Civil Surgeon Dr.Subash Batta declared the event open
Ludhiana, 2nd March, 2012 (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria) Christian Medical College & Hospital organize 28th annual sports day on Friday with pomp and show. The 28th Annual Athletic Meet of CMC & H started today at the hospital premises. The chief guest, Dr.Subash Batta, Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana declared the event open. The Students and Staff of the Christian Medical College, Dental College, College of Physiotherapy, Alied Health Services and Staff Members presented a march-past.
The event started with assembly of athletes. The oath taking ceremony was led by participants. Students and Staff members of the Christian Medical College, Dental College, College of Physiotherapy, Alied Health Services and Staff Members participated in events like 100m race, 200m race, 400 m race, long jump, high jump, discus throw, shot put relay and shot put at the annual athletic.
Congratulating and boosting all the participants to reveal true spirit of sportsmanship for the honour of CMC and glory of Sports, the Director Dr.A.G Thomas said: "The participating students should come out with new records so as to cross hitherto kept standardized sports. The first event of the day was for 100 meters races for Students Boys, Girls, Men and Women separately.
Associate Director, Dr.Kim Mammen, Deputy Director, Dr.William Bhatti, Principal Medical College, Dr.S.M Bhatti, Principal Dental College Dr.Abi M.Thomas, Medical Superintendent Dr.Kanwal Masih, Chairman Mr.Ranjit Theodore were also present on the ceremony.
While welcoming the Prime Minister’s nod to allocate 2.5% of the GDP on public health services, the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has said that this is still far below the WHO recommendations for spending 6% of the GDP on public health services. Dr L S Chawla– President IDPD and Dr Arun Mitra–General Secretary IDPD said in a joint statement that several countries in the world including Sri Lanka are spending this much amount on their health services and it has shown results in their health indicators. In fact the earlier GDP spending in India was only 0.9%. After the NRHM in the last plan it was said that 2-3% would be allocated for public health but in fact only 1.4% was spent that also in a phased manner from 2005 to 2011. Every year 2% of our population goes below poverty line because of out of pocket expenditure on health. Large number of our population has to take loan or shelve their other necessary expenses for healthcare spending even government surveys accepted. A clear cut policy in this regards is needed. The GDP spending should start from 2.5% and increase up to 6% by the end of the 12th plan.
