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Fortis launches education drive
Tribune News Service

Estimates reveal that over 5 million people in India die of heart disease every year.

According to a WHO study, average incidence of heart disease is at an alarming 6 per cent in Punjab; average in India is 3 per cent while the world average is 1.5 per cent.

Three-fold increase in number of patients with heart disease in India, of which nearly 16 per cent are below the age of 40.

By 2010, cardiovascular disease is expected to be the leading cause of death in India.

As part of the special awareness campaign, Fortis will undertake angiography procedure for Rs 5,000.

Chandigarh, July 13
As part of its third anniversary celebrations, Fortis Heart Institute and Multi-Specialty Hospital at Mohali today announced the launch of a special education campaign on heart ailments.

According to Dr Achintya Moulick, Chairman, of cardio-vascular sciences at the hospital, a WHO study has revealed that the world average of the incidence of heart disease is 1.5 per cent and the Indian average is 3 per cent. In Punjab it rises to 6 per cent. Current estimates reveal that over 5 million people die of heart ailments in India every year. As part of the special education campaign, Fortis will hold a series of education camps all over the region and will also undertake the angiography procedure at a cost-to-cost price of Rs 5000 (the usual cost is Rs 9900) during this campaign.

People from India have the highest incidence of coronary artery disease in the world. The rate at which heart attacks occur in the population is going up. Over the past few years, studies have revealed that there has been a three-fold increase in the number of patients with heart disease in the country, of which nearly 16 per cent are below the age of 40.

“At Fortis”, Dr Moulick said, “we are committed to educate the people about the increasing incidence of heart disease in the region and especially Punjab. It has been observed in apparently healthy young people, risk factors associated with heart disease usually go unrecognised and untreated. In such situations one should look at ways of preventing heart disease and stroke. Angiography is the final and conclusive procedure for confirming coronary artery disease of the heart and it is also necessary to determine the kind of treatment to be given to the patient”.

Selection trials for sports wings
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, July 13
Selection trials for various sports wings for UT schools will begin from July 16. These wings to be functional for six months beginning August 1 will have specialised coaching apart from sports kit and equipment worth Rs 1500. The wings will be managed by the coaches of the UT Sports Department.

The schedule for the trials which will begin each day at 9 am is as follows: athletics-July 16 (Government Model School, Sector 37); July 17 (Government Model Senior Secondary school, Mani Majra); badminton-July16 (Government Model Senior Secondary school, Sector 23); basketball-July16 (IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary, Sector 21); July 17(DAV Public school, Sector 8); July19 (Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary school, Sector 27; boxing-July16 (Sarvhitkari Model school, Sector 41); Football-July16 (Government Model Sector 23; Gymnastics-July16 (Government Model school, Sector 10), July 17 (St Stephen’s, Sector 45), July 19 (Moti Ram Arya School, Sector 27); handball-July16 (Government Model Senior Secondary, Sector 21; July17 (Government Model Senior Secondary, Sector 19, July 19 (Government Model, Sector 44); Hockey-July16 (Government Girls Sector 20, July17 (Government Model, Sector 44; Judo-July 16 (Government Model, Sector 21); kabaddi-July 16 (Government school, Dhanas), July17 (Government Model, Sector 10); Kho-Kho-July 16 (Government Girls, Sector 23); lawn tennis-July 16 (Government Model, Sector 33, Guru Harkishan, Sector 38, Government Model, Sector 16); Table Tennis-July16 (Manav Mangal, Sector 21), July 17 (Guru Harkishan, Sector 38); Volleyball-July 16 (Government Model, Sector 26), July17 (Government Senior Secondary, Sector 27); wrestling-July16 (Sarvhitkari, Sector 40, July 17 (Government Senior Secondary, Sector 38 (west);

The sport-wing trials for the coaching centre will begin from July 23 and to continue till July 28.

Asian tennis workshop

Parveen Kashyap of Chandigarh, an International Tennis Federation white badge official, has been selected to attend a two-day Asian tennis workshop being held in Pattaya (Thailand) on July 13 and 14. As many as 45 officials drawn from the various asian countries were selected to attend this workshop. ITF tutor mike Morrissey and Asian Tennis Federation Director Officiating Nao Kawateo will supervise the workshop. Parveen is also a Certified United States Professional Tennis Registry instructor. Other Indians who are attending this workshop are Nitin, Puneet, Sheetal, Payal Jain and Lalit Mohan.

Bench press team

The Chandigarh Powerlifting Association has selected an 11-member UT bench press team which will take part in the National Bench Press championship to be held at Mount Abu (Rajasthan) from July 16 to 18. The team is; Navjot Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Sandeep Kainth, Ranjeet Singh, Harjeet Singh, Paramjit Singh, Jatinder Singh, Jagdish Singh, Nirmaljit Singh and Gurinder Singh. Mr H.S. Bansal, secretary of the association will accompany the team as manager-cum-coach.

PU sports hostel to be opened in August
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, July 13
A new sports hostel meant for accommodating sportspersons of Panjab University will be thrown open by next month. Located near the Panjab University gymnasium this hostel was inaugurated in March 2002 by the Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh. The entire funding for construction of the hostel was being done through funds generated by the Panjab University Sports Committee (PUSC). According to Mr Kewal Singh, Assistant Director Sports, PU, each of the affiliated colleges of Panjab University was asked to collect Rs 100 per head per student for this hostel and this way, an amount of nearly Rs 1 crore was collected by PUSC. He said no additional burden was put on the PU authorities.

Dr Kewal Singh said the sports hostel would be able to accommodate about 300 sportspersons and for this, dormitories had been constructed which can each house 15 inmates. He said a few separate rooms had also been constructed for officials and coaches. The hostel would accommodate sportspersons who come from various parts of the state and play in the inter-college tournaments here.

This hostel would also have a regular canteen and when required it could be turned into a mess for serving food to the sports fraternity.

Dealers in electronic goods fined
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 13
The Electricity Department today imposed fines on Sector 35-based dealers in electronic goods, saying that the electronic goods kept for display would also be taken into account while sanctioning power load. Interestingly, all goods on display are never operated at the same time. Thus, the question of consuming more power than the sanctioned load does not arise.

Dealers in electronic goods have objected to this, saying that power load is sanctioned on the basis of usage. They say all goods on display do not run simultaneously.

Teams of the department, which came to check shops, calculated the load on the basis of the number of power points. Another dealer said, “We have to keep TV, audio and DVD systems connected to power points so that these can be switched on at the demand of customers. Does the department expect that we will have only one power point and move the TV and audio systems to that power point each time a customer comes. Does this seem viable,” he asked.

Contractors issued challans

Chandigarh, July 13
The inspectorate staff of the office of the Medical Officer, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, today issued 10 challans against contractors engaged in the construction work in the area of Sector 50 and 51 adjoining Labour Colony No 5 for not making temporary bathrooms for their labourers as required vide rule no. 4 of ‘the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Sanitation and Public Health) Byelaws 1998’.

As per provisions of Rule 4 every contractor engaged in any type of construction or fabrication work employing 10 or more whole time labourers is required to make provisions for temporary bathrooms in the ratio of 1 bathroom for 10 labourers. TNS

PGI timings from July 16
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 13
The PGI and Nehru Hospital will observe regular timings from 8 am to 5 pm from July 16, according to an official announcement here today.

The registration will be done from 8 am to 11 am from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays and gazetted holidays, registration will be done from 8 am to 10.30 am. Two special clinics in the Department of General Surgery i.e. breast surgery clinic and vascular surgery clinic, started recently, will run from Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 4 pm (Saturday at 11 am) every day on an alternate basis. All other special clinics will have similar timings as usual.