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Governor opens conference on cleft lip anomalies Chandigarh, February 17 In his inaugural address, the Governor expressed concern over the overall management of patients suffering from cleft and craniofacial anomalies. He encouraged members of the cleft -care team to work in alliance. The Governor also emphasised the need for creating an inter-disciplinary data-bank with the case history of people suffering from anomalies. Gen Rodrigues added that Chandigarh had developed a world-class efficient healthcare network, for providing comprehensive, preventive and curative medical services in the region. He said the administration had been evolving a mechanism of entrusting primary and secondary healthcare services to the super speciality hospital, Sector 16, and Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, and a cluster of healthcare centres, leaving the PGI for referral and upper-level healthcare and research. The process was in an advanced stage of implementation. The PGI Director, Prof K.K. Talwar, shared his feelings regarding the need to provide effective overall management of patients suffering from birth defects. Prof R.K. Sharma, chairman of the organising committee, also emphasised on the need of team effort for the successful treatment of these patients. Prof A.K. Utreja, Head of the oral health science, PGI, stressed upon the importance of orthodontist in treating patients suffering from deformities. A souvenir brought out by the organiser was also released on the occasion. |
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German doctor performs hip-joint surgery Chandigarh, February 17 Dr Jens was in the city to perform a hip-replacement surgery on a middle-aged women at the PGI. The surgery was performed by Dr Jens with the assistance of Prof S.S. Gill, Head of the Department of Orthopaedics, and Prof Raj Bahadur, Additional Medical Superintendent of the PGI, here today. While interacting with mediapersons, Dr Jens claimed that the hip-replacement surgery using a new advanced implant was performed for the first time in the PGI. The implant had been specifically designed to preserve bone and soft tissue by Dr Francesco Saverio Santori, an Italian specialist orthopaedic surgeon. It minimises muscle and tissue damage during a replacement procedure. Dr S.S. Gill said since the size of the implant is smaller than other implants, so more bone can be preserved. The design helps the implant achieve a more natural, anatomically correct distribution of weight to the thigh bone. |
Ravi Shastri surprises hockey lovers Chandigarh, February 17 Calling himself a big hockey buff, the former Indian cricketer said, “I always enjoy seeing hockey matches. When I was in school, ours was the best team.” “But certainly, the declining standard of the Indian hockey disappoints me like any other hockey lover,” asserted the former all-rounder. However, he was optimistic that the game would gain its lost glory very soon. Expressing happiness over the turnout of people to see the ongoing PHL matches, Shastri said, “It is good to see such a huge crowd gathered here for watching domestic hockey. Even in domestic first-class cricket one could not find the spectators in such a large number. On the World Cup cricket squad, he said the team is well balanced and have good chance in the event. Praising Saurav Ganguly for his brilliant performance on his comeback, he said, “I gave full marks to Ganguly for putting up such a brilliant performance. ‘Believe in your ability’ is the real mantra of success.” Shastri also backed Sehwag, calling him a class player. |
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Tribune team scores victory Chandigarh, February 17 The tournament, sponsored by mobile service provider Airtel, held at St John's School Sector 26, here, today. Electing to field first after winning the toss, the Press Club-XI lost the advantage due to wayward bowling by the main bowlers. Scoring at a brisk pace, the Tribune reached 50 in just the fifth over. They ended their inning at 168 runs for the loss of just two wickets in their quota of 20 overs. For the Press Club, Gaurav and Kumar Rakesh took one wicket each. Chasing 169 runs would never have been easy for the Press Club, but the task was made more difficult due to poor batting by the batsmen. Except for Balwinder, who scored 24 runs in 36 balls, and 11 runs by opener Jaspal, no other batsman could reach the double-figure mark. In the end, the Press Club-XI managed just 84 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. The highlight of the chase was the fact that five batsmen were run out. Pradeep was adjudged the man of the match for his unbeaten knock. Earlier, in the first match of the day, Dainik Bhaskar were made to work hard for victory by the Times of India. But, for the last-minute batting heroics by Sanjeev Mahajan (44 runs in just 26 balls), the match could have gone either way. Electing to bowl first after winning the toss, the Dainik Bhaskar bowlers received some stick from their un-fancied opponents, whose batsmen scored almost at will. Captain Ashutosh led from the front, hitting three huge sixes in his knock of 26 in 15 balls. However, the introduction of spinners into the attack proved to a masterstroke by the Dainik Bhaskar captain Kewal Saini, with off-spinner Sanjeev Mahajan taking two quick wickets, while Ajay took three wickets in his quota of four overs. Their efforts was instrumental in the Times of India being restricted for just 115 runs in the 18 th over. Chasing 116 for victory, Dainik Bhaskar was in a spot of bother, having lost four wickets with just 49 on board. However, Sanjeev again came to the rescue of his team, playing a magnificent inning of 44. He was ably supported by Ajay (22 runs). For the Times of India, Japteshwar took three wickets while Karandeep scalped two. Sanjeev Mahajan was adjudged the man of the match for his all-round display with the ball and the bat. Tomorrow, Dainik Bhaskar will meet Amar Ujala in the first semi-final of the tournament, while The Tribune will lock horns with The Indian Express. Brief scores: MATCH 1: Dainik Bhaskar beat Times of India by four wickets. Brief scores: Times of India 115 all out in 17.4 overs (Rajinder 24, Ashutosh 26, Ajay 3 for 20, Sanjeev Mahajan 2 for 23). Dainik Bhaskar 119 runs for six in 18.2 overs (Sanjeev 44, Ajay 22, Japteshwar 3 for 27, Karandeep 2 for 16). MATCH 2: The Tribune beat Chandigarh Press Club-XI by 84 runs. Brief scores: The Tribune 168 for two in 20 overs (Rohit Awasthi 52, Pradeep 56 not out, Ajay 18, Gaurav 1 for 28, Kumar Rakesh 1 for 24) Chandigarh Press Club-XI 84 all out (Balwinder 24, Jaspal 11, Anjeev Jaswal 1 for 20, Gagan 1 for 17, Surinder 1 for 9). |
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