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Docs sound parents on perils of jaundice in babies
Chandigarh, August 19 The doctors advised that in case the baby develops jaundice within the first day of life or its palms, soles or shins gets stained yellow, the parents need the advice of a medico. The stool appearing pale and urine yellow are other reasons to believe that the baby is affected with jaundice, they said. Whenever a baby develops constipation, sleepiness, coarse skin, excessive weight gain, lethargic, stops feeding or develops a shrill cry, the doctor must be consulted immediately as these are indications of the disease. Prof Surinder Yachha from SGPGI, Lucknow, said if a baby with prolonged jaundice passes yellow urine that stains the diapers or passes whitish stool, it could prove to be very dangerous. Such a baby must be shown to a physician without delay because it might mean that the bile passage from the liver to the intestines is completely blocked. Speaking about how to deal with a situation where the jaundice lingers on beyond 1-2 weeks of life, Prof Siddharth Ramji from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, said often this mild lingering jaundice is innocuous and is seen more often in breastfed babies. Prof B.R. Thapa of the Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, PGI, continued with the theme of prolonged jaundice with pale stools. He said it is vital that the treating doctor takes this complaint seriously and gets a nuclear scan of the liver done to exclude a block in the bile passage. If this is proven, a surgery is urgently required to prevent permanent damage to the liver. Dr Srinivas Murki of Ferandez Hospital, Hyderabad, said the job of a paediatrician does not end with the subsidence of jaundice. All babies with severe jaundice, particularly those who had signs of brain damage or those who required blood exchange, must be followed up carefully for several years. Their hearing must be checked, and also their mental and physical development, the doctor said.
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Seminar on HIV and social justice
Chandigarh, August 19 Mayor Harjinder Kaur inaugurated the seminar. The stage was conducted by Mukesh Pandey of the World News Service, who stressed the importance of women in society while arguing for the rights of the HIV infected people. |
S N Vohra Tourney
Chandigarh, August 19 As many as eight out of 16 players of the team were found overaged by the medical panel of the tournament just before the start of the tournament at Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. The CHA team was scheduled to play against the Mehta Gurukul Hockey Academy, Doraha, in the inaugural match. Talking to TNS, Dr S.K. Khanna and Dr Rakesh said, “We have an institutional method of checking the age of players i.e. physical growth age and dental age. During the check up, eight players of the academy team were found to be overaged.” General secretary of the Chandigarh Hockey Association Y.P. Vohra said, “We offered the academy to take the field with eight players, but they opted to withdraw.” It is not for the first time that the academy has been “disgraced” for fielding overaged players. Last year, eight players of the Chandigarh team, in which most of the players were from the academy, were found overaged in the national juniors hockey tournament at Hyderabad and the team was forced to play with 10 players. “Overaged players in the academy team has put a big question mark on the working as well as selection procedure of the academy, which has been spending lakhs of rupees on the training of its players. The matter should be looked into immediately. In the long run, the problem would only damage the game,” said a senior hockey official. Meanwhile, the standby team DAV Academy, Sector 8, played the opening match with the Doraha team. In the match, which started late by an hour due to problem, Doraha team beat the local team by 2-0. Both goals were netted by Harpreet Singh, who opened the account by converting a penalty corner in the eighth minute. The second goal came in the 32nd minute when the team got penalty stroke and Harpreet past home successfully. During the match, DAV got four penalty corners, but the team failed to convert any of those.
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Where religion nurtures sports
Chandigarh, August 19 The club, which is being run under the aegis of former Asian two-time gold medallist in shot put and Arjuna Awardee Balwinder Singh, known as baba, is training some 21 well-built boys between 17 and 22 years in two sessions - 6 am to 8.30 am and 4.30 to 7 pm. With the motto ‘Bhakti me Shakti’, Balwinder Singh, has chalked out a special programme which includes meditation and yoga besides regular practice sessions. His mission is to produce players in the events like shot put, discus throw, hammer throw. “It is pity that sportspersons from our country have not been able to win gold at the Olympics. My aim is to place my country’s name on the medal tally in these events,” he said. His disciples are from far-off places of Punjab and Haryana. Eighteen-year-old local boy Kashish Khanna, who won a gold medal in shot put in the recently held Chandigarh Athletics Meet at Sports Complex, Sector 7, has joined the club to learn the finer nuances of the sport. Silver medallist at the north zone meet, Saharanpur, and inter-zonal meet, Allahabad, last year, Kashish thinks big and wants to put Chandigarh’s name on the global map by winning gold in shot put in the forthcoming events. Pukhraj Singh, who won the junior Haryana state meets for four consecutive years from 2003 to 2006, has come all the way from Sirsa to polish his skills in shot put. Raminder Pal Singh Ghuman from Malerkotla has been getting training in shot put here for the past two years. Raminder grabbed many medals at the state and zonal-level events and is working on improving his performance. Gurvinder Singh participates in discus throw and shot put. This 19-year-old tough guy from Morinda has many honours to his credit. It was their goal to earn name in sports that brought Sukhpreet and Satinder to the club all the way from Jalandhar and Haryana, respectively. Balwinder rued that his disciples had bigger aims, but administrative hurdles were coming in the way of their goals. “We have written to the joint sports director to provide us with the infrastructure here two months ago, but in vain. There is no dearth of talent in our country, but the lack of infrastructure and coaches are the prime requirements if we want to grab gold in bigger international events.” |
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Ravinder is athletics team manager
Chandigarh, August 19 Earlier, Chaudhry had acted as the manager of the Indian teams for the Macau International Marathon held in December 2000, 15th Asian Athletics Championships held at Manila (Philippines) in September 2003 and for the Bhushan International Athletics competition held in the same month. |
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Jagbir pedals to victory
Panchkula, August 19 The competition was organised by the District Cycling Association, Panchkula. Secretary of the association Charanjit Kaur said around 50 to 60 students of different schools and colleges participated in the tournament. The selected students would participate in the forthcoming national and international tournaments. The winners were presented with the T-shirts sponsored by LA Sovereign Bicycles Ltd, Ludhiana. Results Men: 50 km (mass start): 1 Parmod, 2 Rohit, 3 Manish. Boys-19 years: 45 km (mass start): 1 Brijesh, 2 Manoj, 3 Navjot. Boys-15 years: 5 km (mass start): 1 Akshay, 2 Ashwani, 3 Nilay. Boys-13 years: 5 km (time trial): 1 Jagbir, 2 Reshab, 3 Sushil.
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Kickboxing meet from Sept 15
Chandigarh, August 19
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Top honours for Panipat skaters
Panchkula, August 19 Meanwhile, in the skating competition held at Manav Mangal School, Sector 10, the u-11 boys’ team of Panipat secured the top position. Earlier, the games were inaugurated at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, here, by Anurag Rastogi, commissioner and director general of school education, Haryana. Other results Yoga u-11 (girls): 1 Panchkula, 2 Yamunanagar, 3 Bhiwani. Skating u-12 (boys): 1 Panipat, 2 Panchkula, 3 Karnal. |
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Chandigarh, August 19 A national basketball player and a qualified referee of the Basketball Federation of India, Bhalla was also a member of the Chandigarh Basketball team, which won a gold medal in the junior national basketball championship held at Trichur, Kerala, in 1977. — TNS
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Chandigarh, August 19 Interested players may submit entries with assistant general secretary Diwan Singh Aithani at HNo. 564-A, Sector 32-A (6540397). — TNS
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