Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Dental Chairs Gifted

Our Club handed over 10 dental chairs to Dr. H.S. Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital of Panjab University, Sector 25 Chandigarh, on 2nd October.
The Club had initiated this project in 2005 with the support of Rtn. Dr. H.S. Coonar of Rotary Club of Mill Hill, UK. Our Club raised the resources along with Rotary District 3080, which were supplemented by Rotary Club of Mill Hill,UK and Rotary District 1130 (UK), and matched by the Rotary Foundation that totalled US$22,000. This enabled the club to purchase dental chairs and instal the same in the Institute.
The dental clinic where these chairs have been installed in the Institute was formally inaugurated by Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Member of Indian Parliament, and Union Minister of State for Finance. Also present on the occasion were Prof. R.C. Sobti, Vice Chancellor of Panjab University, Dr. Krishan Gauba, Director Principal of the Institute, Past Rotary International President R.K. Saboo, senior RI Officers and members of the Club.
Our special thanks to Rtn. Dr. H.S. Coonar, and other Rotarians of Mill Hill and District 1130 for their support.

Blood Donation Camp by City's Dentists

The Indian Dental Association joined hands with our Club to organise a blood donation camp on 2nd October at the Rotary & Blood Bank Society Resouce Centre, Sector 37, Chandigarh.
Our thanks to Rtn. Dr. Gambhir of our Club who took the initiative and organised the dentists of the city to contribute to the cause.

Blood Donation

Our Club has a track record of promoting voluntary blood donation for over a five decades in the city and had been in the forefront to show the way for other states in the country. Not only that, the club has set up a Rs.4 crore state-of-the-art blood resource centre in Sector 37, which is today catering to a large number of hospitals, nursing homes and individuals who require blood in emergency.
Thanks to our Rotarians especially PP Man Mohan Singh, who had been a regular organiser of blood donation camps for the past several years, late PP Janak Grover who had been a regular blood donor, Secy A.P. Singh Dhiman who is a die-hard 'Red' campaigner, Rtn. Surinder Kaur, who besides being the administrator of the centre has been responsible for converting this project into a profit centre through her financial acumen, and not to forget the contribution of Rtn. Rajendra K. Saboo and Usha Saboo, who have been the pillar of strength for this movement in the city.
We salute them on the occasion of the blood donation day, and do hope, that they would continue to support the cause with greater vigour and vitality.

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Rtn. J.K. Jain passes away

Our Club had another setback. Today morning, Rtn.J.K. Jain passed away. He was 65. He joined Rotary in 1975 and was one of the most active Rotarians and 100 percenter for several years. Only in the last couple of years he had not been keeping too well, and just last week had fractured his arm in a fall.
Today morning he was shifted to PGI at 5am because of uneasiness, and he passed away at 12noon.
He was cremated at 5:30pm.
We pray for peace of the departed soul and pray for to God to grant the bereaved family strength to bear the loss.