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Parents’ over-expectation cause of stress in children Chandigarh, July 26 Dr Munni Ray of the APC revealed a disturbing fact that even in this highly literate city, more than 20 per cent adolescents were actually beaten by their parents and teachers with sticks and even slippers, which lead to stress and aggressive behaviour. “Teenagers coming to our special clinics for adolescents generally suffer from depression and anxiety, but they are not aware of it. They generally complain of headaches and stomach aches, which have no pathological basis. That is how we tell them that they are actually suffering from depression,” said Dr Malhi. Performance in studies is the primary cause of concern among teenagers and the stress levels and the symptoms of depression and anxiety increase during examination time. “We get children at our clinics who are otherwise healthy but are unable to walk or even see just before their examinations,” added Dr Malhi. The doctors also highlighted how parents, particularly in Chandigarh, “over expect from their children and set impractical targets for them, like studying continuously for eight or 10 hours.” Acne, sexuality-related issues, including masturbation (generally among boys) and menstruation (among girls), drug and tobacco abuse, concerns of body weight, height and overall physical appearance were the other primary concerns of teenagers that lead to stress. Dr Vasu from GMCH, Sector 32, talking about his WHO study done on 2,560 city school and college students from different economic and social strata, revealed that the problems among teenagers were compound by lack of proper eating habits also. “We have found that 80 per cent of the school students do not have breakfast. They take their first proper meal only around 2 pm. About 25 per cent of the students were found to be anaemic and 50 per cent of the girls did not have complete immunisation against tetanus,” said Dr Vasu. Child helpline:
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Breastfeeding good
for mother, child Chandigarh, July 26 Highlighting the benefits of breastfeeding, the panel of experts at the PGI today reiterated the benefits of feeding children with the mother’s milk. Talking to the mediapersons here today, a dietician, Mrs Rama Mahajan, said the mothers should start feeding the baby with their milk ideally within half an hour to one hour of the baby’s birth. After six months, the mother’s milk, which is a comprehensive diet in itself, can be supplemented with other soft diets like cereals. “There is a myth that a lot of nutrition and energy of the mother goes into breastfeeding. The truth is that the more the mother feeds the baby, the more the milk is produced. The only thing that the mothers should pay attention to is their diet which shouldn’t be drastically increased in the lactation period but which needs to be healthy and wholesome,’’ said Mrs Mahajan. Referring to the problems of the new-age parents, where both parents are working, a private dietician, Dr
Jyotsna, pointed out that working mothers had an option of storing their milk. “Very few would know that the mother’s milk can be stored by freezing it, which can be consumed by the baby within six months. Refrigeration of the milk can be done on a daily basis,” she said. |
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Bansal inaugurates ECG machine Chandigarh, July 26 Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bansal lauded the efforts of the Sood Sabha for initiating social welfare activities for the benefit of general public at the Sood Bhavan and hoped that others would get inspiration from it. The general secretary of Sood Bhavan, Mr Surinder Sood, said that accuracy of the results at the diagnostic lab would be ensured, and the rates of tests would also kept nominal. The retired Chief
Secretary and president of Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association Mr P.H. Vaishnav, president, Homoeopathic Medical College Association Mr R.P. Josh and Brig. Dr M.L. Kataria also spoke on the occasion. |
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ORS week begins Chandigarh, July 26 The doctors, who visited the UT villages and slums colonies to spread awareness about the prevention of acute diarrhoea, stressed on the use of the ORS among children for rehydration. The doctors said the normal diet of the children should not be stopped during diarrhoea and the antibiotics and injections should not be given. The children and the adults suffering from the disease should only be given one packet of the ORS mixed in one litre of water. |
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Another cholera patient at PGI Chandigarh, July 26
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Convincing win for UT
in handball Chandigarh, July 26 Chandigarh won 42-33 with the half-time score of 24-13. In other matches, Punjab and Chattisgarh surged ahead when they outplayed Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh at 39-18 and 33-30 respectively. In yet another tie, SAI (West) beat Jharkhand 25-12. Earlier, Mr Satinder Kumar, IG, Police , Haryana, inaugurated the six-day meet which is being organised by the Chandigarh Handball Association. Mr Ravinder Talwar, secretary-general of the Chandigarh Olympic Association, was also present on the occasion. In the Chandigarh-Kerala tie, Rakesh and Hukam were the leading scorers for the winners with 11 points each. Other
results; Punjab b Maharashtra 39-18 (half time 17-11) winners-Sharanjit 9, Supreet 5, Avtar7. losers-G Kundu9, S Patil 3, Ainyle2, D Joy 2, R Jadav 2. Chattisgarh b HP 33-30 (half time18-15) winners-Isfan Ali 7, Dharam 7, Satpal 9, Ganesh 5, Radhey Sham 4. losers-Ankush 8, Mohinder 6, Kaushal 4, Satya 5. SAI (West) b Jharkhand 25-12 (half time 15-6) winners-Anil 6, Harkul 4, Parveen 4, Prem 3, Mohd Imran 3. losers-Lalu Sharma 5. Meanwhile, 12 players drawn from six different states — Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh — were found to be overaged The technical committee headed by Mr Nagendera said there was no need for any medical check-up since the boys did not meet the stipulated criteria. For participating in this meet, a player has to be born on or after August 1,1985. The players of remaining states were given a clean chit. The overaged players are, Mohd Shahid, Mohd Sayeed,Y Hassan and Rakesh Pandey (all Jharkhand), Prashant, Priyadeep and Dilip (all Rajasthan),Yashpal and Vikram (both Gujarat), Sushant (Bihar), Sunil (Delhi) and Jagpal (Madhya Pradesh). |
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City girl in Indian youth netball team Chandigarh, July 26 Inter-school cricket:
Earlier Bhavan Vidyalya won the toss and elected to bat first. Their opener, Krishna Ahuja, made 21 runs while Anubhav remained unbeaten on 79 runs. They made 141 runs. In reply, Hansraj Public School boys were all out. Brief scores: Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula: 141 runs for six (Anubhav 79 n.o., Krishna 21, Tushar 16, Karan 2 for 23). HPS: 138 runs for seven (M. Vohra 53, Saurav18, Azil 19, Krishna 2 for six, Tushar 3 for 14). Sportspersons honoured:
Harmukh XI win:
Brief scores: BSNL XI: 133 runs all out (Ashutosh 57, Trilok Singh 21, Devender Negi 3 for 25). Harmukh XI: 84 runs in 11.1 overs (Rajinder 34 n.o., Sanjay Bakshi 2 for 22). IInd tie: Chandigarh CC;173 runs for seven (Ravinder Malik 49, Ashwani Kumar 45 n.o., Balwinder Singh 44, Raman Sharma 3 for 34, Sanjeev Massey 2 for 20). Elite XI: 174 runs for two (Amit Bhardwaj 82 n.o., Rajinder Singh 41, Raman Sharma 16, T.P. Singh 15
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Sub-Inspector suspended Chandigarh, July 26 Mr Satwinder Singh allegedly misbehaved with Mr Vinay Kumar in Sector 27 yesterday. On medical examination, Mr Satwinder Singh was found to be drunk. In another incident constables Balhar Singh and Rajesh, posted at the police lines, attracted departmental action for allegedly misbehaving with two journalists in Sector 22. The two constables suddenly took a U-turn posing danger to the journalists who were scooter borne. When graphic designer of a weekly, Harmanjit, and its News Editor, Mr Jagdeep Singh, asked the policemen to ride the two wheeler carefully, the two policemen
allegedly misbehaved with them. The journalists reported the matter to the police officers who put the constables through medical test. The constables were found to be drunk. |
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Separate queues
for women Chandigarh, July 26 The matter had cropped up after a delegation of working women called upon the Administrator and informed him about the problem, especially for depositing electricity and water bills.
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