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Kidney-size stone removed from child’s kidney
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
Three-year-old Varun Attri’s parents could not have imagined that their son , having a stone as big as the kidney itself, could be discharged within two hours after his operation.

It was after making repeated rounds of various government hospitals, including the PGI, that they decided to approach Dr P.N. Gupta, a city-based urologist, to handle their son’s case. With a child as small as Vasu, having a 50 mm stone which had taken up the shape of his kidney, Mr Shashi Attri left it upon Dr Gupta to decide the procedure that was to be adopted for removing the stone.

Claiming to be a pioneer in conducting retro peritoneal laparoscopy in the northern region, he has during the last one year performed almost a dozen operations with this latest technique. It will be starting this procedure shortly. “Apart from the fact that the cost is barely Rs 15,000, the biggest advantages are that it does not require any incision or blood, with discharge the very next day after operation,” explains Dr Gupta.

It was at Thomas Jefferson University, USA, that Dr Gupta received his training in this latest technique, where you only need to puncture the abdomen to go behind to the peritoneum. The most prevalent surgery being performed by urologists at present is the Uroscopy ( URS), which Dr Gupta had started way back in 1993.Technically being a complicated procedure the retro peritoneal laparoscopy requires expertise and specialisation.

Assuring a success rate of 80 per cent in this procedure, which is very advanced , Dr Gupta says that contrary to the belief that it is very expensive, the cost is just the same as in the case of a normal surgery for removing stone from the kidneys. “ The case of three-year-old Vasu,was unique in the sense that I had to put a 5 FR French DJ stent to crush the huge stone,” he states.

In yet another case of Gurmeet Kaur from Ropar,who had a 20 mm stone in her kidney, Dr Gupta had no option but to go in for laproscopic surgery instead of open surgery. Being a diabetic patient ,the case of 38 year old Gurmeet Kaur was not easy as a ureteric stone had been removed with the help of URS in the year 1995.After her operation on July, 1, she got her discharge today from Dr Gupta’s surgical centre .

Dr Gupta, was also one of the first person to perform Transvaporisation of prostrate gland in the year 1996, for which the latest and most sophisticated equipment is required.

Karan, Bhavneet excel
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, July 2
Karan Bhai, Bhavneet Kaur and Gurnoor Kang stole the limelight on the first day of the Major P.P.S. Sidhu Memorial Swimming Tournament which began here today at Yoga Centre, Sector 23 swimming pool. The two-day meet was inaugurated by Dr J.P.S. Sidhu, Joint Director, Sports, UT.

Today’s results: 200 metre: Ind. Med (boys) — Karan Bhai 1, Parminder Singh 2, Vivek Mehta 3; 100 m free style — Karan Bhai 1, Kunal Bhardwaj 2, Jashan Deep 3; Jagbir Singh 1, Angad Singh 2, Sparsh Arora 3; 50 m back stroke (girls) — Bhavneet Kaur 1, Prabhjot Kaur 2, Amardeep Kaur 3; 100 m free style (boys) — Vivek Yadav 1, Jagbir Singh 2, Sparsh Arora 3; 100m free style (girls) — Bhavneet Kaur 1, Amardeep kaur 2, Parkriti 3; 100 m back stroke (girls) — Gurnoor Kang 1, Pooja 2, Amanpreet 3; 100 m free style (boys) — Puneet Rana, Abhimanyu 2, Vivek Kapoor 3; 100 m back stroke (boys) — Abhimanyu 1, Vivek Kapoor 2, Pankaj Chauhan 3; 50 m back stroke (boys) — Aman Sharma 1, Yadvinder Rawat 2, Gaganpreet Boparai 3; 50 m back stroke (girls) — Isha 1, Shruti 2, Janika Garg 3; 100 m free style (boys) — Gaganpreet Boparai 1, Sanjeet Singh 2, Eshaan Bakshi 3; 100 m free style (girls) — Sukhman Ghuman 1, Isha Kalia 2, Shruti 3; 100m free style (girls) — Himanshi Bakshi 1, Nikhat Pannu 2, Geetanjali Sharma 3; 50 m back stroke (girls) — Himanshi Bakshi 1, Harsimran Kaur 2, Chitra 3; 50 m back stroke (boys) — Kunal Bhardwaj 1, Gurjot Jaidka 2, Harish Kumar 3; 200 m Indv Med. (girls) — Harsimran Kaur 1, Geetanjali 2, Chitra 3; 25 m back stroke (girls) — Kanika Sharma 1, Bhavneet Kaur 2, Chahat Arora 3; 50 m back stroke (boys) — Jagbir Singh 1, Angad Singh 2, Sparsh Arora 3; and 25 m free style (boys) — Karan 1, Pranav Suri 2, Aashmeet Singh 3.

Tennis tourney

The Big Wing Bounty’s and the Rising Ray clubs will organise a day-nigh tennis ball tournament at Gursagar grounds from Friday onwards. According to organisers of the tournament winner team be given a cash prize of Rs 10,000. Those interested may contact Mr Nitin Vyas at phone No 692919 and Ajit Singh at phone No 610094.

Bend mind towards yoga: Swami
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, July 2
A 10-day ‘Yoga to Arogya’ camp began here today in the Sector 10 Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) Stadium. This camp is being conducted by an international expert, Swami Adhyatmananda of Rishikesh, and organised by the Punjab Health Department and the CLTA. On the first day of the camp, more than 200 persons, including employees of the Punjab Health Department, senior officials, bureaucrats, tennis players, coaches and the other sportspersons attended it.

The camp was planned by Mr Rajan Kashyap, Principal Secretary Health of Punjab and Chairman of the CLTA. Mr Ramesh Dogra, Health Minister of Punjab, was also present at the camp today. Swami Ji stressed the need for maintaining self-discipline and following a perfect daily schedule. He urged all participants not to shy away from yoga, as it could cure many serious ailments.

He explained the benefits of various ‘asanas’ and demonstrated each of these with the help of an aide. Besides such early-morning training sessions, Swami Ji will conduct separate sessions for aspiring yoga coaches.