Blood Donation Campaign

Students of MBA HHM 14-16 batch perfoming Skit at various Symbiosis Campuses as a part of Blood Donation Campaign.

SIHS signs an MoU With International Health & Safety Training Center

Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) a Constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune signed an MOU with International Health & Safety Training Center (IHSTC), Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai – U. A. E.

International Health and Safety Training Center is a Dubai based recognised Institution providing continuous medical education training, professional development classes, health training programs leading to academic certifications;

SIHS and IHSTC will jointly conduct courses / training programmes of International Trauma Life Support (ITLS), Medical Technology & other healthcare programmes in the UAE & Oman Region.

Rt. To Lt.: Dr. Parag Rishipathak, Deputy Director, SIHS; Ms. Amruta Ruikar, Executive, International Promotions & International Students Relations, SCIE; Ms.  Marlies Anne Corine Klok Trainer IHSTC ; Ms. Tahera Hussain, Managing Director, IHSTC; Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dean, FoHBS, SIU; Sarah Leanne Gummer, Trainer IHSTC ; Dr. Sammita Jadhav, Deputy Director, SIHS.

Participation of SIHS in Maharashtra Leadership Awards & Summit 2014

Maharashtra Healthcare Leadership Awards  & Summit 2014  was held on 11th July 2014 at Courtyard By Marriot , Pune.    Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences  made  a remarkable presence during the event.

Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dean, Faculty of Health And Biomedical Sciences, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences addressed the gathering  during the Inaugural Ceremony. He spoke on transformation of Hospitals & Healthcare delivery.

The objective of the event was to create a create a vibrant platform for hospitals, government, corporate and academia to discuss on success stories, challenges and opportunities in Maharashtra. It also Provided opportunity of mutual learning among healthcare providers and industry by Showcase existing success stories and best practices in healthcare across the state.

The session   on Transformation of Hospitals & Healthcare ,Healthcare Infra structure for Operational efficiency, Success Stories in Technology in Healthcare & Healthcare Insurance was addressed by Dr. Sammita Jadhav, Deputy director- Academics, SIHS.

The  focus of the Seminar was  on  creating a vibrant platform for hospitals, Govt agencies of Public Health Department, Empanelled Corporate Hospitals & academia to discuss on success stories of Digitising healthcare activities in their areas of operation, thereby creating a win win situation for all the stake holders as well as patients.

GUEST LECTURE BY DR K.K.KALRA

We the students of SYMBIOSIS MBA-HHM 14-16 were privileged to be addressed about National Accreditation Boards of Hospitals by guest who is a CEO of the boards Dr K.K.Kalra. He had enlightened us with the quality of service to patient taking into account the Indian Healthcare scenario, He also envisaged us with various National and International forum which are working on patient safety goals. 

Dr Kalra not only briefed us with the quality standards required in NABH but he also simultaneously discussed about International Accreditations like JCI. He also brought into notice the forth coming challenges in hospital sector which was benefited to us as we being the future budding managers. He had also identified that 24% of medical errors is occurring due to poor communication. We were also introduced to the structure and functions of the accreditation.  He emphasized on the urgent need for quality in healthcare by ending with a note stating “TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW”.The Lecture was concluded with healthy question answer session, and all the queries of my fellow mates were gracefully solved.

Ms MAYURI ZINZUWADIA

( MBA-HHM 14-16)

Capacity Building in Healthcare

On 18th June 2014 we had a guest lecture by Dr Ashok Dayalchand, Founder  &  Director , Institute of Health Management,  Pachod.
Dr Ashok cited health management models which includes essentially 5 resources namely:-
1. HR

2. MONEY
3. MATERIAL
4. INFORMATION
5. TIME

These 5 resources are the input which produce desirable outputs like objectives, change, increase in utilization of services and increase in quality of care.
He articulated the 8 game changers in the Health Management which are-
• Monthly needs assessment and micro planning.
• Build capacity of nurse and midwives.
• Build capacity of primary level staff in Behaviour change Communication.
• Make supervisory cadre functional and productive.
• Build capacity of NHCs for CBM
• Medical Officers
• Capacity Building of block and district health managers.
• Training of trainers
He  emphasized on the 3 main reasons that result in neonatal and maternal mortality-
(a) Delay in identifying symptom
(b) Delay in transportation
(c) Delay in services at the health centre

Dr Ashok also talked about the importance of capacity building. Capacity building not only includes training but also HR, ORGANIZATIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO LEGAL FRAMEWORK.He also mentioned about the health workers in India called AASHA. Among every 1000 people thereis 1 community health worker. 900 thousand such workers are trained. 1 such midwife is present for the service of every 5000 population.
He also brought into notice serious issues like early child marriage, domestic violation, etc.35-60% female undergo domestic violationand more than 45% female marry before the age of 18.
Towards the end of the session Dr Ashok drew our attention towards the importance of COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS and also Child Health and Nutrition. 80% of malnutrition is seen in children less than 3 years of age. Lastly he discussed Growth Faltering and how it can be beneficial to eradicate malnutrition. Growth Faltering is defined as current weight same as or less than previous month.
He ended the lecture by a very interactive question-answer session.

MS. JUHI CHUGH
MBA – HHM (1ST YEAR)

BE KIND TOWARDS BLIND!! ;EYE DONATION CAMPAIGN!!

''An Eye Donation awareness program was conducted on 2nd july '14, an initiative of The Rotary Club Of Poona Downtown (RCPD). Mr. Hemant Shah, The President, addressed all the students with an impactful insight about eye donation.

The whole procedure and the technicalities involved in the eye donation were explained. Various myths surrounding eye donation were cleared.

Dr. Sangita Wagh, Ophthalmologist-Ruby Hall Hospital, attended to the queries of the students making everyone more thorough with the importance of eye donation.

Motivated by them, everyone in the auditorium, took a pledge to donate their eyes.''

DON'T BE BLIND TOWARDS BLIND!

Mrs Shweta Chandeliya Jain
( MBA-HHM 14-16)

The Pandharpur Wari 2014 Experience

India, during most of her glorious past, was a faith driven country.And out of the many faith based traditions being passed down for generations, the annual pilgrimage undertaken by the Warkari clan of Maharashtra is one of the most awe-inspiring ones. Watching thousands of devotees from every corner of the state walk together as one towards a focused spiritual destination was a privileged sight.

We, the students of Symbiosis MBA HHM 14-16, had the honour to serve

this community over the weekend. After dividing into 4 teams, each team headed towards their location with minds full of self-doubts for no one had done this kind of work before. Team 1 was allocated the location of Vishrantwadi-RTO for day 1 and Vitthal Mandir, Nana Peth for day 2. Initially no one was quite sure what needs to be done as individual roles were not clear to anyone. All we knew was we need to manage the crowd. Team 1 was the first team  enroute of the warkaris who were heading towards Pandharpur. However the swarming humanity was  overwhelming.!! 

But under the expert guidance of the medical officer in charge of the location, our team leader and with assistance of the already present EMS batch everyone was soon aware of what needs to be done. Quickly team divided into 3. One brought into order the crowd milling around the doctors who were administering topicalpain killers. Second and third team brought into control the crowd which were receiving medication from the doctors. Language barrier was soon overcome by crude but highly effective sign language assisted with few marathi words. Soon it was a question of how long the energy lasts. The food committee made sure we have full stomachs. Surely they knew that their army cant work on empty stomachs.!! By 5pm, everyone was exhausted.

Next day dawned with some sore muscles for company. However the experience of previous day was satisfying and the team was looking

forward to another day of community service. The arrangements at

second location were lot better. While on day 1 the team was standing

for most part of the day, this location had comfortable seating

arrangements. The comfort reflected in the spike in number of patients

that were attended on day 2 as compared to day 1. The service had to

be stopped not because we were tired but because we were exhausted

with medicines for the day. Overall it has been a soul satisfying

experience and every bit worth the tiredness everyone had to endure,

knowing that we have served around 5000 patients in just two days.

Most of the pilgrims complained about Joint pains, eye infections,

nausea n vomiting, small wounds and general weakness and were provided

with analgesics,anti inflammatory agents,anti emetics,anti allergics and oral rehydration therapy. Drssings were also done for the patients.

Sea of humanity thronging towards Vitthal-Rukamani takes along

with them our collective reverence for the all presiding deity and the

confidence that every time they start walking again, year after year,

they would find Symbians waiting along the way to serve them whole heartedly!! 

Ms. Sukhada Joshi

MBA HHM Batch 14-16