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12-07-2001, 01:14 PM
Sportswoman suffers blow to career
The Times of India; Dec 6, 2001
BY PRIYA YADAV
CHANDIGARH: Jaspreet Kaur,a Punjab level kabaddi player, dreamt of playing for the country, of bringing laurels to her family when she made a name for herself.
Till ten days ago, when playing at the National Games in Ludhiana, she suffered a severe cervical injury that doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, say might leave her crippled for life.
Jaspreet is 20 years old, a student of BA part II, and the only hope of a family already coping with the blows of a cruel fate.
Her father, an ex-serviceman, has lost a foot to diabetes, her 23-year-old sister is a widow while her 18-year-old brother lost four fingers of his right hand to a fodder cutting machine.
The family is not yet aware that their Jaspreet is likely to be bed ridden, perhaps for life. Jaspreet wants to be a ""physical trainerΠafter completing her graduation.
Ignorant of what is in store for her, she is immensely disappointed that she could not play to the end at the National Games for which she had been practising rigorously.
""It was during the third match being played against Haryana on November 25. I was trying to defend my boundary when I fell so hard that I just could not lift myself.
We had won the previous two matches and I was hoping I would be able to contribute to my team¡s victory to the finish,Œ remembers Jaspreet.
Doctors attending to her rule out any possibility of her being able to play the game again. ""Since her spinal cord has been injured, recovery cannot be complete. She might never be able to walk,Πsaid Dr Raj Bahadur.
""Although the brain remains active and unaffected, a cervical injury patient is dependent on others even to relieve himself. Bed sores are a serious threat and in many cases are so acute that the bones get exposed.Œ
Finances for her daughter¡s treatment is the main worry on Balvir Kaur¡s mind.""We cannot afford treatment on our own. Right now we are being supported by the hospital and the government. But what will we do when she is discharged?Œ Doctors say the finances required for treating Jaspreet¡s injury are exorbitant.
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The Times of India; Dec 6, 2001
BY PRIYA YADAV
CHANDIGARH: Jaspreet Kaur,a Punjab level kabaddi player, dreamt of playing for the country, of bringing laurels to her family when she made a name for herself.
Till ten days ago, when playing at the National Games in Ludhiana, she suffered a severe cervical injury that doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, say might leave her crippled for life.
Jaspreet is 20 years old, a student of BA part II, and the only hope of a family already coping with the blows of a cruel fate.
Her father, an ex-serviceman, has lost a foot to diabetes, her 23-year-old sister is a widow while her 18-year-old brother lost four fingers of his right hand to a fodder cutting machine.
The family is not yet aware that their Jaspreet is likely to be bed ridden, perhaps for life. Jaspreet wants to be a ""physical trainerΠafter completing her graduation.
Ignorant of what is in store for her, she is immensely disappointed that she could not play to the end at the National Games for which she had been practising rigorously.
""It was during the third match being played against Haryana on November 25. I was trying to defend my boundary when I fell so hard that I just could not lift myself.
We had won the previous two matches and I was hoping I would be able to contribute to my team¡s victory to the finish,Œ remembers Jaspreet.
Doctors attending to her rule out any possibility of her being able to play the game again. ""Since her spinal cord has been injured, recovery cannot be complete. She might never be able to walk,Πsaid Dr Raj Bahadur.
""Although the brain remains active and unaffected, a cervical injury patient is dependent on others even to relieve himself. Bed sores are a serious threat and in many cases are so acute that the bones get exposed.Œ
Finances for her daughter¡s treatment is the main worry on Balvir Kaur¡s mind.""We cannot afford treatment on our own. Right now we are being supported by the hospital and the government. But what will we do when she is discharged?Œ Doctors say the finances required for treating Jaspreet¡s injury are exorbitant.
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