One of the greatest friends and admirer of Indian hockey, Dr Joginder
Singh Sahi succumbed to heart attack last Friday.
Dr Saheb migrated from Germany and was living in Panchkula, near Chandigary with his German wife. Dr. Saheb died en route being rushed to hospital. He was 72.
On Tuesday (March 15), he was cremated at the Sector 25 Electric
crematorium in Chandigarh. Besides his brothers – Dr Tejinder Singh
Sahi and Arvinder Singh Sahi, wife Evi, daughters — Tatiana and
Jasmin, besides grand daughters – Soraya Singh and Charlotte, were
present at the cremation.
Dr Joginder Jogi who decided to make Panchkula his second home after
retirement. He had a long association with the Indian hockey in general
and Indian sports in particular. He would volunteer himself to be the
doctor of the touring Indian hockey teams on their Europe tur.
He
would carry his bag full of medicines and provide services, by keeping
his private Orthopaedic clinic closed, to the Indian hockey team
throughout the length of the tour. His association with Indian hockey
as its doctor spanned for more than three decades.