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Reception to Panchaloha Statue of Sree Narayana Guru.

Rahtayathra of Panchaloha statue of Sree Narayana
Guru was received by garlanding the statue at the premises of
SNIMS with devotion. Principal Prof Dr M.J.John and Finance Controller
Mr. E.A Subramanian along with Doctors, staff, Interns and students received
the pilgrims. The Rahtayathra started from Sivagiri and was on the way to
Adwaitha Ashramam, Alwaye. The pilgrims were given lunch at SNIMS and
they proceeded to Alwaye after resting for an hour at SNIMS.

SNIMS NEWS August 2015

Reception to Panchaloha Statue of Guru

Guruvandhanam
Hospital Activities
Achievements
Social Activities
Campus Sights
Cultural Activities
Health Days
Welcome to new Faculties
Health Tit Bits
Forthcoming Events
Guruvandhanam
Dr.(Col) Tommy Varghese,
Medical Superintendent.
About 45 years of togetherness
with patients and health care delivery
systems.
Message- Effective communication is the main stay in patient care.

Sree Narayana Jyothi yathra also was received and garlanded at SNIMS by
Finance Controller Mr E.A.Subramanian. SNIMS campus was illuminated on
Sree Narayana Jayanthi

Hospital Activites
SNIMS Observed World Breast feeding week-August 1-7th 2015

Quoting our beloved late Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam If a country is to be

corruption free & become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are
three key societal members who can make a difference. They are Father,
Teacher and last but never the least Mother. Mothers are always the
epitome of selfless love and the bonds they share with their children are
indeed the purest form of affection one can find and to Emphasize the
importance of mother saying goes Ma at whose breast humanity is
nourished and whose lap civilizations are cradled. Shows the importance
of Breast feeding in building a healthy & strong nation.
On this World Breastfeeding Week, WABA calls for concerted global action
which aims at providing support to women in combining breastfeeding and
work. Even at the work places, we have seen more and more actions being
taken to set up breastfeeding workplaces. A week long activities were
executed by SNIMS at various venues for various sections of people. The
theme Breastfeeding & Work, let's make it work stood as the main pillar
around which all these activities revolved
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The Inaugural function was on 1/8/2015 at SNIMS. The
Departments of OBG, Pediatrics & Community Medicine with interns took
the lead in organizing the events. Principal Prof. Dr. M.J.John inaugurated the
function. Prof.Dr.Raju Antony welcomed the gathering. The message for the
day was delivered by Prof.Dr. Laila of the Pediatric Department.
Words of gratitude were showered by Dr.Christy (intern).
A role play enacted by the 2013 batch depicted the importance of
exclusive breast feeding and the adverse effects of bottle feeding .

A quiz programme was conducted by the Interns for

our students & the winners were awarded.

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A poster drawing competition was held on 10/08/2015.

Independence Day celebrations.

On 15 th August 2015 SNIMS celebrated the
Independence day.
Dr Reny Benny, the top ranker in last Final MBBS
Examination hoisted the National Flag .Principal
Commodore Dr M.J.John gave the Independence Day
Message. Faculties, staff, Interns and students joined in
the function.

An awareness programme at ward

no.10 of Kunnukara Panchayath for nursing &
working mothers was conducted by the Inner
wheel club North Parur in collaboration with
SNIMS.
.
Breast feeding awareness
class was conducted at Anganwadi
no 32 ,Kunnukara for the mothers of
anganwadi children.
.
At both these venues there were around 30 mothers .The sessions
were led by Dr.Gopalakrishnan, Dr.Ann Mary & Dr.Krishnan Nair .The topic was
detailed by Dr. Athira & Dr. Nithya ,the interns of 2009 batch. Katori &
spoons were gifted to the mothers. This humble act signified the need to feed
the babies of working mothers expressed breast milk by Katori & spoon and
not by feeding bottles to prevent infection .

An awareness
programme to nurses was
conducted by Dr Shanthi,
Faculty, OBG Department
.This was followed by an
active discussion by Prof. Dr.
B .Rajalakshmi, OBG Dept.
Seminar was organized on the topic 'problems faced in breast feeding &
breast feeding in special situations'. The topic was presented by Dr Nikhila
and Dr Shreeraj (House surgeons) respectively and was chaired by Dr Kala
Raghu (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics).
Another quiz competition was conducted for the faculty & interns from all
the departments during the academic meet.
An intradepartmental quiz competition was also held by the interns. It was
conducted by Dr Vishnu, Dr Jesna & Dr Greeshma (House surgeons) .
There were sessions for preparing posters related to Breast Feeding Week
2015. A class on breast feeding was held for the nurses by Ms. Dhanya.

Parents-Teachers workshopThe second stage of Parents Teachers workshop on behavioral and

academic issues in children held at SNIMS on 8/8/15 by the support of dept. of
Psychiatry. The first stage was conducted in last year. Around 100 PTA
members attended the meeting from the nearby schools. Principal
inaugurated the meeting.Dr. Anoop Vincent and other faculties from the
department took classes.
.

Awareness class on Traffic Rules

An awareness class on traffic rules and regulations was conducted
at SNIMS on 21/08/2015. The class was taken by Mr. Saneesh, Asst. Motor
Vehicle Inspector, Ernakulam. About 78 doctors and nursing staff of SNIMS
participated in the programme.

Achievements
Congratulations!
3rd MBBS Part I Result of 2011 Regular Batch (KUHS) is published.
Pass-------------95.5 %.
Distinction-----4 numbers.
1st class------35numbers.
2nd class-----26 numbers.
Congratulations to HODs, Faculty, Staff and the Students!

Social Activities
Awareness programme
was conducted on prevention of
Cancer for Master Trainers from
Resident Associations at Parur. The
class was led by Prof Dr Raju Antony,
HOD, Dept of Community Medicine,
SNIMS.

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An awareness
programme/ pre
marriage counseling
programme for the
youth: on 9/8/2015 at
Human Resource Center,
NSS Building, Paravur.
35 persons attended the session. Dr. Krishnan Nair of SNIMS, Chalakka led
the session..

Campus sights
Pranams at the feet of Sree Narayana Guru

Sree Narayana Guru, was a Great

saint, Poet and social reformer of
Modern India. He was born into an
Ezhava family. He led a reform
movement in Kerala, rejected
casteism, and promoted new values
of spiritual freedom and social
equality. He stressed the need for
the spiritual and social upliftment of
the downtrodden by their own
efforts through the establishment
of temples and educational
institutions.

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25th August to 8th SeptemberEye Donation Fortnight

The National Eye Donation Fortnight is observed every year from 25thAugust
to 8th September. It is a campaign which aims to create mass public
awareness and to pledge their eyes for donation after death

Welcome to new Faculties

Jayanthi: August 20, 1856, Chempazhanthy

Samadhi: September 20, 1928, Varkala
Full name: Sree Narayana Guru
Books: Garland of Visions ,Daranaml of Narayana
Guru,Daranaml
Parents: Madan Asan, Kutti Amma

Cultural Activities
Onam celebrations

Health Tit Bits

SNIMS celebrated Onam with all festivity from Atham to

Uthraadam.
Pookalam competition involving Doctors, Staff, Interns and
Students started on 19-8-2015 and continued up to 27-8-2015. Nine teams
were formed and for each team a day has been allotted within these nine
days. The criteria for the completion are that the teams should use leaves and
flowers only. Also the Pookalam should be over before 9am.
Payasm Making competition

Evaluation of Swachh Bharat Drive.

In a yearlong survey ,476 cities in India with population above 1 lakh
were studied by Researchers for The Ministry Of Urban Development
,GOI.The objective was to find out where exactly the cities were standing at
the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission and what distance they have covered
ever since. The parameters were whether the municipalities were reducing
open air defecation, effectively handling solid waste, sewage and waste water
, drinking water quality, surface water quality of water bodies and mortality
due to water -borne diseases.
Mysore city tops the rankings followed by Thiruchirapalli,Navi
Mumbai,Kochi,Hassan,Mandya ,Bangaloru,Thiruvananthapuram, Halishar (in
West Bengal) ,Gangtok and the 476th rank goes to Damoh in Madhya
Pradesh
Source-The Hindu dated 7-08-2015

Competition on Pulikali, Paayasam making, Eating, Vadam vali,

Spoon race, Uriyadi were conducted with jubilance. The Kerala Traditional
dresses of all Gents and Ladies on the Onam Celebration Day was beautiful.
The SNIMS family had enjoyed the Onam sadhya on 25-08-2015 with 36
traditional food items of Kerala.

Health Days in August

August 20th World Mosquito DaySmall Bite, Big Threats
A small mosquito bite can lead to big threats. Mosquito bite can be
deadly as it can cause diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya,
Japanese Encephalitis and Yellow Fever

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Death toll due to infectious diseases five fold increase in Kerala.

Within the first seven months of 2015 the deaths due to infectious
diseases are 163 while total for last year was only 29.
Of 620 confirmed cases of H1N1 6 died. Out of 14.68 lakhs cases of fever 23
died. 2359 cases of Dengue Fever with 16 deaths were reported. Death toll
due to Scrub Typhus & Hepatitis B are 13 each. Out of 102 KFD cases 11 died.
Of 18 confirmed cases of Leptospirosis 11 died. There were 8 Chicken pox
deaths and one Malaria death .2.87 lakhs cases of diarrhoeal diseases with 2
deaths were reported during these 7 months.
Source- News in Malayala Manorama daily dated 04-08-2015.

Mosquito Factory in China

The Southern Province of Gwadhong in China established a big
Factory for producing sterile male mosquitoes. About one million sterilized
male mosquitoes are liberated from the factory per week. Aim is to reduce
multiplication of Aedes mosquitoes which spreads Dengue syndrome. The
Researchers claim that in the first week of release of sterile male mosquitoes
itself the number of Aedes mosquitoes have reduced by 90%.These sterile
mosquitoes were released to SHASI Island of Gwadhong Province where
Dengue Syndrome was spreading .
The mechanism is explained as these male sterile mosquitoes will mate with
female Aedes mosquitoes in the area leading to mass decrease in production
of eggs of mosquitoes. The male mosquitoes are not blood feeders; hence
there is no fear of spread of Dengue through this factory -made mosquitoes.

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Forthcoming Events
National Nutrition Week-1-7th September.
World Alzheimer's Day-21st September.

World Day of Deaf-28th September

World Rabies Day-28th September

World Heart Day-29th September

Source- News in Malayala Manorama Daily Dated 04-08-2015

The Fruity line up.

A pecking order of fruits on the health metre.
If there was a pageant among the fruits of the world to crown the
healthiest then which of them be paraded? Tough task indeed considering
every fruit is nutritious. Yet here is a pick of five winners and their merits.
1.Dates-contains 15 minerals,23 amino acids ,high amount of carbohydrates
and fibres, fatty acids, vitamins A,B & C. Best to combat Iron deficiency
Anaemia. Ideal food to increase weight .It takes care of hunger on
adventurous journeys like that of nomads in desserts.
2. Mango-contains plenty of anti oxidants, more than 20 minerals and
vitamins .Potassium copper, vitamins A,B & C are plenty. Mangoes protect
against Breast & Colon Cancer, Asthma, Heart disease .Mango is best for
preventing vitamin A deficiency.
3. Guava-It contains twice as much Lycopene (potent Antioxidant)as Tomato
,more Potassium than Banana, fourfold Vitamin C than Oranges.
4. Pomegranate-It contains a unique combination of antioxidants. Its juice is
given as a natural deterrent to progression of Carcinoma Prostrate and clears
up stress related clogging of arteries.
5. Water Melon-It also have high Lycopene content .It contains 92% water and
high amount of Potassium .It is the best fruit for obese hypertensive people
who have difficulty in reducing Blood Pressure.
Source-Article by Parvathy R. Krishnan, Nutritionist in Hindu Daily Dated 20-08-2015.

Relese of Mint - College Magazine

Source: Non-communicable Diseases Country Profiles 2014 by World health Organization(WHO)

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