PAGE 2 Indian Healthcare Current Issue Sonia Gandhi to launch child health scheme under National Rural Health Mission (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/healthcare) NEW DELHI: 6th February 13,Times of India: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi would launch a new scheme to improve child healthcare under the National Rural Health Mission, under which every child younger than six years would be screened for 30 select deficiencies and disorders. To be kicked off at Palghar, a tribal block in Maharashtra's Thane district, the scheme envisages issuing a follow-up or treatment guidance to children, depending on their symptoms and health status. The government plans to roll out this scheme for 27 crore people under 18 years in phased manner.the 30 deficiencies and disorders that children would be screened for include anemia, vitamin A, vitamin D, acute malnutrition, goiter, alongside some congenital diseases such as cataract, deafness, heart diseases. About a tenth of India's die of birth defects, while hearing or vision-related developmental delays affect 10% of children, which could lead to permanent disabilities later in life. Typically, every block would be equipped with a team of at least four health personnel to carry out the screening process of children at Anganwadi centres and government schools. Infants would be checked either at medical centres, their places of birth or through home visits. Such checks would be conducted at least twice a year, the health ministry said. Every district will have an 'early intervention centre' to handle the cases that been referred from the block levels. These intervention centres are supposed to co-ordinate with tertiary hospitals to facilitate operations and surgeries. Early intervention centres would arrange for tertiary health care for children who need surgical care. The necessary treatment costs would be provided to government as well as private hospitals. Some Facts. More Than 61 Million Indians Suffer From Diabetes The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 61.3 million persons aged 20 years and above in India had diabetes in 2012. According to World Health Organization (WHO), factors responsible for the increase in noncommunicable diseases, including diabetes, are unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, harmful use of alcohol, obesity and tobacco use. Read more: More Than 61 Million Indians Suffer From Diabetes Medindia http:// www.medindia.net/news/more-than-61-million-indians-suffer-from-diabetes-azad-114704-1.htm#ixzz2m71n0kbu HEALTHHCARE CONNECT
PAGE 3 Tickle your grey cells. 17 14 15 16 18 12 4 20 1 2 5 10 3 11 19 7 13 8 6 9 Across: 1. windpipe 3. spitting up blood 6. surgical removal of the stomach 7. absence of breathing 9. type of leukocyte 12. blockage of a blood vessel 13. combining form meaning white 15. outer layer of the heart wall 16. protein in the blood Down: 2. combining form meaning small intestine 4. cardiopulmonary resuscitation 5. difficult breathing 8. prefix meaning many 10. suffix meaning crushing 11. suffix meaning cell 14. inflammation of the larynx 17. suffix meaning urine 18. combining form meaning kidney 19. combining form for lung 20. suffix meaning digestion Look for answers in the next issue. HEALTHHCARE CONNECT
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 PAGE 4 CSHS Event wall @ February (Allied Health Sciences) Educational Trip: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy CSHS believes in providing its students an equal opportunity to enjoy and have fun along with strong emphasis on academics. Thus, an educational trip was planned for the students of Allied Health Sciences. NABL Accreditation Workshop: NABL accreditation workshop was held for students of Allied Health Scinces of CSHS, by Wg. Cdr. Dr. Suresh Tahiliani (NABH Assessor)
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 (Nursing) PAGE 5 Aarogya: Alive and Aware Aarogya, an event on health awareness was organized by CSHS as a part of the annual fest of Chitkara Universty- Praudyogikii Bandana Bisht, Vice Principal - Nursing, and Faculty Advisor for CSHS event Aarogya: Alive and Aware in Praudyogikii 13 was recognized as Best Faculty Advisor! Sneak Peak into the Nursing Labs Community Outreach Program Basic Life Support (BLS) Training for the schools in the vicinity organized by B.Sc Nursing. Our newly built labs for nursing students
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 PAGE 6 CSHS Event wall @ February (MBA-Healthcare) HospiArch 13 Conference-HospiArch 2013 on Hospital Planning, Design and Architecture on 16th February Teaching @ MBA Healthcare (February) Mr Atul Kochhar: Hospital Finance Wg. Cdr Dr. Suresh Tahiliani: Organization and Administration of Support Services in Hospitals Dr. Sairam Bhat: Medical Laws and Ethics
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 PAGE 7 Change Management: Chitkara-Osnabruek 20 MBA students of Business Management from University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrueck, Germany in association with 20 MBA students of Healthcare Management inaugurated 4 days long International Workshop on Change Management. CBS & CSHS jointly organizing this event to promote academic exchange among partner universities of Chitkara University. Dr. Andreas Fiehn and Prof. Dr. Heike Schinnenburg are the resource persons for this workshop. Dr. Fiehn is Medical Director and Prof. Dr. Heike is Professor of HRM at University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrueck, Germany.
From the Dean s Desk. The short month of February has been a busy one bustling with many activities. What is true in the academic world with multiple activities going on in parallel with teaching, field visits, workshops, extracurricular activities, is the same in a hospital set up. At the core is patient care activities but there are several activities organized for the staff, the community, outreach activities and corporate social responsibility activities. This is also true of each of us that we are trying our best to balance different activities. Keeping the priorities right as we try to achieve more helps us to retain the balance. Chitkara School of Health Sciences bustles with activity as we also concentrate on completing the syllabus having completed the halfway mark this semester. This newsletter captures the myriad activities that happened in February and includes a crossword to truly tickle your brain. Happy Reading!!!!! Dr. Preethi Pradhan Prof. & Dean Chitkara School of Health Sciences Events at CSHS for March: Hot spot IGNORING THE IGNORANCE: WOMEN HEALTH CONCERNS 8th March is celebrated as women's day every year. This year, the nursing team has planned to dedicate March for women health. As part of it they will be delivering Health awareness talks on the above theme to the female students of all the departments of Chitkara University. HEALTH AWARNESS QUIZ: CSHS organizing a health awareness quiz for all schools of the university on 12th March. TRANSFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: As desired by Respected Dr Ashok K Chitkara, Chancellor, Chitkara University, Dr. S.N. Singla, (Retd.)Principal, Govt. College Chandigarh, has organised a talk as part of a National Building Program. By.Suvir Chatanaya who is a B.Tech. from Delhi College of Engg. Must read: No book has attracted as many readers as The Alchemist, a wonderfully woven story revolving around a young shepherd, pursuing his dreams of treasure while encountering many experiences, and learning lessons all along. Paulo Coelho has unveiled various facets and wisdom about life through the story, making it a delight for the readers. The book has been popular with all age groups and is an inspirational read Happy Reading