05-09-2006, 03:40 PM
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Pioneer News Service | Bhubaneswar
Doctors hint at drug abuse ---- Armed with the report of doctors who conducted tests on Budhia Singh, Orissa's Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallick on Monday announced that her department would no more allow the child prodigy to participate in marathons. The doctors have darkly hinted that Budhia may have been given performance enhancing drugs by his coach. Â
The Department of Women and Child Development will ask all district administrations not to organise any marathon for Budhia. The decision came after a six-member medical experts' team, led by Capital Hospital CMO Sugat Kar, submitted its report to the State Government after examining Budhia's health condition in the wake of his 65-km Puri-Bhubaneswar record 7 hours and 2 minutes run on May 2.
The report says, "Budhia Singh, stated to be four years of age, clinically appeared undernourished with anaemia and angular stormatitis; his pulse rate and BP was on the higher side." The report further says that the boys' protein catabolism is more and he is under cardiological stress resulting from long distance running.
If the boy continues to run for long distances, the report says, it may aggravate his condition and may even result in renal failure. In the 13-page interim report, the doctors even recommended a dope test for Budhia.
Mallick, who has been at loggerheads with Budhia's coach Biranchi Das, said her department, after going through the medical report, has decided not to allow the boy to participate in any sponsored race or long-distance marathons in the near future. She has threatened appropriate action against anybody who allows Budhia to participate in marathons.
After consultation with the Law and Home Departments, the Department of Women and Child Development would take legal action against Budhia's coach, she said, adding that a notice would be served on Biranchi Das within a week.
She disclosed that the Government has decided to opt for legal procedure to adopt Budhia and take care of all his expenses, including his education. She hinted that Budhia would undergo further medical check-up in a specialised hospital. In view the present medical team's recommendations, "the Government is considering Budhia's health condition very seriously", she said.
Meanwhile, Dr Sugat Kar said regular tests should be conducted on Budhia in the hospital of the Sports Authority of India in Bangalore or Kolkata. The team of doctors has also recommended that the State Government leave Budhia under the guidance of a qualified coach, which would help him make a mark in future.
"Because of so much of exercise, Budhia has high levels of urea, alkaline, phosphate and potassium, and all these point to a higher catabolic rate," Dr Kar said. The team of experts included SAI's Scientific Officer Manabendra Bhattacharya, paediatrician Nirmala Devi, cardiologist RSN Murty and psychiatrist SN Parida.
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Pioneer News Service | Bhubaneswar
Doctors hint at drug abuse ---- Armed with the report of doctors who conducted tests on Budhia Singh, Orissa's Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallick on Monday announced that her department would no more allow the child prodigy to participate in marathons. The doctors have darkly hinted that Budhia may have been given performance enhancing drugs by his coach. Â
The Department of Women and Child Development will ask all district administrations not to organise any marathon for Budhia. The decision came after a six-member medical experts' team, led by Capital Hospital CMO Sugat Kar, submitted its report to the State Government after examining Budhia's health condition in the wake of his 65-km Puri-Bhubaneswar record 7 hours and 2 minutes run on May 2.
The report says, "Budhia Singh, stated to be four years of age, clinically appeared undernourished with anaemia and angular stormatitis; his pulse rate and BP was on the higher side." The report further says that the boys' protein catabolism is more and he is under cardiological stress resulting from long distance running.
If the boy continues to run for long distances, the report says, it may aggravate his condition and may even result in renal failure. In the 13-page interim report, the doctors even recommended a dope test for Budhia.
Mallick, who has been at loggerheads with Budhia's coach Biranchi Das, said her department, after going through the medical report, has decided not to allow the boy to participate in any sponsored race or long-distance marathons in the near future. She has threatened appropriate action against anybody who allows Budhia to participate in marathons.
After consultation with the Law and Home Departments, the Department of Women and Child Development would take legal action against Budhia's coach, she said, adding that a notice would be served on Biranchi Das within a week.
She disclosed that the Government has decided to opt for legal procedure to adopt Budhia and take care of all his expenses, including his education. She hinted that Budhia would undergo further medical check-up in a specialised hospital. In view the present medical team's recommendations, "the Government is considering Budhia's health condition very seriously", she said.
Meanwhile, Dr Sugat Kar said regular tests should be conducted on Budhia in the hospital of the Sports Authority of India in Bangalore or Kolkata. The team of doctors has also recommended that the State Government leave Budhia under the guidance of a qualified coach, which would help him make a mark in future.
"Because of so much of exercise, Budhia has high levels of urea, alkaline, phosphate and potassium, and all these point to a higher catabolic rate," Dr Kar said. The team of experts included SAI's Scientific Officer Manabendra Bhattacharya, paediatrician Nirmala Devi, cardiologist RSN Murty and psychiatrist SN Parida.
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