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Resynchronisation therapy boon for heart patients
Chandigarh, April 29 However, due to lack of awareness about the therapy among patients as well as medicos, they are unable get the benefit of it, says Dr Jagmohan Verma, a cardiologist at Fortis, Mohali. Blood ejected from the heart is decreased in people who have heart failure, which is the reason they often experience symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and swelling (or edema) of the feet and ankles and, in these cases, by improving blood flow, the heart resynchronisation therapy may help improve quality of life and increase patients’ ability to perform the tasks of daily living, say Dr Verma. In fact, in healthy people, four chambers of heart contract in synchrony to move blood through the body. However, in many patients, the electrical impulses that coordinate the contractions of the heart’s chambers may be impaired. As a result, in up to 30 per cent of people, who have advanced heart failure, the two lower chambers, called ventricles, no longer contract at the same time, say the cardiologist. In cardiac resynchronisation therapy, a device is implanted in the upper chest in an attempt to resynchronise the contractions of the ventricles by sending tiny electrical impulses to the heart
muscle. Resynchronising the contractions of the ventricles can help the heart pump blood throughout the body more efficiently and reduce the symptoms. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy, also known as biventricular pacing, is intended to complement standard drug treatment and dietary and lifestyle modifications. The devices are implanted under the skin in the chest area. Three very thin insulated wires (leads), with tiny electrodes on their distal ends, are manoeuvred through veins from the device to the heart: One lead is placed to touch the inner wall of the right atrium, another to touch the inner wall of the right ventricle and the third lead is threaded through the coronary sinus and placed to touch the outer wall of the left ventricle. |
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Expensive treatment leaves parents in a fix
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 29 Manita, mother of three-year-old Swastik from Ambala City, is finding it impossible to treat her son as her husband earns Rs 6,000 every month while the cost of injection which needs to be given to the baby every 3-4 weeks is around Rs 3,000 and its dose requires to be increased with the increase in child’s weight. Same is the story of Nazam Singh from Ganga Nagar, Shubra Sarkar, mother of Tuhin (4) from Bhopal, and many other parents from Rajura, Kurukshera and Panchkula who got together recounting their experience of facing the challenge to commemorate World Immunisation Day organised by the Indian Patients Society for Primary Immuno deficiency at Advanced Paediatric Centre, PGI, here, today. Kamboj came to know about the fact that his nine-year-old son Abhinav was suffering from hypogammaglobulinemia, one of the types of primary immunodeficiency disorder, in February last when he brought him for the treatment of puss in shoulder. As the disease can be inherited, doctors advised him to get diagnosed his younger son Aryan (3) also and unfortunately, he was also found suffering from the disorder. The tragedy of the parents in this situation is that the disease is curable but the treatment is expensive, said Dr Surjit Singh, additional professor of pediatric allergy and immunology, department of pediatrics, PGI. Though the cost of injection had been reduced to almost five times during past 15 years, still majority of the parents were finding it hard to provide treatment to their children, informed the paediatrician. The cost of 5 gram of gammaglobulin medicine of injection was approximately Rs 2,500 at present, informed the doctor.
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ONGC defeat CLSA by
eight wickets
Chandigarh, April 29 Batting first, CLSA were all out on 82 in 19 overs. ADS Sukhija was the highest scorer with 13 runs on the board followed by P.S. Hundal, who made 11. For ONGC, Amit Bhandari claimed maximum wickets, 3 for 22 while S Narwal and R Sanghvi took two each for 9 and 8 runs, respectively. Chasing a victory target of 83, ONGC too, suffered an early blow as they lost opener Mithun Minhas without any run on the board. He was caught by Vineet Soni off Hemant Bassi. But Sandeep Sharma unbeaten knocked of 44 off 30 and played the key role. During his innings he hit six boundaries and a sixer. He also stitched an unbeaten 60-run partnership with Rizwan Shamshad (25 n o), which guided the team to victory in 11.4 overs. In group B encounter, the Professional Cricket Club (PCC) beat All India Electricity Sports Control Board (AIESCB) by seven wickets with three balls to spare. Batting first, AIESCB made 139 for 9 in 20 overs with 43 off 27 by Harikishan. The other notable contributor was opener Parbhjot, who accumulated 38 runs. Parveen was the highest wicket taker, claiming 4 for 26 while Sanjay Mahajan took 2 for 36 for PCC. In reply, PCC reached the target of 140 runs in 19.3 overs. Gurinder Saini (45) and Ravinder Nain (35) gave a good start to the team and made 78 runs for the first wicket stand. After their going back to pavilion, Haryana Ranji player Bhageshwar Bisht (32) and Sanjay Mahajan (20 not out) steered the team to victory. Ahmed (1 for 26), Sanjeev (1 for 19) and Charanjit (1 for 19) were the wicket takers. Gurinder Saini of PCC was adjudged the man of the match. The tournament is being organised by the Chandigarh Twenty-20 Cricket Association under the patronage of the Indian Twenty-20 Cricket Federation and the Chandigarh Olympic Association. Brief scores Group A: CLSA XI:
82 all out in 19 overs (P S Hundal 11, ADS Sukhija 13, Amit Bhandari 2 for 33, S Narwal 2 for 9, R Sanghvi 2 for 8). ONGC:
86 for 2 in 11.4 overs (Sandeep Sharma 44 n o, Rizwan Shamshad 25 n o, H Bassi 1 for 16, Sandeep Moudgil 1 for 18). Group B: AIESCB:
139 for 9 in 20 overs (Parbhjot 38, Charanjeet 23, Harikishan 43, Parveen 4 for 26, S Mahajan 2 for 36, Madadi 1 for 33, Gurinder 1 for 26, A Kakaria 1 for 17). PCC:
140 for 3 in 19.3 overs (Ravinder Nain 35, Gurinder Saini 45, Bhageshwar Bisht 32, Sanjay Mahajan 20, Ahmed 1 for 26, Sanjeev 1 for 19, Charanjit 1 for 19). |
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Spanish Pelota gaining ground in India
Chandigarh, April 29 Angel Arraiza, the treasurer of the International Federation of Basque Pelota, Spain, informed about the origin of the game. Originally coming from Spain, this game is catching up in Asia. There are total 14 specialities in this game. But in India, only two types named ‘Pelota with rubber ball’ and ‘Frontennis’ will be introduced. This game is played with a tennis racket and special kind of rubber ball is used. The court, almost similar to squash court, has a dimension of 30 meters in length. The tentative cost of building the court for this game would come out to be approximately Rs 15 lacs. “But the court can be used for multipurpose games like handball, basketball etc.”, said Arraiza. He further informed that the game Pelota was earlier introduced in India in 2002 by Ajit Kumar, who was the first general secretary and B.K. Sinha (IPS) held the presidentship of the association. In 2006 elections were held and Sudershan Kumar of Chandigarh was elected as general secretary and OP Singh (IPS) was elected as president. The main objective of his visit is to assist Indian federation for promoting this game and to see the future of this game in India. Among those present on the occasion were JPS Sidhu, joint director Sports, KS Bharti, assistant director Sports, Education Department, joint secretary from the Olympic Association, Chandigarh and secretaries from Lucknow, Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Impressed with the game, Sidhu said, “Though the game involves lot of money and infrastructure but we can chalk out the modalities to bring this game to the city.” Angel Arraiza gave full assurance to Indian federation for providing all out support and even donated some equipment to the federation. He offered to arrange for free technical training for Indian coaches and even agreed to send some technical officials from Spain to India for training the Indian coaches. During his short visit he also visited Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, Chandigarh. The director of this school has offered to build a court in his premises. |
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Chanchal takes winning strides, emerges winner
Chandigarh, April 29 According to Dr Gurmeet Singh, the athletes will also be selected to represent Chandigarh in the forthcoming national championship to be held in Bangalore. The results Men 400m: 35+: 1 Ashok Kumar 1:12.22sec. Shot Put: 35+: 1 Gurmeet Singh 10 m Long Jump: 35+: 1 Gurmeet Singh 4.33m, 2 Ashok Kumar 4.12m 400m: 40+: 1 Harjender Singh 1:04.67sec, 2 Gurmail Singh 1:05.69sec, 3 Kamal Deep Singh 1:05.96sec 1500m: 40+: 1 Harjinder Singh 5:22.6sec, 2 Kuldeep Singh 5:42.2sec, 3 Gurmail Singh 5:50.3sec Shot Put: 40+: 1 J.S.Chahal 4.68m, 2 Satnam Singh 2.73m 400m: 45+: 1 Ravinder Singh 1:08.84 sec 5000m: WALK: 45+: 1Birbal Sharma 39:58.07sec, 2 Amarjit Singh 41:20.5sec Shot Put: 45+: 1 Satminder Singh 11m, 2 Harvinderjeet 10.65m, 3 Harvinder Singh 7.94m 400m: 1 Raghbir Singh 1:05.75sec, 2 Ajayab Singh 1:11.31sec 1500m: 50+: 1 Sada Ram 5:39.9sec, 2 Pal Singh 6:16.5sec 5000m Walk: 65+: 1 M.L.Chitkara 32:54.05sec, 2 Atma Singh 38:14.05sec Shot Put: 65+: 1 Atma Singh 8.70m, 2 Raghbir Singh Bhatti 8.68m Long Jump: 65+: 1 Surinder Singh 3.53m, 2 Ragbhir Singh Bhatti 3.21m Shot Put: 70+: 1Ajaib Singh 11.20m Long Jump: 70+: 1 Karnail Singh 3.62m Long Jump: 75+: 1 Amrik Singh 2.73m 100m: 35+: 1 Gurmeet, 2 Ashok Kumar 400m: 60+: 1 K.L.Verma 1:22.17sec, 2 Amar Singh 1:41.34sec, 3 Gurbachan Singh 1:56.66sec 5000m: Walk: 60+: 1 Mukhtiar Singh 37:26.03sec, 2 Navjot Singh 39:51.05se Long Jump: 60+: 1 K.L.Verma 4.43m, 2 Amar Singh 3.03m Women 400m: 35+: 1 Preeti Kaur 2:01.62sec 2000m Walk: 35+: 1 Preeti Kaur 18:19.73 sec 200m Walk: 40+: 1 Neena Saini 20:7.51sec Shot Put: 40+: 1 Neena Saini 4.80m Shot Put: 50+: 1 Rajwinder Kaur 5.40m 400m: 55+: 1 Bimla Saini 2:20.78sec 2000m: Walk 55+: 1 Bimla Saini 18:43.73sec 400m: 60+: 1Chanchal Saggar 2:25.56sec 2000m Walk: 60+: 1 Chanchal Saggar 18:47.24sec 100m: 35+: Preeti 100m: 40+: 1 Neena Saini 100m: 50+: Rajwinder Kaur 100m: 55+: 1 Bimla Saini, 2 Surinder Kaur 100m: 60+: Chanchal Saggar |
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Dangi casts bowling spell
Mohali, April 29 Starting from their overnight score of 21 for 1 in 13 overs, the Patiala batsmen could not face the disciplined bowling spells by Dangi and Veer Karan Goel and were bundled out on 135 in 78.3 overs in their first innings. Dangi virtually ripped apart the batting lineup of the rivals finishing 6 for 34. Only Vinay Goraba showed some resistance with his 37-run-knock. Gouravpreet Singh (30) and Shivin Goel (20) were the other scorers for the team. Veer Karan Goyal claimed 3 wickets, conceding 35 runs. In their second innings, Chandigarh scored 86 for 4 in 41.2 overs at the end of the day. The skipper Manan Vohra was playing on 52 not out when the second day was called off. Brief score Chandigarh (1st innings): 194 all out in 87 overs Patiala (1st innings): 135 in 78.3 overs (Vinay Goraba 37, Shivin Goel 20, Gouravpreet Singh 30, Sandeep Dangi 6 for 34 and Veer Karan Goyal 3 for 35) Chandigarh (2nd Innings): 86 for 4 in 41.2 overs (Manan Vohra 52 n o, Veer Karan Goyel 19).
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