Chandigarh

In an effort to bring relief for patients suffering from diseased discs, PGI Chandigarh began artificial disc surgery (total disc replacement) on Monday. The PGI is the only public sector hospital that is providing this surgery North of Delhi. Orthopedic Surgeon Dr Raj Bahadur who conducted the surgery said, "Earlier, when we removed a disc from the back we did not replace it with anything. Since ... [visit site]

Robert Burns had once observed that "the best laid plans of mice and men go oft awry". Chandigarh Press Club's plan to scare the mice away is an example. A cat has been kept for this purpose but it looks as if the rodents have already belled their putative nemesis. The abundance of rats seems to have given the cat a morbid phobia, making it leap at entirely benevolent objects ... [visit site]

After the de-notification of the acquired land under acquisition at Hallo Majra by the Chandigarh administration, the others affected by the acquisition process in the city have begun to raise their voice to free their area of forced acquisition. The 33 acres of Deep Complex at Hallo Majra, which has more than 700 constructed houses, have not been regularised and the administration had earlier ... [visit site]

Chandigarh Clinical Laboratories, a private lab service, today presented a paper on 'Review of Health Indices in the tricity'. The paper highlighted important health problems based on analysis of the test samples in the last six months. The paper said that anaemia is significant health problem in Chandigarh. In over 12,000 samples analysed, 25 per cent of women and 17 per cent of men were found ... [visit site]

The Chandigarh Administration has nominated Dr Raj Kumar Gupta and Manju Bhalla as non-official directors on the Board of Chandigarh Child and Women Developing Corporation. Dr Raj Kumar Gupta has been associate with various NGOs bodies working in the field of children and has been actively associated with the Indian Council for Child Welfare for past many years. Manju Bhalla, member of Juvenile ... [visit site]