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Medicos chip in for child’s surgery
Ludhiana, June 15 The newborn child, hailing from Uttarakhand, was brought to the CMCH in a serious condition by his mother, who had been deserted by her husband in the hour of crisis. After investigations, the child was diagnosed to be afflicted with Hirschsprung’s disease.
According to Dr V.P. Singh of the department of paediatric surgery, Hirschsprung’s disease was a congenital condition, where an obstruction of the large intestine was caused by inadequate mobility or muscular movement of the bowel, further leading to accumulation of intestinal contents behind the obstruction. The victims of this condition suffered from distention of the bowel and abdomen, accompanied with vomiting. In view of the severity of the disease, the doctors in the department of paediatric surgery took a decision to operate on this child at the earliest because if untreated, Hirschsprung’s disease could develop into life threatening complications. “Though surgery for Hirschsprung’s disease at this small age is performed in two or three stages, the surgeons, in this particular case, performed the procedure in a single stage. The operation involved removal of the diseased part of the bowel and reattaching the normal healthy bowel,” added Dr Singh. Karthick’s father, a rickshaw puller in the city, did not appear at all to help his family during the operation, or subsequent post operative care of his child and the entire cost of operation was borne with the liberal financial support of the medical students of CMC, as also from some other sources. The surgical procedure performed on the child had been successful and he had been discharged. The CMCH authorities have made a fervent appeal to the people to come forward and help needy children like Karthick by contributing to the “Surgically Sick Children’s Fund of CMC Hospital”. All those interested in lending a helping hand to the critically ill children in need of surgery could get in touch with the department of paediatric surgery at
CMCH.
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Chakitsa Rattan for surgeon
Machhiwara, June 15 Dr Balbir Singh was given this honour by the International Study Circle, Delhi, in a function organised at Rehabilitation Centre, Delhi. Only 25 doctors from all over India were honoured for their contribution by this organisation. Talking to mediapersons, Dr Balbir Singh attributed his achievement to the people of the area who had always reposed faith in him and thus made him enable for getting such big honours.
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City shuttlers in Indian team
Ludhiana, June 15 Anupam Kumaria, honorary general secretary, Ludhiana District Badminton Association (LDBA), said the association had received a communique from the Badminton Association of India (BAI) which said Raj Kumar and Pranav Chopra had been selected for international tournaments beginning from July 24. They had been asked to attend a coaching camp to be conducted by the BAI at Cochin from June 25 to July 22. These shuttlers have already been picked up for the preparatory camp for the Indian badminton players for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi. Kumaria, along with other office bearers of the LDBA, has expressed gratitude towards Mangat Rai Sharma under whose guidance Raj Kumar and Pranav had improved their game and won All-India Tournaments held at Cochin and Chennai recently and now figured in the Indian junior team for foreign tours.
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Power in unity
Ludhiana, June 15 He was addressing a special meeting of the senior officers to review the prevailing situation of power and water supply in the city at Circuit House here today. He told the officers that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had taken a serious view of power cuts in spite of the fact that there is no shortage of power in the state. The minister said that during the past few days, unscheduled power cuts by PSEB had resulted in the interruption of water supply, putting the people through unnecessary hardship. He said that CM had himself minutely reviewed the situation and deputed the ministers to ensure full coordination among the officers of different departments so that such a problem does not arise in the future. He informed that 18 new tube wells have been installed in the city and asked PSEB SE P S Gill to release the power connections to the nine of these tube wells for which the required money had already been deposited by the civic body. The SE assured the minister that these tube wells would be given power connections by next Wednesday. Gabria told the MC authorities to immediately apply for power connections for the remaining tube wells so that all of them could be made functional at the earliest. MC and PSEB have set up two control rooms in the city on the directions of the minister. MC joint commissioner B K Gupta said that a control room for attending to complaints regarding water supply and sewerage had been set up at Daresi Ground, which would remain open from 6 am to 10 pm and any complaint regarding water supply and sewerage could be registered there. The complaints will be attended to within a period of two hours, he added. The minister asked the MC to supply drinking water in those colonies where the tube wells were not functioning. He said adequate numbers of water tankers should be pressed into service for the purpose. Gupta informed that MC has sufficient funds and immediately deposit the required charges on receiving demand notice from PSEB for power connections to the tube wells. He assured that the MC had deputed round the clock operators at all the 450 tube wells in the city so that these could be switched on immediately on the resumption of power supply. Clarifying the reasons for the unscheduled power cuts during the past few days, the SE said that the PSEB had introduced eight-hour regular power supply to the tube wells of the paddy growing farmers from June 10, as a result of which it took a few days to estimate the required consumption in others sectors at different times and draw up the new power cut schedules accordingly. He informed that there was no shortage of power supply at this point of time. Later, Gabria presided over a meeting of officers of the Public Health Department to review the progress of the ongoing rural water supply schemes.
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Vet varsity to get Rs 17 crore
Ludhiana, June 15 Minister for animal husbandry, dairy development, fisheries and social welfare Gulzar Singh Ranike said this during his visit to the university here yesterday. He was accompanied by chief parliamentary secretary (cooperation) Jagdeep Singh Nakai and chief parliamentary secretary (revenue) Sukhpal Singh. He also visited veterinary clinics and different farms of the university. The minister was told about various facilities like large animal X-ray machines, ultrasound, and centralised diagnostic lab along with indoor units of the university hospital, by the dean of College of Veterinary Science Dr Simrat Sagar Singh. He was shown various cattle and poultry breeds at various farms. While addressing farmers on the occasion, the minister said Punjab was the top state in animal husbandry sector in India. He said in the past few years, farmers had also shown keen interest in piggery, fishery and goat rearing. He said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was committed to help the debt-ridden farmers through crop diversification. Ranike assured to provide adequate financial help to this newly-created university so that the knowledge gained here could make dairy farming in the state more profitable. He impressed upon the need to impart modern training to the youths of Punjab in dairy farming, piggery, fishery and livestock products which would create employment for them. He said the statewide network of veterinary hospitals and dispensaries would be linked with the university so that livestock farmers could be given better health services. It would help in improving the export of animal products and farmers will get better returns. Earlier, the vice-chancellor Dr V K Taneja, welcomed the minister on his maiden visit to the university and urged the minister to allocate sufficient funds so that five to six research-cum-training centres can be started in different regions of the Punjab for carrying out the much needed research and training for the farmers. Daljit Singh Gill, president of Punjab Piggery Farmer's Association, Sukhwinder Singh Kotli and secretary, Punjab Fisheries farmer's Association, Pavittar Singh Pangli, apprised the farmers with various problems faced by different categories of livestock farmers.
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Khanna-Malerkotla road inaugurated
Ludhiana, June 15 This was stated by chief parliamentary secretary (technical education and industrial training) Bikramjit Singh Khalsa while addressing a function after inaugurating the Khanna-Malerkotla road via Rajewal, Rohno Kalan, constructed at a cost of Rs 1.87 crore at Ikolaha village, about 50 kms from here, today. Khalsa said the government was laying stress on strengthening the road network in state. He said funds amounting to Rs 1,500 crore were being spent on the strengthening and widening of 1,300 kms of roads in the state. He said that work on almost all the remaining roads would be started during the current financial year. He said that the government has also decided to sanction additional funds for the maintenance of roads so that minor repairs of the roads could be carried out. Khalsa while unveiling the government's agenda on revolutionising power generation in the state said the government was seeking expeditious Central approval and assistance for generating an additional 8200 MWs of electricity over the next three and a half years. He said that the Chief Minister had approached the Prime Minister to release Rs 9842 crore which the state government was to receive under the rural electrification scheme and the Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme. He asserted that the farmers were being provided regular power supply for eight hours daily from June 10 for the sowing of paddy and said that in case any power transformer develops a fault it would be repaired within 24 hours.
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A relief for Sadar police station
Ludhiana, June 15 The gates were closed ever since Chahal and five of his relatives were arrested and kept in the police station lock-up here in an alleged land grab and attempt to murder case. No person other than those associated with the case or called by the police were allowed inside the building till Chahal was in custody here. This caused problems for those who wanted to file a complaint or sought an audience with the station staff. All enquires were met at the gate only. Even the complaints were taken at the gate only. The police had kept the doors closed round the clock to keep mediapersons, especially photographers at bay. Chahal was sent to two weeks judicial custody in Central Jail last evening. Police sources said they were also relieved as the presence of such an accused in the police station kept them on tenterhooks all the time. The hustle bustle seen at the police station was also missing today. Doctors were often seen rushing inside the police station whenever Chahal had to be medically examined.
A small door in the main door was opened to let them in.
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