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Symposium on rational drug prescription Ludhiana, December 19 The chief guest, Dr S.N. Tiwari, Civil Surgeon, emphasised the need for training young doctors in prescribing various medicines rationally for maximum efficacy and safety. He said emergence of newer and easy available sedatives, tranquilisers and mood elevator drugs in the past three decades had led to the misuse of CNS drugs, especially in Punjab. Alcohol abuse had also soared in the state, he said adding that efforts should be made to control it. Dr Mohan Verghese, Principal, CMCH, emphasised the importance of rational prescription for budding young doctors. He thanked the DSPRUD and WHO for choosing the CMCH as a venue for imparting training in the subject for the third successive year. Dr J.K. Joshi, acting Director, CMCH, advocated the rational use of the drugs in a cost effective manner. He also gave outline procedures of procurement and dispensing of drugs carried out at the CMCH's pharmacy. He appreciated efforts of the Pharmacology Department and the DSPRUD for conducting the symposium and added that it would prove to be a great asset, especially in prescribing drugs for HIV patients. In the introductory note, Dr Sangeeta Sharma from the DSPRUD, who is also a representative of WHO, briefed the audience about the concept of rational use of drugs and the essential medicine list (EML). Highlighting advantages, she added that the EML and the STG led to better therapeutic care and economics and ethical practice. Speaking on the drug abuse, Prof A.P. Dadhic, Head, Department of Pharmacology, CMCH, and national coordinator for the state in the DSPRUD said since long many plants and CNS drugs had been used for medicinal purposes and to alter mood, thoughts and feelings. Many CNS drugs like benzodiazepines, barbiturates and analgesic were prescribed everyday at a large scale to patients, often leading to self-medication. Many of these, like caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, opium and their derivatives, were socially accepted, but these products were causative of drug abuse and were also toxic, he said. Dr P.P Khosla described various obstacles in the rational prescribing of CNS drugs. Dr A.K. Agarwal, described how drugs could be prescribed for ancient related disorders. Dr Dinesh Badyal, organising secretary of the symposium, described general guidelines about prescribing drugs in depression. Dr R.S. Deswal, a psychiatrist, shared his experiences about the management of insomnia. Dr Gagandeep and Dr Ashiash Maseeh provided information on various antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used in AIDS, which was followed by a talk on its management Dr G.D. Singh. About 60 delegates from various hospitals and medical colleges in Punjab attended the symposium. It was felt that organising more such symposia would be very helpful to regulate and modulate prescribing habits of physicians for treating various diseases.  |
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on thalassaemia Ludhiana, December 19 The programme is the brainchild of Dr Praveen Sobti, Reader and in charge of the thalassaemia unit of the DMCH. Dr Sobti said the project aimed at collecting Re 1 from each student of 150 schools of Ludhiana district every month. Principals of these schools have already given their nod to the scheme. Highlighting the pathetic condition of
thalassaemics, Dr Sobti said a majority of these children could not afford the expensive life-long treatment of this deadly disease, which required blood transfusions after every 15 to 20 days and medicines throughout their life. The average cost of treatment varied between Rs 50,000 and Rs 2 lakh. The SAT will go a long way in helping these children by establishing a permanent source of financial
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Para-medical staff hold meeting Amloh, December 19 According to him, service condition rules of para-medical employees have been handed over to a special nodal officer and will be approved very soon. Besides this, promotions of all categories, including multipurpose workers, radiographers and health assistants, will be made within 15 days. The union passed a resolution saying that political interference in transfers and cancellation of the notification of November 7 should be stopped.
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Next ophthalmology meet in Amritsar Ludhiana, December 19 Keeping in view the improving relations with Pakistan, it was also decided to extend an open invitation to eye specialists in west Punjab to participate in the conference.
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Samrala sports fest gets under way Samrala, December 19 Mr Kirpal Singh Khirnian, member, SGPC, Mr Malkit Singh Dhillon, president, and Mr Devi Dayal Sharma, chief patron, presided over the meet. Over 175 bullock and over 100 dogs took part in the races today. According to Mr Jagtar Singh, Mr Bhatti Bikram Bhanot and Mr Rachpal Singh Kang, all office-bearers of the association, eight kabaddi teams will take part tomorrow and the matches will be played as per the rules of the Circle Style Kabaddi Federation of India. Tomorrow’s matches are: Kalakh vs Rara Sahib, Alankar Tony vs Moga, Moga International vs Kapurthala, Nima Academy Manpur vs Jalandhar. Bullock-carts of Pappu of Boharpur and Charan Singh Gill covered the 3.5 acre distance in 18.81 secs and were declared joint winners. The result of bullock-cart race: First: Pappu Bohapur, Charan Singh Gill — 18.81 secs; second: Gurmail Singh Bhari — 18.82 secs; third: Gurcharan Singh — 18.89 secs. Keeping in view the strength of teams that took part in the bullock-cart race, the association decided to give prizes to the owners of first 15 bullock-carts. The prizes were distributed by Mr Jasvir Singh,
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