CMCH launches ‘mobike rescue service’
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 27
The Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) is embarking on an ambitious project for rescuing and providing immediate first aid to trauma victims involved in road accidents in and around the city.

Called the ‘ambulance mobike rescue service’ (AMARS), the project is specifically tuned to take care of the first ‘golden hour’ of trauma.

According to Dr John Abraham, Medical Superintendent of the CMCH, the rate of deaths caused in road accidents was the highest in India (142 per 10,000 vehicles). In European countries, it was only two per 10,000 vehicles, he said.

Road accidents affect the rich and the poor alike. “The delay in reaching a hospital and poor initial management in trauma care causes inevitable complications. The management of trauma has made great strides worldwide in recent years, especially in more affluent countries, as the importance of pre-hospital care has been recognised. Yet, so little attention is being paid to pre-hospital trauma care in our country,” he added.

He said appropriate training to emergency service personnel and proper equipping of their vehicles were the key to ensuring effective pre-hospital care. The CMCH had taken the help of the UK Ambulance Services to run a special course for team members involved in the care of these patients. The six-week training programme was conducted in September, 2003. Miss Zena Hart and Mr Adam from the UK were here to impart training to the personnel involved in the project.

The British team had made periodic visits to the CMCH for proper follow-up in the intervening period since they intended to adopt the project as a model for developing ambulance services in other countries.

The AMARS teams would be able to reach even the congested localities without any loss of time on mobikes.

The mobikes that would play a crucial role in making the project a success had oxygen, resuscitation and access kit, cervical collar, ECG and saturation monitor, endotracheal tube, stilletes and airways, and medicines. Mobile phone would also be provided for communicating with the control room and the ambulance team.

An amount of Rs 52 lakh had been invested in the project. The funds were raised by the Friends of Ludhiana (alumni association) in the UK and the USA. One equipped mobike was worth over Rs 5 lakh, while an equipped ambulance was worth Rs 20 lakh.

KVM School lads win cricket title
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, August 27
Kundan Vidya Mandir (KVM) School, Civil Lines, registered four-wicket win over SDP Senior Secondary School to win at the PAU Zone I Cricket Tournament (u-16) organised by the District Schools Tournament Committee at the SDP College for Women ground here today.

SDP School won the toss and elected to bat. They made 121 for 8 in 20 overs. Apart from Hipin (51), Munish (27) and Bhupinder (10), no other batsman could reach double figures. For KVM School Bharat, Sahil, Tarun Bawa, Akash and Jasdeep scalped one victim each.

In reply KVM School, thanks to Bharat and Sanchit, achieved the target in the nineteenth over with four wickets in hand. Sanchit and Bharat scored 45 and 30, runs, respectively. Akash contributed 10 runs while Tarun Bawa and Nipun remained unbeaten on 5 and 4, respectively.

For SDP School Hipin and Amit Dawar got the figures of 2 for 10 and 1 for 15 runs, respectively.

BVM in limelight at PAU games
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, August 27
Students of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Udham Singh Nagar had a field day in the PAU Zone Games being organised by the District Schools Tournament Committee at different venues here today. The BVM school bagged as many as four titles to assert its supremacy.

In the girl’s section, BVM School clinched the basketball title (under-17) and table tennis title (under-14) while in the boys’ section, players of this school won football title (under-14) and volleyball (under-14).

In the basketball final, BVM eves came out triumphant without being challenged by their opponents Phothar Khalsa Senior Secondary School whom they drubbed 36-24. For the winners, the main scores was Manisha who stood tall among others contributing as many as 22 points. Radhika accounted for six points while Isha, Chandani and Sakshi chipped in with two points each.

For Photohar School, except for Charanpreet Kaur and Preeti, all other players failed to contribute a single point. Charanpreet Kaur and Preeti scored 14 and 10 points respectively.

In table tennis final, BVM School recorded 3-1 victory over Alpine International Public School to lift the title. In the first match, Nirdosh outplayed Vani to wrap it up quite easily 11-0, 11-0 and 11-1. Kirti outplayed Samriti 11-2, 11-5 and 11-3 to enhance the lead 2-0.

In the third match, Jaspreet of Alpine School stunned Neha 11-6, 11-8 and 11-6 to reduce the margin 2-1. Nirdosh again gave good account of herself, beating Smriti 11-9, 11-5 and 11-4 to help her school to win the title 3-1.

In the girls (under-19) final, Green Land Model Senior Secondary School, G T Road scored a comfortable 3-0 win over Alpine International School to bag the title. Avneet beat Shaveta; Eeti defeated Prapti while Rita outclassed Bhawna to complete the whitewash 3-0.

In the under-17 years category, Alpine International School beat Government Senior Secondary School Cemetery Road 3-0. Shruti demolished Aditi; Sakshi beat Pardeep and Manider outnumbered Madura.

In football (boys under-14) final, BVM School prevailed over Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU 3-1 in a tie- breaker. Raghav Mittal, Rohit Sharma and Raghav Mahendru struck for the winners while the lone scorer for PAU School was Ranjodh Singh.

In the under-17 years category, PAU School defeated Bhartiya Vidya Mandir School 2-0. The scorers were Dalbir Singh and Amit Kumar.

In volleyball (under-14), Bhartiya Vidya Mandir School, Udham Singh Nagar beat BVM School Kithlu Nagar 2-0; in the under-17 years, KVM School blanked BVM School, Kitchlu Nagar 2-0 and in the under-19 years category, Tagore Public School got the better of Government Senior Secondary School, Gobind Nagar 3-1 to lift the titles.