participate in this symposium.

Dr Kim Mammen pointed out that with an increasing ageing population the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer has become very important and critical symptoms usually manifest when the prostate cancer reaches the late stage. These patients can present symptoms of urinary obstruction, backache or spinal problems due to malignant spread of the disease. Various tests and investigations are now available to detect early prostate cancer which is not symptomatic, and cure can be achieved with prompt treatment.

City Sport
Sacred Heart retain table tennis title
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, November 2
The team of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, retained the under-19 team championship title in the CBSE Cluster XII Table Tennis Tournament held at Bhavan SL Public School, in Amritsar from October 29 to November 1, according to Mr O.S. Nagi, sports officer of the school.

In the final, the Sacred Heart team of Disney Ryait, Roobal Arora, Karan Sood and Raghav blanked DAV Public School, Lawrence Road, Amritsar 3-0. In individual events, Disney and Roobal clinched the first two positions. In the under-16 category, Sun Ming Chiu, a student of the same school, finished third.

The top seed in the Punjab cadet boys’ section, Sahil Sharma, a student of Green Land Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, bagged the top position in the under-14 category. A total of 42 teams from Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh participated in this four-day tournament.

Basketball meet

Defending champions Punjab circle began their campaign by thrashing Gujarat circle 67-48 to enter the super league phase of the 16th All- India Postal Basketball Championship at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

In the morning, Punjab circle trounced Rajasthan circle 65-34. Last year’s runners-up Haryana circle prevailed over their spirited opponents Orissa circle 50-46 to enter the super league. In their first match, Haryana circle defeated West Bengal 54-26.

In another match, Tamil Nadu circle got the better of West Bengal circle 80-60 . For Tamil Nadu circle, Anthony and Gobind Rajan scored 32 and 18 points, respectively, while Atanu and Som Nath chipped in with 22 and 18 points, respectively, for the losers.

School function

Joseph’s School, Dugri-Dhandra Road, celebrated its annual sports function yesterday, which was presided over by Mr Harish Rai Dhanda, president, Bar Association, Ludhiana, and member, Bar Council, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, according to a press note.

Gymnastics display, dances and PT drills were performed by the students. There were jumping race, toffee race, book race, tunnel race and frog race.

ADMINISTRATION

Admn bans sale of crackers
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 2
The District Magistrate, Mr S.K. Sandhu, has banned the manufacturing, sale or use of fire crackers, generating noise level exceeding 125 db (AI) or 145 db (C) at a four meters’ distance from the point of bursting of the fire crackers.

While addressing a meeting of the fire cracker dealers and the district officers, he said that these orders were issued following the Supreme Court directions regarding the control of noise pollution caused by bursting of fire crackers.

He said that no fire work or fire crackers shall be used between 10 pm and 6 am. Any complaint received regarding the cracker bursting during the prohibited time would be dealt with strictly. He further said that the fire crackers shall not be used at any time in notified silence zones, which comprised an area of not less than 100 meters around hospitals, educational institutions, courts, religious places or any other area which was declared as such by the competent authority.

Mr Sandhu warned local unauthorised manufacturers of fire crackers against the illegal activity and further told them to be prepared for stern action, both under the Explosives Act and the Environment Protection Act. No dealer would be allowed to sell crackers without getting a proper license and each dealer would have to submit an undertaking in shape of affidavit not to sell the fire crackers exceeding the permissible noise level. He warned that strict action would be taken in case of any violation by the dealers.

The Deputy Commissioner said that the city had been divided into 12 zones and senior officers were deputed to check the illegal manufacturing and sale of crackers beyond the permissible limits, as prescribed by the Supreme Court of India and in violation of the Explosives Act and Environment Protection Act. He announced that sale and storage of crackers in the thickly populated area of the city stood banned.