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Liver Diseases
Chandigarh, November 25 A study involving 40 patients showed that midodrine, a drug used earlier to treat renal complications emerging among patients when a large volume of fluid is removed from the abdomen, showed that it can be an alternative
to albulin. However, more studies are needed before the common use of the drug is recommended, said Dr Virendra Singh, additional
professor, department of hepatology. The research work was selected as the presidential poster of distinction at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, which was held at Boston in the beginning of the month. Dr Singh presented his research work and it was among the top five papers at a session on “portal hypertension and other complications of cirrohosis: clinical”. The study highlights the role of the new drug midodrine in the control of ascites (free fluid in the abdomen) in patients with cirrhosis of liver, said
Dr Virender. Albulin could cause blood diseases and other infections, he said. This is the first study of its kind in the field, he claimed. The use of midodrine not only helped in avoiding the hospitalisation of patient, but also it was a cheaper option. Other collaborators in the work include Dr Baljinder Singh (nuclear medicine), Prof C.K. Nain (gastroenterology) and Dr Navneet Sharma, Ashish Bhalla and Sushil K. Mahi, all from the department of internal medicine. |
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Fortis conducts rare surgery
Mohali, November 25 Acting promptly, the emergency team at the Patiala Medical College Hospital managed to secure his airway by pushing in an entotracheal tube into the distal end of totally transected wind pipe and the food pipe, while managing bleeding from major neck vessels by ligation and tight packing of the wound. He was then referred to the Fortis Hospital emergency on ventillatory support. The team of doctors headed by Dr Navin C
Raina, senior consultant surgeon and the anesthesiologist Dr Amit, after preliminary evaluation in the triage proceeded with surgical intervention. “It was a challenge taking on this case in view of the complexity of the injury”, remarked Dr
Raina. He further stated that operating on such cases requires extra-ordinary infrastructure and coordinated team work. We managed to primarily repair the transected wind pipe and the food pipe after controlling the bleeding and concluded the procedure by performing tracheostomy and feeding jejunostomy explained Dr Raina. Speaking on the subject, Dr Ashok Chordiya, medical director and acting COO, while expressing satisfaction over the progress in general condition of the patient stressed the need for swift transportation of such patient to tertiary care centers under strict medical supervision. Slit throat injuries are not too common particularly with total transection of the wind and the food pipe. The fact that Rahul is improving and likely to be discharged in a weeks time from now is an indicator of recent advances in the surgical techniques. |
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Drug resistance alarming, say TB experts
Chandigarh, November 25 This was stated by Prof Meera Sharma, head and professor, microbiology, at the annual conference of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists at the PGI today. Cautioning about the emerging complications among TB patients, Dr Sharma said the situation had become alarming with the spread of HIV, increasing drug resistance and appearance of multi-drug resistant strains of TB and increase in infections with non-tuberculosis
mycobacteria. Dr Ashish Bhalla, assistant professor, tropical medicines,
PGI, said it was essential that drug susceptibility tests be developed to prevent the spread of multi-drug resistance mycobacterium tuberculosis. Patients infected with the MDR strains were difficult to cure and were more likely to remain sources of infection for a longer period, he said. Dr Bhalla said the
MDR-TB resulted from poor TB management, including inadequate drug treatment followed by lapses in infection control, and its prevalence was up to 10 times higher in previously treated patients. Dr
S.K. Jindal, professor and head, pulmonary medicines, PGI, said inadequate and appropriate treatment was the major cause of treatment failure and emergence of drug resistance. The treatment should ideally be supervised as advocated under the directly observed therapy of the revised national tuberculosis control
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10-day skin care campaign concludes
Panchkula, November 25 A large number of children were detected with problems like Psoriasis, Atopic dermatitis, hair loss, Hirsutism, and Fungal infections during the camp. The chief consultant of NSH, Dr Vikas Sharma said the worrying sign was the rise of autoimmune skin disorders among children. There were also a lot of cases of infectious dermatological diseases, he said. Eight cases were diagnosed as skin tuberculosis while 6 of them had the mutilating form of lupus vulgaris which had resulted in a lot of facial disfigurement, said Dr Sharma. An early diagnosis and specific treatment could have prevented much of the mutilation in these children, he said. Stressing upon the early diagnosis Dr Vikas said an increasing number of school-going children were being detected with chronic skin diseases and one of the major factors resulting in chronicity of the skin diseases and further complications is lack of early diagnosis, inadequate medication or treatment for symptomatic relief. Those closest to the child, including family, school staff and family doctor, should be aware of the ominous signs, he added. |
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50 donate blood
Chandigarh, November 25 The camp was organised by the samajam in association with the Lions Club, Chandigarh central, at Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, to overcome the shortage of blood at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh. Dr John V. George, DGP (prisons), Haryana, honoured the donors with mementos. The samajam has also decided to collect clothes, woollen garments, and other material from its members to support the underprivileged. DPI (S), Chandigarh, also made a request in this regard. |
Tennis
Chandigarh, November 25 Aastha Thakur registered a win against her schoolmate Mehak Thakur (6-4) in girls’ under 16 category while Ankush Parocha beat Kunal Garg of Gymkhana Club, Sector 6, Panchkula, 6-3. As many as 55 students from various schools and clubs of Panchkula district participated in the tournament. The principal of the host school Krit Sarai gave away the prizes to
the winners. Final results: Under 16 girls: Aastha Thakur of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, b Mehak Thakur of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, by 6-4; under 14 girls: Aashima of Gymkhana Club, Sector 6, Panchkula, b Aastha Thakur of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, by 6-1; under 10 girls : Arshiya of Mandi Bhawan, Panchkula b Aayushi of Little Flower School, Sector 14, Panchkula, by 4-3 (7-0); under 12 girls: Riya Gambhir of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, b Sukriti of Mandi Bhawan, Panchkula, by 3-0. Under 14 boys: Ankush Parocha of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, b Kunal Garg of Gymkhana Club, Sector 6, Panchkula, by 6-3, under 12 boys: Karan Singla of Gymkhana Club, Sector 6, Panchkula, Yashvardhan Swami of Gymkhana Club, Sector 6, Panchkula, by 6-2; under 10 boys: Ankrish Khanna of Straberry Field School, Sector 26, Chandigarh b Gurkaran of Gymkhana Club, Sector 6, Panchkula, by 4-3 (7-5). |
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Rohin takes Deep engg to victory
Chandigarh, November 25 Batting first, Deep team piled up 210 runs in allotted 25 overs. Rohin Rana along with Amandeep Daboo were the main scorers for the team as both stitched partnership of 113 runs for the second wicket stand. Rana hit four boundaries and four sixes in just 39 balls. Chasing the target of over 8 runs per over, United Steel were bundled out for 124 runs in 21.1 overs. In another match, Godrej Cricket Club beat AZZARO-XI by 7 wickets. Brief scores Deep Engg: 210 for 4 in 25 overs (Rohin Rana 76 n o, Amandeep Daboo 69, Harpreet Hundal 29, Ritesh 2 for 28). United Steel: 124 all out in 21.1 overs (Ritesh 35, Vinod Kumar 28, Simran Jit Dhillon 3 for 13). AZZARO XI: 132 for 9 in 25 overs (Arvind 30 , Pardeep Chibber 26, Ralph Neones 25, Mansoor Ali 3 for 21, Kulwinder Romy 3 for 25, Tej Gobind 2
for 29). Godrej: 136 for 3 in 21.2 overs (Jai Rathi 57, Kulwinder Romy 33, Vaneet Chawla 29, Rajiv Arora
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ICL races against time to put up cricket show
Chandigarh, November 25 There is a frenzy of activity at the cricket stadium of the imposing sports complex, located 15 km from here, named after Haryana's political patriarch and former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal. Except for the lush green outfield of the cricket ground and the square in the middle, there is a war-like atmosphere everywhere in this new stadium. The organisers are fighting against time to get things in order as the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) prepares for its maiden cricket show from November 30. The stands are being put up and trenches are being dug for erecting floodlight towers. The organisers are confident that everything will be in order by the final day. An excited ICL chairman, the legendary Kapil Dev, knows that a lot needs to be done as the day of the first Twenty-20 tournament nears. "In a short span of time the ICL has undertaken significant revamping of the stadium. It has made various additions to the stadium to ensure an atmosphere of immensely enjoyable cricket carnival," said Kapil Dev, who broke into the international cricketing arena from this city in 1978. "We will learn some things from our experience here. But we are confident of putting up a good show to entertain the spectators," he added New stands are being put up to increase the seating capacity of the ground to 6,000. Floodlights are being installed for day-night encounters. A special media centre is being erected with modern facilities. The
pavilion building is being upgraded to include individual lockers and dressing rooms for players, umpires and match officials. A hi-tech broadcast studio is also being readied. A separate area will be set up in the ground for fun and frolic to pep-up the atmosphere. An electronic scoreboard has been installed. The production facilities will include 30-camera units with high technical specifications like hawk eye, zoomer, snickometer, speedgun and replays for third umpire. The ICL - an Essel (Zee) group event - has taken the stadium here on a 10-year lease from the Haryana government. "We will provide world-class facilities here," ICL chief executive Ashish Kaul told IANS. The organizers want to make the event a fun tournament. Ticket sales - Rs 100 for a single match and Rs 150 for two matches on the same day - have started here. The state government is extending full cooperation to the ICL event with the state's sports minister Kiran Chaudhary stating that the event would be made a success. All matches of the T-20 tournament, played between six teams, will be in the afternoon and evening. Five international players will feature in each team named after Indian
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Satmeet shines in Infosys’s win
Chandigarh, November 25 Electing to bat, ICICI scored 164 runs in 22.3 overs with Pankaj Uppal hitting 46 runs on 22 balls. The other notable contributors were Sumit and Satkar Bali with 30 (17 balls) and 27 (22 balls) runs, respectively. For Infosys, Sudhanshu claimed five for 35 while Bhuvesh clinched
two for 32. In reply, Infosys reached the target by scoring 169 for 5 in 24.2 overs. Besides Satmeet, Ankur chipped in
48 off 31. In the second league match between the Spice Telecom and Strategic Marketing (SMPL), the latter won the match by two wickets. Batting first, Spice team set a target of 143 runs. Nitin was the top scorer with 22 runs followed by Manan, who was out on 19 runs in
10 balls. For SMPL, Rahul took 4 wickets for 31 whereas Amit claimed 2 for 19. SMPL team achieved the target in 24 overs with 2 wickets in hand. Batsman Vikas Ahuja played the key role by hitting 33 runs off 20 with two sixes and five boundaries. Mohit snapped two wickets for 18 runs. Rahul of SMPL was declared the man of the match. Brief Score ICICI XI: 164 all out in 22.3 overs (Pankaj Uppal 46, Sudhanshu 5 for 35, Sumit 30, Bhuvesh 2 for 34, Satkar Bali 27). Infosys: 169 in 24.2 overs (Satmeet 68, Kamal 2 for 16, Ankur 48, Sansar Bali 1 for 26). Spice Telecom: 142 all out in 23.1 overs (Nittin 22, Rahul 4 for 31, Manan 19, Amit 2 for 19). |
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Ankush steers Satluj School to win
Panchkula, November 25 With this win, Satluj team has qualified for the semifinals. Panther Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 108 runs in 18.2 over. Gaurav was the main contributor, scoring 23 runs for his team. Krishna chipped in with 20 runs to his credit and Ajay scored 17 runs for Panther Cricket Academy. Vishwas Khatak of Satluj took 3 wickets for 10 runs. While batting, Satluj openers, Manan Vohra and Ankush Dhariwal, built 70-run partnership for the opening wicket. Ankush Dhariwal scored 45 runs for Satluj team. Captain Manan Vohra scored 30 runs and Gaurav Tandon remained not out at 26. Brief Scores: Panther Cricket Academy: 108 all out in 18.2 overs. Gaurav 23, Krishna 20, Ajay 17, Vishwas Khatak 3/10, Ankush 2/3 . Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula: 110/2 in 14.2 overs. Ankush Dhariwal 45, Manan Vohra 30, Gaurav tandon 26 not out. |
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Cricket trials
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GCG-11 lift trophy
Chandigarh, November 25 Panjab University Campus finished second with 17 points while MCM DAV College, Sector 36 (16 points) secured third position. Monika clinched two gold medals by remaining first in the single scull and doubles sculls events. Results: Single scull: 1 Monika (GCG-11, Chd), 2 Pooja Chauhan (PU Campus, Chd), 3 Megha (MCM DAV-36 Chd); double sculls: 1 Monika and Kalpana (GCG-11, Chd), 2 Pooja Chauhan and 3 Shikha (PU Campus, Chd) and 3 Gurbinder Kaur and Jajdeep (GGS College for Women, Chd). Coxless pairs: 1 Vrinda and Ishtdeep (GCG-11 Chd), 2 Tarneet and Megha (MCM DAVC-36, Chd), 3 Shikha and Pooja Chauhan ((PUC Chd). |
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