Spare A Thought

Cradled in the rich deep earth
Lay a tiny seed, ready to thrive 
A trickle of water, a few rays of light
That's all it needed to survive.
Many days later, one day, somehow
It sprouted through the surface 
Looking for the sky

However, to its great dismay 
It found the world totally changed 
The first breath filled with smoke and dust
Carbon particles choking its tiny lungs 
Water tainted with a million impurities
The little seed wilted without nourishment

What happened, it wondered
Why did humans destroy
The very elements they need
To sustain life and existence
What will the future be
For tiny little seeds like me
Why can't they understand 
That every plant that dies
Is a dent in the ecosystem
We can't replace, repair or revive

Mother Earth needs to be nurtured
Just as she takes care of us
Spare her a thought in your day-to-day lives
Every seed that grows is mankind’s victory 
All we need, dear friends, is a little empathy.

Dr. Linnie Mary Jose

Student - MBA (HHM)

Batch 18-20  

ANNOUNCEMENT

AN INSIGHT ON HEALTH PROMOTING UNIVERSITIES (HPU) AT THE ROUND TABLE CONVENED BY THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC)

 APRIL 12, 2019

 https://blog.symbiosis.ac.in/?p=112

“When a plant’s leaves are turning brown, you don’t paint the leaves green. You look at the cause of the problem. If only we treated our bodies the same way” ………. Dr. Frank Lipman

Since the mid-1980s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has sought to define and encourage the implementation of concerted health promotion programmes that adopt a ‘setting-based’ approach. Recently, the literature has begun to identify the emerging role and function of the Health Promoting University (HPU) as another component of the settings-based movement.

Universities can play a major role to promote and protect the health of students and staff, to promote health promotion in teaching and research, and to promote the health of the community. The University Grants Commission (UGC) conducted the first National Consultation on Health Promoting Universities on February 28th, 2019.

Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dean-Faculty of Health & Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) introduced the concept of Health Promoting Universities (HPU) during the round table consultation meet with vice chancellors of various universities.

Universities provide an ideal settings based approach. Like any other setting, Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) have specific medical issues such as substance abuse, relationship problems, mental health issues such as depression etc. He mentioned that investment in wellbeing of staff, students and community at large is a win-win situation for all stakeholders which increases performance & productivity.  If we are to reap the benefits of the much hyped demographic dividend of our young population, then we must act fast and target the youth; else the same will deteriorate in to a demographic disaster! 

All stakeholders need to ‘Symbiose’ to implement the Health Promoting University Plan into action. Regulators like UGC & MHRD should lay down health policies. HEIs need to reorient the focus of health services from merely providing curative care to preventive health care. Students need to prioritise their own health.

Symbiosis International (Deemed University) in its quest of becoming a health promoting university undertakes numerous activities on a continued and ongoing basis such as having an on campus health centre, Recreation & Wellness Centre which provides gymnasium, aerobics, yoga and swimming pool facilities and other outdoor sports facilities. Every campus also has a counsellor. Campus Wellness Advisory Committee ensure stakeholder participation on various health related issues. Community connect is ensured through the Symbiosis Community Outreach Program & extension (SCOPE) initiative.

Symbiosis congratulates DRDO on the successful completion of "Mission Shakti".

Internationalise Symbiotically in India at Pune By Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar

Internationalise Symbiotically in India at Pune. 
Please find below the link to Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar' s, blog about IHE 2019

https://drvidya.symbiosis.ac.in/2019/03/29/internationalise-symbiotically-in-india/

Global recognition Award Gold of the American Heart Association (AHA), USA yet again for third year in succession

SIHS is awarded Global recognition Award  Gold of the American Heart Association (AHA), USA yet again for third year in succession &  recognized as leaders

in CPR and emergency cardiovascular care training which improves systems of care, strengthen the chain of survival and helps increase survival from cardiac arrest

around the World – all of which significantly impact community health.

Symbiosis Centre for Health Skills (SCHS), Department of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University (SIU) in collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), England launched the first ever Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course in Pune on 18th and 19th January 2019 at Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Symbiosis Centre for Health Skills (SCHS), Department of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University (SIU) in collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), England launched the first ever Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course in Pune on 18^th and 19^th January 2019 at Symbiosis International (Deemed University).

The BSS is internationally accepted as the Gold standard in the training of surgeons. The World over there is an increasing demand for this course and every surgical professional in the West is required to undergo this Course as a mandatory pre-requisite.

The two-days intensive hands on training course is designed to introduce Surgeons to safe surgical practice and aims to teach the correct basic surgical techniques by means of a structured curriculum common to all forms of surgery. The course thus provides an opportunity to surgeons (in training as well as established) to upgrade their clinical skills on par with international norms and standards and remain updated with the latest developments. The Course covers the following three main areas viz. Open surgery, Electro surgery, Endoscopic surgery.         

Dr. Drabble Eric Harold & Ms. Gill Vessey from RCS England were the faculty from UK. Delegates comprised of general and orthopedic surgeons across India.