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2-day training programme
on HIV ends Chandigarh, November 3 Dr Vikas Bhatia of the Department of Community Medicine, GMCH informed the participants about the ongoing HIV surveillance which aimed at learning more about the trends of the disease. He informed that this was being carried out in the country in two groups. Dr Benani also of the department spoke on paediatric HIV infection, its spread from mother to child and methods of control. Dr J.S. Thakur talked about the importance of counselling in HIV-infected patients. He stressed the need for promoting safe sex and use of condoms among the public.  |
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Fortis to open chain of
superspeciality centres Chandigarh, November 3 “Our vision is to have a string of such hospitals, each connected with the other, through telemedicine, covering the whole of north India”, says Mr Harpal Singh, Chairman of the Fortis Healthcare, which is promoted by Ranbaxy Laboratories, India’s leading pharmaceutical company. “Our objective is to set up an excellent health delivery system, comparable with the best in the world”. In an interview here today, Mr Harpal Singh said that to begin with, it was planned to set up medical centres at Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda and Shimla besides three more in the NCR region including NOIDA, Gurgaon and Delhi. Each of the superspeciality hospital in the NCR region, would cost about Rs 150 crore. “Work on the Amritsar centre has already begun. It will be a 30 to 50 bed facility. We are in the process of negotiating with several persons. It will either be the outright purchase of an existing medical centre or construction of a new one. We can also collaborate with a hospital which is already operational, after upgrading it suitably to worldclass standards. We are open to all sorts of possibilities”, he said. Mr Harpal Singh said he was also looking at the possibility of setting up a 100-bed hospital at Shimla. “There is one up for sale in the Himachal
capital." My advise to the other hospitals already existing in the region is: Don’t get into competition with us. Instead, synergise with
us. We can all work together for an excellent health delivery system in this part of the country”. Mr Harpal Singh said he hoped to have the entire network of hospitals in place within the next three years by which time it would emerge as the biggest healthcare system in the private sector in the country, overtaking Apollo, Wockhart and Manipal. “All our hospitals and medical centres will be digitally linked with each other. Therefore, even if a patient is in Amritsar, he will be able to get the best of medical treatment available with Fortis in any part of the country. If he requires specialised treatment, he will be sent to that particular superspeciality hospital set up by Fortis at SAS Nagar or in the NCR
region. Thus, our hospitals in the region will also function as outreach centres for superspeciality hospitals”. Turning to the Fortis Heart Institute at SAS Nagar, he said, it had been conceived and designed to compare with the very best cardiac facilities in the world. The institution itself reflected a remarkably different approach to cardiac care as three critical facets are located on one campus — a superspeciality hospital, a multi-speciality medical centre and a rehabilitation centre-cum-medical inn for follow-up care of patients, catering also to family comfort. |
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GMCH workshop for disabled Chandigarh, November 3 The three-day second workshop in the series will start at the GMCH tomorrow. Organised under the aegis of the Rehabilitation Council of India, there are a total of six workshops which will be organised to cover almost all city doctors. Conducted through the State Implementation Committee, the workshops are part of the efforts of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to orient medical officers working in the primary health centres about disabilities and rehabilitation of the disabled. Community-based rehabilitation workers (CBRWS) are also being trained by the GMCH under the National Programme for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (NPRPD). Members of the State Implementation Committee which includes Mr Karan Avtar Singh, Secretary, Health Corporation, Mr G.K. Marwah, Secretary, Social Welfare, Dr Rameshwar Chander, Director, Health Services, Prof S.B.S. Mann, Director, Medical Education and Research and Prof Raj Bahadur, Head of Department, Orthopaedics, GMCH, also informed that a week-long programme to mark the week for the disabled would be organised from November 26 with the participation of the State Resource Centre, GMCH, in association with government and non-government
organisations.
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National school games begin Chandigarh, November 3 Cricket tourney Food Corporation of India will take on Indo-Dutch XI in tomorrow’s final of the second Dilawari Inter Institutional Cricket tournament played here today at Gursagar grounds. In the second semi-final played today, FCI demolished BBMB XI by five wickets. Brief scores: BBMB XI: 150 runs for nine ( Pawan Kumar 36, Baljeet Bawa 50 n.o., Amarjeet Kaypee 3 for 31, Ashwani Kumar 3 for 32) FCI: 154 runs for five (Amarjeet Kaypee 51, Ravinder Verma 38, Sonam 22 n.o., Subhash 2 for 30, Mahipal 2 for 41). TT team Neeraj Chaudhary will lead the Panchkula Table Tennis team, which is stated to take part in the Hero Honda Haryana State TT championships going to be held at Bhiwani from November 6 to November 11. Other members of the team are, Prashant Bhatnagar, Manikant, Sunny Saini, Ravi Sharma, Nitin Goel, Puneet Soni, Prateek Gupta, Aditya, Aksha, Harpreet, Shubhankar, Sandeep Manreet Singh, Abhishek, Ranjan, Rishi Aggarwal and Nikhil Shorey. Ms Meenakshi Chauhan will be the coach and Anand Rawat, the manager of the team. Regional sports The Regional Sports Meet of the Vidya Bharti, an All India Educational Institute, concluded last evening at Sharda Sarvhitkari Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40. The events were organised in 10 sports disciplines and the winners were: Handballl: Haryana; Table Tennis (Bal Varg): Punjab; Kishore varg: Delhi; KhoKho: Bal-HP, Kishore-HP; Kabaddi: Bal-HP, Kishore-Punjab; Badminton: Bal-HP; Kishore-Delhi; Volleyball-Kishore: Punjab. The chief guest on the occasion was Ms Ajinder Kaur, an Arjuna awardee in women hockey, while Ms Ritu Pathik, Assistant Director, SAI, also graced the occasion. The selected players will now go to the National games of the institute to be held at Bhavnagar ( Gujarat) from November 20 to November 23. Swimming meet The Chandigarh Swimming Association has decided to host the UT sub-junior, junior and senior men and women Chandigarh open swimming championships at the Panjab University swimming pool on November 7 from 9.30 am onwards. Entries will be accepted at the
spot. This was stated by Mr J.P. Sharma, Secretary of the association. |
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