Journalism of Courage
With the increasing number of accidents in Pune,the Sancheti Institute in collaboration with McMaster University,Canada,recently concluded a study to evaluate the characteristics and treatment of patients with fractures presenting to the emergency department across hospitals in India. Dr. Chetan Pradhan,Assistant medical director and head of the trauma department of the Sancheti institute has now been invited to the Orthopaedic Trauma Assosciation Conference,to be held in Minneapolis ,USA to deliver a lecture on the study. With over 1300 patients recruited,our research centre aimed at understanding the standard of medical care prevalent in our country with an emphasis in difference of outcomes between private and public sectors, he said.
World Elders Day observed
Skin and hair diagnosis
Dr Niteen Dhepe,of Skin City PG Institute spoke to media persons recently on the latest trends in hair transplantation and how diagnosis and treatment of all dermatological and trichology related problems is possible. Dhepe explained various methods such as Follicular Unit Hair Transplant (FUT) technology,Follicular Unit Extraction FUE and the Low laser therapy for hair transplant,how it is different,much easier and better and more economical on the pocket. Skin City Clinic was invited to the Mexico World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology to speak on the long term results of laser hair removal in Indian skin.
Nirmal Bharat Yatra announced
WASH United and Quicksand Design Studio announced the impending kickoff of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra (NBY). NBY is a toilet and hygiene mela that harnesses the passion for cricket,the glamour of Bollywood,the fun of interactive games towards creating a masala of positive excitement around the long-neglected issues of sanitation and hygiene across India. More specifically,the NBY raises awareness of and facilitates behavior change around sanitation and handwashing with soap. In addition,it also tackles the persisting taboos around menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in India. Thorsten Kiefer,Executive Director of WASH United,says: We have looked at the things Indians really are passionate and excited about and transposed them into a sanitation and hygiene context. What we are trying to do with the Yatra is to make toilets and hygiene cool and sexy.
