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Dr Bahadur joins as GMCH principal
Chandigarh, December 1 The post had fallen vacant after the retirement of former director principal Dr H.M. Swami on October 31. Dr Bahadur had earlier served the GMCH for 10 years before he joined the PGI on December 25, 2005 as professor in the orthopaedic department. Dr Bahadur is member of the core group for Medial Preparedness and Mass Casualty Management of National Disaster Management Authority. He is also project director of the Regional Spinal Injury Centre, Mohali. Though the administration had appointed Raji P. Srivastava, special secretary (finance and health), as director, medical education and research, earlier this month, no decision could be taken on the name for the post of principal of medical college after the interviews for it were held on November 2. “I have joined the medical education institution with a mandate from administration to synchronise the services between all three main hospitals of city — GMCH, Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, and PGI,” said the new principal after taking the charge. “The administration intends that boundaries of these three medical institutions diluted and other hospitals shared the burden whenever the need arises,” he said. Talking about his experience gained at the PGI, he said the patient care system prevailing at the PGI would be incorporated at the GMCH. The coordination between the GMCH and the PGI on research works particularly on stem cells would also remain on his agenda, he added. Divulging his plans to mitigate the shortage of medicos in the institution, Dr Bahadur said efforts would be initiated to rope in those who came to the PGI for specialised training. Creation of new posts for specialists on regular basis could also be one of the options, he added. |
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3 PGI doctors get extension
Chandigarh, December 1 The doctors who were to retire from their services yesterday are Prof Anil Narang, paediatrics; Prof J.D. Wig, general surgery; and Prof H.S. Chawla, oral health sciences centre. These doctors will now retire on March 31 next year. According to sources, their services were being extended as the extension in the superannuating age to 65 years for doctors at the research institute was expected anytime. |
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Mohali has 60 AIDS patients: DC
Mohali, December 1 This was stated by deputy commissioner H.I.S. Garewal during a function organised at the civil hospital here today in connection with World AIDS Day. He said India had the second highest number of AIDS cases. There was a serious need to spread awareness. Students from different educational institutions participated in slogan writing, poster making and declamation contest organised on the occasion. |
ICL
Chandigarh, December 1 She made three presentations; her best coming towards the evening when cricketing legends Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq descended on the ground for cricket’s sake. Not that Yana watches cricket except when it is about Sachin, but she seemed familiar with the importance of the day that saw two new things, two matches in one day and clash of titans. And yes, the audiences kept cricketers company though they were thinner than yesterday. The rocking one came from Mika, who carries Rakhi Sawant on his sleeves. “I am her Godfather; she may not admit it,” he said, keeping the controversy alive. There was no time to go live as ICL raced to accommodate entertainers on the list; these included actors Diya Mirza, Jimmy Shergill, Masoomi and singer Aanchal Bhatia. Later during the evening, the trio went up the ICL stage where promos of ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’ were shown. A live performance of songs from the film also came from Anchal Bhatia, the Patiala girl, who has struck gold with ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’, her first major break. |
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Sarfraz best athlete
Chandigarh, December 1 D.R. Yadava, regional director, Central Board of Secondary Education, was the chief guest on the
occasion. This event was held to commemorate the ‘The World AIDS Day', which falls today. A red ribbon was worn by most of the Johnian family members as a way of expressing support to fight this global pandemic. The events for the day included a march past display, athletic event 100 m, 200 m and 4x100 m relay events, Tug of war, gymnastic display, Equestrian display and a mass drill for classes 6-10. Trophies were given out for: Best athlete u-12: Sarfraz Singh Lega of Br. Rice House, Best athlete u-14: Akshay Kaushal of Br. Crease House, Best athlete u-16: Rochan Kakar of Br. Rice House, Best Participation House: Br. Crease House Winning House: Br. Morrissey House, Tug-of-War: St John’s 26 team. |
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St Stephen’s outplay Saupin’s
Chandigarh, December 1 In group A fixture, St Stephen's School opened their account in the 11th minute through Karanbir Singh. Harpal scored a brace within a span of four minutes. Bikram rounded off the winners' tally in the 34th minute. In a pool D match, Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula, beat Strawberry World School, Sector 26, 1-0. In the last match of the day, Ryan International School, Sector 49, registered their first triumph when they outplayed Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, by 3-0. |
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Sports meet for special children
Chandigarh, December 1 The city Mayor Rajinder Kaur declared the sports meet open. The State project Director-cum DPI (S) S.K. Setia, State Project co-ordinator Saroj Gupta and other officials of the SSA were present on the occasion. About 586 such children participated in sports activities like races, long jump, discuss throw, softball throw etc in both boys and girls events.
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Kharar-Kurali road a killer stretch
Kharar, December 1 This over-crowded and narrow Kharar-Kurali road that links Chandigarh with Ludhiana, Ropar, Jalandhar and others, has become very accident prone with accidents being reported frequently. In the month of November alone, six major accidents were reported with five casualties. Most of the deceased were in their twenties and many were the sole bread winners of their families. On November 18, two people, one from Manimjara and another from Panchkula, lost their lives with three being seriously injured. In the aforesaid accident, a bus from Rajdeep Travels hit the victims' car. Few days later, on November 25 again, a bus from Rajdeep Travels hit an 18-year-old youth, leaving him seriously injured. Interestingly, the buses of this travel agency are still running unabated. However, many cases of accidents go unreported, wherein the parties involved reach a compromise. More than 44 cases of accidents are pending in Kharar court including 23 cases of death in accident, between March 2006 till July this year. This does not reflect the number wherein the vehicle of the accused or the identity was not established. In many cases, multiple deceased were reported like the accident on October 28, in which all five occupants of a car were killed. "The bus drivers have a seriously abnormal driving pattern. If not liquor, then they might be under the influence of some other intoxicant. Sadly, road safety is not anyone's cup of tea," says Harman Singh Sidhu, a road accident victim himself, who runs an NGO ArriveSafe. Harman has repeatedly tried to contact SAS Nagar officials to take up the issue of this particular stretch. "No one is concerned over it. The higher officials say they are too occupied dealing with crime in the district. What they fail to realise is that while there might be two or three murders in a month, the toll for accident stands anywhere between 10 to 15," he says. The SAS Nagar traffic police had convened a public meeting few days back to curb this growing menace. DSP Raka Ghira claims to have sent a communiqué to all SHOs of the area asking them to identify places where signboards were needed and expects report on same by Monday or Tuesday. It is pertinent to mention here that the Kharar to Kurali road is too narrow to support the mammoth traffic flow. Earlier, the SAS Nagar police had conducted a survey with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for widening of this road. However, any implementation of recommendations to widen the road is yet to be seen. The high number of casualties is also due to the absence of a CT scan machine used to detect head injuries at the Kharar civil hospital. Being a secondary level hospital, it is not entitled to house such a machine and the hospital staff ends up referring the patients to PGI, Chandigarh. Many a patients die on their way to the PGI. |
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Trader murdered in broad daylight
Patiala, December 1 Jain, who owned a steel and iron products shop, was attacked by two persons whose motive, according to police sources, was to rob Jain’s shop. A ruckus ensued and one of the assailants was nabbed by people who had gathered there. He was later handed over to the police while the other managed to flee. At the time of filing of this report, the police was still investigating the matter and a case was yet to be registered. Meanwhile, in another incident, robbers snatched Rs 15,000 from a youth. The victim had withdrawn the money from Bank of Punjab, Chotti
Baradari. The robbers, Babu Ram and Davinder Kumar, both residents of
Moradabad, came on a scooter and snatched the money from him. The police immediately swung into action and managed to nab both the accused and recovered the entire amount along with a .315 bore pistol and four cartridges. A case was registered at Kotwali police station. |
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Abducted girl’s body found in canal
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 1 Mandhir Kaur, a resident of Chanarthal village of the district, had allegedly been kidnapped by Rajiv, a resident of Sangatpur Sondhia village. In a complaint filed with the district police, the girl's brother Mehar Singh stated that his sister had been kidnapped by Rajiv when she was going to pay obeisance at the village Gurdwara on November 18. When the family of the girl was informed about the recovery of the body, they immediately reached the spot and identified the body as that of Mandhir Kaur’s. The district police had already registered a case against Rajiv at Mulepur police station. A postmortem was conducted and the body was handed over to the family. The cremation took place at Chanarthal Kalan village. According to the senior officials of the police, the matter was being investigated and they were on a look out for the accused Rajiv. The cause of death would be known
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Man burnt alive in paper mill
Dera Bassi, December 1 The incident took place at around 6 am today, when Mohinder was adding fuel to the fuel feeder of the boiler at the mill. He slipped on the fuel (husk) and his head hit a part of the machinery. He fell unconscious and the machine stopped working. His head was engulfed in flames form the machine. After around ten minutes, machine operator Yashwinder Singh, working on a lower floor of the mill, noticed that machine had abruptly stopped. He opened the emergency window of the machine and saw Mohinder's head caught in fire. It took people around half-an-hour to drag out Mohinder's body from the feeder. Mohinder is survived by his wife and three children. He had joined themill on November 12 and was a native of Bihar. |
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Legal remedies for AIDS patients discussed
Patiala, December 1 Dr S.P. Singh, medical officer of the university, discussed the need to create awareness, not about AIDS but about reproductive health and adolescent education. Sangeeta Tak, deputy coordinator, Centre for Humanitarian Law, spoke about the legal issues involved in the lives of the people suffering from HIV positive. Dr G.I.S. Sandhu, registrar of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, reiterated that stringent laws were needed to tackle the situations arising out of the HIV scenario in the country. Meanwhile, Government Mohindra College, in collaboration with the health department, organised a district-level function on World AIDS Day on its premises, here today. S.K. Ahluwalia, divisional commissioner, was the chief guest. An exhibition was held by the mass media wing of the health department. Dr S.B. Pandhi, civil surgeon, Patiala, elaborated the steps taken by the government for prevention and control of AIDS. K.K. Kareer, civil judge, discussed the human rights and legal remedies available for AIDS patients. |
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MGC win hockey championship
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 1 It is worth mentioning that the team of Khalsa College comprised players of centre of excellence scheme which is sponsored by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) being run at the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Patiala. In other league matches, the MGC boys defeated Government Mohindra College, Patiala, by 6-0 and Government Rajindra College, Bathinda, by 1-0. The college was awarded the championship on the basis of better goal average. |
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