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HEALTH

Mental disorder rife in poor families: Study
Arun Sharma
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
A random survey conducted on children coming to the institute for the mentally challenged in the city has found a relation between the disorder among children and poverty.

The study has revealed that a majority of children who suffer from mental disorders are from families that are socially and economically disadvantaged.

This turns into a vicious cycle as these families are unable to provide the care that is required due to lack of resources, which puts an additional burden on them as they end up incurring greater debts.

The survey conducted by a team led by joint director Dr B.S. Chavan of the State Resource Centre has found that a majority of the mentally challenged children belong to poor families and the mental disorder of their children further wipes out chances of these families ever coming out of poverty.

Over 70 per cent of 300 children coming to Government Institute for Mentally Challenged Children (GIMRC), Sector 32, were found to be from socially and economically weaker section of society, said Dr Chavan.

It was noticed that one of the common causes was poverty, due to which mothers could neither get nutritious diet before or during pregnancy nor get antenatal care. Infection went untreated in some expectant mothers. And deliveries were carried out at homes in slums or villages by midwives, said Dr Chavan.

Poverty leads to birth of mentally challenged children and mental retardation of children bogs them down financially even further, he added.

Though thousands of families have been facing the problem of rehabilitation of their mentally challenged children, many of them are in a pathetic condition as they have been taking care of more than one child suffering from mental disorder.

A visit to the families of these children revealed that parents were worried not only about the rehabilitation of children but also about the future of their children after them.

“There was a dire need for some creche or a care centre for such children,” said a mother at Sector 40, who has to take care of her two children with mental disorder.

“Who is going to take care of them after we die?” said Harnek, a resident of Sector 22. “I have three daughters and two of them are mentally challenged and in the meager income that I earn, it is not possible for me to afford some financial arrangement for their future,” rued Harnek. There are many children whose mothers are also suffering from mental disorder. Kharaiti Lal, a street hawker, has to take care of his two children and wife with mental disorder.

Suggesting steps to rehabilitate these families, Dr Chavan said in developed countries, families received adequate financial help to look after such children.

“There was a dire need here to provide substantial finances so that parents could get some relief in looking after these children,” he suggested.

SPORTS

Kerala dominate cycle polo meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
Kerala girls emerged winners in the senior as well as sub-junior sections in the ninth Senior Women and fifth Sub-Junior Girls’ Cycle Polo Championships today. The championship was organised by the Chandigarh Cycle Polo Association at Banyan Tree School ground in Sector 48 here.

Kerala team defeated Uttar Pradesh by 10-3 in the final to clinch the Gajanan Burde Challenge Trophy for women. Divya Babu and Ashna Aziz gave outstanding performance for the winning team. Divya contributed five goals and Ashna scored three goals. On the other hand, Neha Singh netted two goals for Uttar Pradesh.

Chattisgarh defeated Andhra Pradesh by 13-2 to decide for the third and fourth positions.

Sonali Rao was instrumental in Chhattisgarh’s win, she scored seven goals.

Meanwhile, Kerala girls also returned home with the Raghuvindra Singh Challenge Trophy for the sub-junior title. They outplayed Rajasthan by 14-2 in the sub-junior girls final. Preeti Jose scored seven goals.

Neha Singh of Rajasthan was adjudged the best upcoming sub-junior player. She was awarded the Anokhi Trophy by union minister of state for finance, Pawan Bansal, who was the chief guest.

Results:

Senior Women (final): Kerala (Divya Babu 5, Ashna Aziz 3, Kavya Lakshmi 1, Sonia Joseph 1) b Uttar Pradesh (Neha Singh 2, Sobha Maurya 1) 10-3; sub-junior girls (final): Kerala (Preeti Jose 7, Radhika 3, Aparna 2, Hena 2)b Rajasthan (Neha Yadav 2) 14-2.

	Football Cakewalk victory for St Stephen’s Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 20 St Stephen’s Club and MCM DAV Club recorded victories in the four-team round robin league matches of the Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy. The meet is being organised by the Chandigarh Football Association at the St Stephen’s School ground in Sector 45. St Stephen’s Club handed out an 8-0 triumph to Carmel Convent School, Sector 9 in the first league fixture. Later, in another league match, MCM DAV Club prevailed over DAV SSS Club 3-1. MCM DAV Club dominated the first half and were able to take 3-0 lead. MCM DAV Club launched attack in the 10th minute through Pooja, who gave a good cross pass to Anjana Dogra. Maintaining the pressure, MCM DAV Club doubled the margin in the 20th minute. This time, Nisha sent a defence-splitting pass to Pooja to do the rest. MCM DAV Club got their third goal through Jasdeep in the 27th minute. However, DAV SSS Club shifted goalkeeper Anupriya as her regular position as striker. That enlivened the proceedings with DAV SSS forwards launching a number of counter attacks. Their moves bore fruits in the 38th minute. Kamla sent a long volley into the box. Anupriya trapped it and banged home the lone goal of DAV SSS Club. Thereafter MCM DAV Club defence thwarted DAV SSS Club moves. Earlier, St Stephen’s Club defeated Carmel Convent School by 8-0. In an otherwise dull match, the highlights of this one-sided affair tie were three goals each by Sonam (3rd, 8th, 21st) and Simran (26th, 30th, 42nd). Shikha (16th) and Meenakshi (29th) contributed one goal each as St Stephen’s Club registered a cakewalk victory. The next league matches are scheduled to begin at 9.30 am on Sunday.
	Wushu: Gulshan emerges winner Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 20 Gulshan of GHS- Dadumajra, emerged winner in inter-school Wushu competitions in 44 kg (under 17, boys) category held at Sports Complex, Sector 42 here today. Kirpal of GMHS-37 was placed on the second position while the third place was jointly shared by Sunil (DAV SSS-8) and Tarun (Ryan International School-49). In netball, hosts GMHS_28 won first position in under 17 Inter school Netball competition held at their premises today. GSSS, Manimajra Town and Ryan International teams got second and third positions respectively. In under 19, GSSS, Manimajra team bagged the first position while GMSSS-46 and GSSS-27 was awarded second and third position, respectively. In under 14, Ryan International team outclassed others to clinch first place while the second and the third places went to DAV 15 and GSSS-27 teams, respectively. In kabaddi, GHS-11 beat GHS, Dadumajra with convincing margin 50-9 in under 14 (boys) inter-school Kabaddi meet held at GGSSS-20, here. GSSS-45 defeated GHS-40 86-53. GSSS, Dhanas b GHS-28 (30-26); GMHS-22 b GHS-25 (50-24) Meanwhile, Sacred Heart -26: girls got first place in the inter-school Girls’ Cricket Tournament held at GMSSS-32 grounds, here today. Sacred Heart team beat GMSSS-46 team by 74 runs. The third position was secured by GMSSS-35 team. Other results (U-17): 40 kg : 1 Ajay Rawat, 2 Amandeep Singh 3 Rajat and Mahesh; 48 kg : 1 Amit, 2 Pardeep 3 Ramesh and Atul; 52 kg: 1 Arvind, 2 Surinder, 3 Gursimran and Dharminder; 56 kg: Virender, 2 Bhuwan, 3 Amrinder and Vinay; 70 kg: 1 Amit, 2 Abhijeet, 3 Mohit and Mukul U-19: 48 kg: 1 Imran, 2 Vikas Rana, 3 Kamal and Vivek; 56 kg: 1 Vikas Rawat , 2 Digvijay, 3 Shiv Kumar and Kamal Kishore; 65 kg: 1 Gaurav Tiwari, 2 Mohit, 3 Keshav Dutt Volleyball: Moti Ram School-27 team b GSSS, Manimajra Town team 25-17, 25-21, GMSSS, Sector 8 team b GSSS-15 team 25-17.
	Mukesh Bassi is HTCA chief Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 20 Mukesh Bassi and Ravinder Talwar have been elected as president and general secretary, respectively, of the Haryana Twenty20 Cricket Association (HTCA), affiliated to Association of Twenty20 Cricket (India). Maha Singh was unanimously elected as treasurer of the association. The house has also authorised Bassi and Talwar to nominate the other office-bearers. It was also decided to field the state team in the National Twenty20 Cricket Championship for Under-15 being organised by the Chandigarh Twenty20 Cricket Association in Chandigarh from October 26. The HTCA has already conducted selection trials for the same and are conducting the coaching camp from tomorrow at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula.
	Dodgeball association gets new president Tribune News Service Panchkula, October 20 Samvartak Singh has been elected as president of Haryana Amateur Dodgeball Association in the general body meeting held here today. S.K. Setia has been selected as vice chairman and S.K. Goel has been chosen as the vice president while Vijay Anand and Davinder Singh have been appointed the joint secretaries of the association. The newly-elected president informed that the junior Haryana State Dodgeball Championship is scheduled to be held at Panchkula from October 26 to 28.