Health Matters
600 children examined at eye check-up camp
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 11
The department of ophthalmology at Christian Medical College and Hospital organised a free pediatric eye check-up camp in which 600 children got their eyes examined.

Civil surgeon Dr S.P. Sharma inaugurated the camp. CMCH director Dr John Pramod was the guest of honour. Among other dignitaries present at the function were Dr John Abraham, principal, Manpreet Chadha, project manager, Orbis International, Dr J.M Singh and Dr S.S. Johl, former vice-chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala.

Elaborating on the importance of vision screening among children, Dr Harpreet Kapoor, head, department of ophthalmology said the reasons behind blindness among children were cataract, refractive errors, squint, trauma, glaucoma, retinopathy of prematurity and vitamin A deficiency.

At least 44 school teachers from 14 schools were trained to screen the children for early detection of vision-related problems.

Gastro unit

An ultra-modern gastroenterology wing will be inaugurated at AIMC Bassi Hospital tomorrow. Dr Naresh Bassi and Dr Madhu Bassi said yesterday that minister for local bodies Manoranjan Kalia would inaugurate it and president of the state unit of the BJP Rajinder Bhandari would preside over the function. 

World Sight Day celebrated
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 11
‘World Sight Day’ was commemorated at BCM Arya Model School. Dr Barjinder Singh Rana from Guru Teg Bahuder Hospital (Eye Care) organised vision and awareness session. Students were informed about eye care, vision care and importance of preserving eye sight. Students were referred for follow up care. Dr Barjinder Singh told about the importance of vitamin ‘A’ , rich diet and treatment strategies.

17 schools take part in kho kho tourney
Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 11
Players from 17 schools of Ludhiana district affiliated with the CBSE are taking part in a two-day district-level kho kho tournament which was inaugurated at Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha International Public Secondary School Sarabha near here today.

Gurjit Singh Romana, SP, Ludhiana (Rural), inaugurated the tournament and Raikot DSP Narinder Pal Singh Ruby was the chief guest.

According to school principal Kuldip Singh, the players, besides exhibiting their best during the march past vowed to inculcate the spirit of sportsmanship in their life and abide by rules set by the organizers. Alamjit Kaur of the host school administered them the oath.

Teams from DAV Public School, Philaur, KVM Public School, Ludhiana, Shamrock Public School, Ludhiana, Satluj Public School and the host institute won their respective matches to reach semifinals.

Terming games as prerequisite for good physical and psychological health Romana called upon the managers of these schools to persuade students to sincerely take part in the games. “This besides improving the health fosters leadership and coordination among them,” Romana added.

10 Everest school students selected for b’ball championship
Our correspondent

Ludhiana, October 11
As many as ten students of Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, Ludhiana, have been selected to represent the district in the Punjab Schools Basketball Championship to be held at Kotakpura.

These players helped the Ludhiana team last year to win title at Patiala. The cagers from this school also represented the state in the national schools basketball league which secured first position.

Rajinder Sharma, principal of the school, said that students of this school Yadwinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Sukhbir Singh Dhillon and Dilawar Singh have also represented India in the international tournaments.

Dilawar Singh was among the 50 boys selected from all over Asia to take part in the Basketball without Border Championship held early this year in China. He was named the best ‘three shooter’ in this event. Dilawar has also been shortlisted for the Indian squad for the Asian Basketball Championship slated to be held early next year, Sharma said.

PAU to host lawn tennis tourney

Ludhiana, October 11
The Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, will host the North Zone Inter-University Lawn Tennis Championship for men from October 26 to 31.

According to Ramandeep Singh Grewal, deputy director, sports, PAU, the Indian hockey team, around 130 sportspersons from 26 universities, including agricultural and humanities, will be vying for top honours during this six-day event. — OC