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100 donate blood for thalassaemics
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, May 9
To mark International Thalassaemia Day and International Red Cross Day, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital
(DMCH) held its 7th annual medicos voluntary blood donation camp here yesterday. The camp was jointly organised by the Department of Transfusion Medicine and the Thalassaemia unit of the Department of Paediatrics at
DMCH. More than 100 volunteers, comprising doctors, medical students, interns, senior and junior residents donated blood.
Dr Daljit Singh, Principal of the
DMCH, while inaugurating the camp, stressed the need for more and more voluntary blood donation, which he remarked, was a noble deed to ameliorate the suffering of critically ill patients. Dr Daljit Singh said people should be encouraged for the spirit of giving blood periodically after 3-6 months which would have no adverse effect on the human body and health. A plan was proposed for a voluntary blood donation camp, in which all the faculty, paramedical staff and students of the DMCH will donate blood. Dr Amarjit Kaur, Professor and Head, Department of Transfusion Medicine, and Dr Praveen C.
Sobti, Professor of Paediatrics, and in charge, Thalassaemia Unit, supervised the camp. In her welcome address, Dr Amarjit Kaur said in order to make available the needed quantity of blood which was safe for transfusion, voluntary blood donation needed to be promoted in a big way. She emphasised that people from all walks of life should come forward for the noble cause of voluntary blood donation. Dr
J.G. Jolly said there was a dire need to create awareness about
thalassaemia, as it was a genetic problem. He stressed rather than matching horoscopes, the prospective couples should get their blood profiles analysed so as to ensure that they did not end up in the birth of a thalassaemic child. Dr Praveen C.
Sobti, in her vote of thanks, said the DMCH was committed to the cause of thalassaemic children and the institution was making every possible effort to provide quality health care to them. She said a special thalassaemia unit had been operational in the DMCH for the past seven years where admission, nursing and medical care, along with all other investigations, were being provided absolutely free of cost.
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38 probables selected for Pandove trophy
Our Sports Reporter
Ludhiana, May 9
Thirtyeight boys (u-19 years) were selected for the regional coaching centre being run by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) under the aegis of the Punjab Cricket Association here at Arya College ground.
The Ludhiana team for the forthcoming Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Dhruv Pandove trophy will be selected from among them. The tournament will begin on May 23. According to Mr Vinod Chitkara, honorary general secretary, LDCA, the probables have been asked to report to coach, Mr Manmohan Bedi, on May 11 at 4 pm at the college ground. The names of the
probables are: Munish Sawal, Gagandeep Dhand, Tarun Passi, Sushyant Kohli, Sakun Jindal, Tarang Bharti, Bharat Malhotra, Apinder Singh, Arjun Puri, Vaneet Sehgal, Mukul Gupta, Varun Chitkara, Micky, Lalit Malhotra, Rajdeep, Chander Shekhar, Gursewak, Geetansh Khera, Pankaj Kumar, Sanchit Gosain, Rahul Singla, Yogesh, Nakul Sharma, Deepak Bansal, Jayant Batra, Yogesh Mahajan, Tarun Bawa, Onkar Singh, Navroop Singh, Lok Raj, Avtar Singh, Amir Hussain, Navjot Singh, Devinderjit Singh, Mohit Sharma, Sumit Bhalla, Hipan Arora and Amrinder Singh.
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Baba Lodhiana Academy lads win basketball title
Our Sports Reporter
Ludhiana, May 9
The Baba Lodhiana Academy, Ludhiana, beat Bathinda 76-57 to win the title in the boys’ section of the 57th Junior Punjab State Basketball Championship, which concluded at Nawanshahr on Sunday.
It was academy players’ third title win in a row. In the girl’s section, Ludhiana finished third. The top honours were bagged by Gurdaspur eves. The members of the two teams were received at Guru Nanak Stadium here last evening. The office-bearers of the Ludhiana District Basketball Association, led by its general secretary, Mr Teja Singh, greeted the cagers at the stadium. Mr Balkar Singh Brar, Mr Vijay Chopra, Dr S. Subramanian, coaches and managers of the two teams were present.
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176 autorickshaws challaned
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 9
Adopting a tough line against the illegal plying of autorickshaws in the city, the traffic police and the District Transport Officer today set up nakas to challan these vehicles in various parts of the city.
SP Traffic Gurdial singh and DTO Kuldip Singh oversaw the process at several nakas and could be seen enplaning to the offenders that their vehicles would be challaned if their did not meet the norms of pollution control and possess the requisite papers to ply their autos on the roads. As many as 176 autorickshaw owners were challaned and 83 autos were impounded for not having any documents and other violations. Similarly, the staff of the DTO issued 40 challans and impounded 20 autos which did not meet the roadworthiness norms. Sources said the drive would be intensified in the coming days. The step has been taken in view of the increasing vehicular pollution in the city caused by over 25,000 autos, most of which are not roadworthy and were being plied without permits and driving licences. The traffic police is already on a challaning spree and
targeting youngsters, including girls, who zip around on the city roads without driving licences. A majority of such young offenders are the ones who have been issued licences to drive two wheelers without gears but are driving motor cycles and scooters. Many of such drivers add to the increasing accident graph of the city. Police sources were of the view that despite persistent awareness drives in the past, no tangible positive result had been seen among the people. As such, strict challaning and stiff fines were the only deterrents left.
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Ludhiana, May 9