PGI kicks off pre-conference CME on Hepatitis C
Chandigarh: The Department of Virology, PGIMER conducted one day Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on Hepatitis C: Past, Present and Future which was attended by 150 delegates and 10 guest faculty to deliver lectures on various aspects of hepatitis C infection. The CME was awarded 4 credit hours by Punjab Medical Council. The CME was inaugurated by renowned Hepatologist — Dr YK Chawla, former Director, PGIMER who is also considered as an iron man behind establishing state-of-art diagnostic facilities in the department of Virology. Prof RK Ratho, Head, Department of Virology highlighted the importance of timely diagnosis and initiation of treatment.
National-level function on Feb 10
Chandigarh: A national level function would be organised on the occasion of 138th birth anniversary of Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram and Basant Panchmi on February 10. In this function, families of martyrs of Jammu and Kashmir, outstanding sportspersons and meritorious students would be honoured. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Satyapal Malik, Union Minister of Steel Birender Singh, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh and other national level leaders would be present in this function, said president, Jat Sabha Chandigarh and former DGP Haryana, Mahender Singh Malik.
Georgians to join safe driving campaign
Chandigarh: Georgians’ Association (North), an association of former students of King George’s Schools now renamed Rashtriya Military Schools, has decided to join the campaign for safe driving and making roads safer for all. Georgians from the King George’s Royal Indian Military School, Chail came together at a reunion organised at Defence Services Officers Institute (DSOI) in Sector 36 here. The campaign would start in Chandigarh and then would be taken up across the Tricity. Hundreds of old students of the schools, which are managed directly by the Ministry of Defence, reside in the Tricity and have volunteered to join the campaign.
Workshops on new construction materials held
Faridkot: A series of District level Workshop-cum-Exhibition on Energy Efficient Building Materials was organized by Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with Chandigarh based Saakar Foundation and Pune based VKe Environmental at DC Complex in Fazilka and Adesh Institute in Faridkot. Surinder Bagha of Saakar Foundation said, the events are aimed to empower architects, engineers and builders on utilizing green materials to save energy. He spoke on designing buildings to suit local climate and culture.