INDIA – The Indian Medical Association (IMA) in Kerala is preparing to launch a public health brigade, which health minister Veena George has announced in Thiruvananthapuram.
The project’s goal is to provide expert training to well-wishers such as taxi drivers and freight employees who interact with people on a daily basis.
The brigades will educate people about the potential negative consequences of their current lifestyle, as well as how to maintain excellent health.
The entire health awareness campaign began on World Health Day, April 7, and will continue for 131 days until Independence Day.
The hands-on training sessions are divided into two categories: comprehensive health promotion and emergency life support training, with the goal of reaching out to the community as a whole, according to Times of India.
By the end of the 131 working days, Thiruvananthapuram city will have approximately five hundred thousand social health captains.
Those who successfully complete the training will be awarded a badge and a certificate of social health captaincy and life rescue mission accreditation by the Indian Resuscitation Council.
Social health captains will pass on the knowledge they have acquired through training to the general public and provide expert training to those who are interested in promoting the health-based movement as Social Health Volunteers.
Social health captains should apply the knowledge gained through training to their own lives and pass it on to others.
Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association, Manipur State Branch, held a sensitization program on violence against health care providers and institutions at the IMA Hall in Lamphelpat, through a panel discussion titled “The Supreme Sacrifice of Dr Archana Sharma.”
Dr. Archana Sharma worked as an obstetrician in her own hospital in Rajasthan.
She committed suicide on March 29, 2022, after a non-bailable First Information Report (FIR) was filed against her by the husband of a patient who died at her hospital from postpartum hemorrhage following a caesarean section.
This was due to undue pressure from local pressure groups.
Dr. James Elangbam, Hony State Secretary of the IMA Manipur State Branch, moderated the panel discussion.
The discussion’s goal was to find a solution to help reduce or stop violence against healthcare providers and institutions by soliciting valuable suggestions from the knowledgeable panel.
The discussion elicited numerous positive responses and suggestions from all panelists, with an emphasis on improving Dr-Patient relationships, and developing soft skills of healthcare providers.
Other measures proposed in the forum included establishing media-cells and public relations cells in all hospitals and clinics to help develop positive media vibes, and collaborating with the police department, human rights organizations, and civil society organizations to help bring about change in Manipur’s healthcare scenario
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