Patna Pirates gear up to win tourney

Patna Pirates’ captain Rakesh Kumar on Tuesday said their team was looking to win the Pro Kabaddi League, 2015. Sharing their plans and strategies about future matches to be played, Rakesh said: “The team has gained confidence after beating Jaipur Pink Panthers at their home ground and we will continue our form in the next matches. The team expects the same love and support of the fans as last year.”

The officials said some changes in rules have been made this year concerning the umpire referral system. This time, one chance will be given to each team for referring the decisions of the ground umpires to the third umpire. If successful, a second referral chance will be given to the team while no chances will be given to the unsuccessful team. The team management said this time there are three foreign players playing for the Pirates. Two of them, Nasir Ali and Wasim Sajjad, are from Pakistan while one is from South Korea. The officials said the team benefited a lot from a month-long training in Delhi prior to the start of the league. 

Talks on hepatitis 

Doctors talked about hepatitis and its symptoms and prevention method during a continuous medical education organised by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day on Tuesday. 
Abhishek Kumar, a doctor of the medicine department of AIIMS-Patna spoke on length about the various aspects of the disease. “In hepatitis, there is inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis could be of two types — infective and non-infective. While non-infective hepatitis can be caused owing to alcohol intake, infective hepatitis, which include Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis E (owing to unprotected sex) can be transmitted through needles, syringes which has been used by affected person,” he said. 

V.M. Dayal, a doctor of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Ramesh Kumar, a doctor of Paras HMRI Hospital were the other speakers on this occasion. Nalanda Medical College and Hospital doctors also organised a news meet on Tuesday on hepatitis. S.K. Astik, assistant professor of the medicine department of Nalanda Medical College, talked about Hepatitis C. “While some people who get infected with Hepatitis C are able to get rid of the disease, most people who get infected with it develop a chronic or lifelong infection. Over time, chronic hepatitis C can lead to serious liver problems. So it is better to consult doctor in the initial stage. Some of the symptoms of the disease are fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea and others,” he said.