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Sunday, Mar 21, 2004

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Help for cardiac patients at airport

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. The Indira Gandhi International Airport authorities have installed an automated external defibrillator to cater to any cardiac emergencies at the airport. The machine was donated to the Airports Authority of India by Indraprastha Apollo Hospital (IAH) at a function on Friday.

When a person suffers from a cardiac arrest, chances of survival decreases by 7 to 10 per cent for each minute that passes without defibrillation. The victim's best chance of survival is when defibrillation is administered within four minutes.

The automated external defibrillator administers an electric shock through the chest wall to the heart. If the patient requires more defibrillation then appropriate level of shock has to be administered again.

The service is available at the airport round the clock.

Focus on role of ECG

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. The 26th annual conference of the Indian Society of Electrocardiography which began in the Capital on Friday has been focusing on the role of the electrocardiogram (ECG) and how it benefits heart patients. Participating doctors and physicians are also being told about the role of new therapeutic techniques for treatment of heart rhythm disorders and heart blocks.

According to K.K. Talwar, Head of Cardiology Department at AIIMS, which is organising the three-day event, the conference was addressing the day-to-day problems being faced by heart patients like palpitations, simple fainting attacks, heart attacks, and pace-makers, while physicians and cardiologists were being advised how to treat it affectively. Eminent national and international delegates are taking part in the conference.

Sports Day

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. Young children in the three-to-five-year-age-group showcased their sporting talents through drill displays, dance performances and athletic competitions as DPS Indirapuram celebrated its first Junior Sports Day with much fanfare this past week-end.

The event started with the children taking an oath of fair play and sportsmanship. This was followed by lighting of the "Olympic Torch'' and release of red and white balloons to symbolise freedom and soaring of spirits. Then the children presented a number of items including a yoga performance, pompom dance, cricket drill, Japanese dance, bhangra, hoopla drill, African dance and taekwondo display before the District Magistrate of Ghaziabad, Santosh Kumar Yadav, the DPS Vice-Chairman, Ashok Chandra, and the school principal, Meeta Rai.

Placements completed

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. The Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM) here has completed placements for its batch of 2002-2004. About 98 students have got job offers from 48 companies from the banking, finance, information technology, chemical, engineering, automobile, pharmaceutical and cement industry.

Some of the recruiting companies included the Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank, ICICI Prudential, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Voltas, Goodlas Nerolac Paints and Asian Paints.

According to the LBSIM's Placement Advisor, G.L. Sharma, the improved ranking of the Institute had contributed significantly to the interest shown by the recruiting companies.

Special court clears cases

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. Thirty cases of petty offences were disposed of at a Special court held at the Tihar Jail complex after the accused confessed to their crimes.

The Special court presided over by Metropolitan Magistrate, Bharat Parashar, took up 42 cases of undertrials who confessed their crime out of which 30 cases were disposed of while the remaining 12 cases were sent back to their regular courts, a release from the jail said.

This was the 44th Special Court held in Tihar Jail where 2,880 cases of petty offenders had so far been decided.

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