Location: Nerul Gymkhana Amphitheatre, Date – 21st January 2017. Attendees – 250 plus ( Parents and students, including doctors from D Y Patil Hospital and Dr. Vasant Mane, CTB, NMMC ( Chief Tuberculosis Officer)
As a part of our continuous campaign to reach out to the society and make people aware of the menace of TB, an awareness programme was held and it was open to public. It was heartening to note that more than 250 parents and students attended the programme.
After the normal introduction, the presentation was made by Dr. Girija Nair, the HOD and Professor of the Pulmonary dept. of D Y Patil School of Medicine. She explained lucidly about TB and the menace it can cause in simple language to the mixed audience. The Q & A session that followed evinced good participation from the audience.
The Presentation by Dr. Prof. Girija Nair was followed by that of Dr. Vasant Mane, the C.T.O. of NMMC ( Chief Tuberculosis Officer), who had made it a point to attend the programme. He enlightened the audience about the support that NMMC was providing to the people of the city in the fight against TB – free medicines, DOTS, Follow-up, etc., and the efforts by NMMC to curb the menace of TB.
All the participants were then led by Brigadier Dharamprakash to take the Pledge to act as ambassadors and spread the message of the menace of TB in the society. Booklets on TB in English, Hindi and Marathi ( in layman’s language – also available in the fb page and website) were distributed to all the participants with the request to pass on the vernacular ones to their servants, drivers, etc.
Dr. Girija Nair was presented a memento by the Trustees acknowledging her contribution in our fight against TB.
The occasion was used to express our heartfelt gratitude through a Plaque with a Citation to the Management, the Doctors and the Staff of D Y Patil Group for their continuous support, guidance and wholehearted participation in the TB Awareness Project being carried out by our Trust. The Plaque was handed over to the doctors of D Y Patil Group – Dr. Shyam More, Dr. Girija Nair and Dr. Viral.
For the great work being carried out by NMMC in the field of TB under the leadership of Dr. Vasant Mane and for the support provided by Dr. Vasant Mane, a Plaque with a Citation mentioning the appreciation of our Trust was handed over to Dr. Vasant Mane.
The campaign was preceded by songs and dances by children lasting for about an hour. After the Awareness Campaign we had a wonderful motivational and inspiring speech from Prof. E V Swaminathan. Swaminathan’s speech was a performance – seriousness mixed with laughter!
14th Sept. 2017, TB Awareness Campaign in Apeejay School, Nerul : The campaign was a great success.200 students and 8 teachers along with the Principal, Mr. Rakesh Joshi, participated. The TB presentation was done by Dr sadaf Siddiqui, an ex student of Apeejay, Nerul and it was very well received.The audience comprised class 7..but age was not a constraint as these children were very receptive and had the doctors stunned by their never ending questions. The talk was followed by a session on a related topic.. fitness and health by Dr. Anu Arora which the children enjoyed.
Lalitha led the pledge and also asked the students to participate in our Essay (Report) competition on TB. As usual we distributed booklets on TB to ask the participants. The students were informed that all the details of the competition are put up on our website.
MGM Jnr. College, Nerul, on the 12th of August. 2017: Dr. Mukhul Thorat, a Rotarian From Rotary Club of New Bombay Seaside, gave the talk on TB and made a presentation. The talk was very well received and doctor made his talk in a language understood by all.
Lalitha led the students and teachers in taking a Pledge to spread the message of the menace of TB in the society. Booklets on TB in English and Marathi prepared by our Trust was distributed to all the participants. The students were also asked to participate in the Essay(report) writing competition that is being conducted by our Trust. Around 150 students, a number of teachers, the Director Mr. Patil and the Principals of junior and Senior Schools were also present. Our Trust thanks Mrs. Stuti Sensarma Jaidip for making this campaign possible.
19/12/2016 ; Location : Mahanagar Palika Sanchalit Secondary School, Shirvane, Nerul.
we conducted two sessions on TB Awareness for the students — one for the 9th std. and the second one for the students of 10th std.
A total of 92 students participated. The presentation was made wonderfully well by Dr. Pranali Patil of the Pulmonary dept., D Y Patil University, and supported by Dr. Sarang Patil. The sessions were excellent—-the doctor’s presentation and the answers given by the students to the questions posed by doctors after the presentation. The children were rewarded by chocolate for correct answers. The Once again the children took the pledge to act as Ambassadors and spread the message of the menace of TB in the society first led by Brigadier Dharamprakash in the first session and in the second session led by Lalitha.
Newly designed Mementoes were presented to the doctors.
Nerul (East) Post Office, Date : 19/10/16 : Attendees : 30 including Postmaster : As a part of our campaign to reach out to the society and make people aware of the menace of TB, an awareness programme was held today (19/10/16) for the people working at the post office. Thirty personnel could attend.
Dr. Viral Nanda of Pulmonary dept., D Y Patil University, made the presentation on TB in layman’s language and answered all the queries of the participants. Dr. Azad assisted Dr. Viral Nanda.
Date : 23/09/16, Location : Mahanagar Palika Sanchalit Secondary School, Shirvane, Nerul.
Dr. Kannish of Pulmonary dept. , D Y Patil University, made the presentation on TB in layman’s language and answered all the queries of the participants. Dr. Raj assisted Dr. Kannish. Eighty senior students participated. Around 60 students participated
All the participants, led by Lalitha, took the pledge to spread the message of the menace of TB in the society. Booklets on TB in Marathi ( in layman’s language-available in the b page and website) and chocolates were distributed to all the students. The doctors were felicitated with mementoes by Inner Wheel President.
Senior Citizens Club, Date : 03/12/2015 ; Location : Senior Citizens Association, Nerul : TB is a giant killer. Every three minutes two people die of TB worldwide. In India more than 1000 people die due to TB everyday . India has the dubious distinction of leading the world in the number of TB deaths, in the number of TB patients and in the number of MDR TB cases.
AS a part of our campaign ,(Shreeram Radhakrishnan Memorial Trust jointly with D Y Patil Hospital ) to reach out to the society and make people aware of the menace of TB, an awareness programme was held today ( 3rd December 2015 )for the senior citizens at Senior Citizens Association, Nerul. More than one hundred senior citizens were present for the awareness programme.
Dr. Vasanth Mane, Doctor in charge of TB , NMMC Navi Mumbai, enlightened the audience about the menace of TB and also made the citizens aware of the steps taken by NMMC in this direction and the facilities offered by NMMC.
Dr. Jayalakshmi, HOD of Pulmonary dept. , D Y Patil University, made the presentation on TB in layman’s language and answered all the queries of the participants.
AS has been planned, all the participants took the pledge to spread the message of the menace of TB in the society. Booklets on TB in Marathi, Hindi and English were distributed to all the members. Tea and Snacks were arranged to all those present.
The entire event went off well and was also well received by the participants. The wide acceptance of the awareness campaign can be gauged by the fact that requests were received to hold similar seminars at different places. Dr. Jayalakshmi, HOD Pulmonary Dept., D Y Patil Medical University; Dr. Vasant Mane, NMMC In-Charge of TB Navi.
Tilak Public School, Nerul; Date : 15/10/2015
As a part of our campaign to reach out to the society to make the people aware of the menace of TB, a seminar was conducted for the students of Tilak Public School, Nerul. 104 students and five teachers along with the Principal, Mrs. Prabhavathi Ajithkumar attended the session. Rotary Club of New Bombay Seaside was represented by Rtn. Kamaljit Singh Dhillon. Shreeram Radhakrishnan Memorial Trust was represented by Brigadier Dharamprakash, Mrs. Lalitha and Radhakrishnan. Dr. Jayalakshmi, Head of the Pulmonary Medicine Department at D Y Patil University School of Medicine along with Dr. Aparna Iyer ( Asst. Prof.), Dr. Bhoomika and Dr. Aalina from the department were present for the seminar. The presentation and answering of questions posed was done Dr. Jayalakshmi. The presentation was done in a simple language and all the students understood the presentation based on the feedback.
AS has been planned, all the participants enthusiastically took the pledge to spread the message of the menace of TB in the society. Booklet on TB in English was distributed to all the members.
The Booklet have been translated into Hindi and Marathi. The translation into Hindi was done by Mrs. Padma Ravi and the proof reading by Mrs. Usha Yadav of Apeejay School, Nerul. The translation into Marathi was done by Prof. S V Ranade of MGMCET, Navi Mumbai.
The Booklets in Hindi and Marathi were released by The Principal of Tilak Public School, Mrs Prabhavati, Dr. Jayalakshmi, Brigadier Dharamprakash and Mrs. Lalitha.
Hard copies of the booklet are available with the Trustees and can be had on request. Soft copies of the same are also available on the net. We are sure that our campaign will spread awareness in the society about TB. Words of Appreciation will be insufficient to express the dedication of the doctors of D Y Patil University School of Medicine for their wholehearted involvement and commitment in making this awareness campaign a success. The campaign is a continuous one. The photohgraphs of the session were taken by Miss Mallika Grover who has been helping us by taking photographs of all the activities of the Trust. All the photographs have been put up in our facebook page.
For Senior Citizens ; Date : 16/03/2015 ; Location : D Y Patil Hospital Auditorium : As a part of our campaign to reach out to the society to make the people aware of the menace of TB, a seminar was conducted for the senior citizens at D Y Patil Hospital Auditorium. Around 40 participants were present. For the TB awareness campaign along with the presentation on TB, the doctors of D Y Patil Hospital staged a skit on TB to strengthen the need for awareness of the disease. AS has been planned, all the participants took the pledge to spread the message of the menace of TB in the society. Booklet on TB was distributed to all the members.On the request from the senior citizens , a presentation was also made on Swine flu as there are a large number of Swine flu cases in the city. D Y Patil Hospital Management was kind enough to arrange snacks and tea for all. The entire event, in spite of limited participation, went off well and was also well received by the participants.
18th February 2015 ( SIES College, Nerul): The campaign of ours for creating awareness was launched on the 18th of February at SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Nerul. Presentation on TB made by the doctors from D Y Patil Hospital ( Dr. Jaylakshmi, Dr. Aparna and other doctors) was excellent and was very well received by the students and teachers who had assembled.
The Chief Guest, Dr. Vasant Mane , Medical Officer at NMMC, released the Booklet on TB that we have brought out. Dr. Vasant Mane spoke passionately about the efforts that NNMC was doing and how public awareness about TB was the need of the hour lauded our efforts and the doctors from D Y patil for sparing so much time for this noble cause.
Under the able guidance of war veteran Brigadier Dharam Prakash the participants wholeheartedly took the pledge to spread the message of menace of TB.
The Principal, Dr. Rita Basu, spoke passionately about our Trust and D Y Patil Hospital going out of our way in wanting to educate the members of the society , especially school and college students and teachers, about the menace of TB.
We, from the Trust, wish to express our sincere thanks to the Principal of SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Nerul, for extending their full cooperation by encouraging us in this public interest campaign. We will fail in our duty if we do not mention Mr. S. Venkat Raman, Director – Purchase SIES, who coordinated within SIES initially and ensured that we could start our campaign from SIES College. We also wish to thank Prof. Priyanka who coordinated the entire activity at the college end and also all the other staff members who actively participated in the seminar and pledged to spread the awareness campaign.
The Project would not have taken of but for Dr. Dr. Shyam More from D Y Patil Hospital who was, and is instrumental in providing us the confidence to go ahead with the project and assuring us of full management support in this endeavour. D Y Patil Hospital are our joint partners in this noble project. Words will not suffice for the efforts of the doctors in going out of the way in wanting to educate the general public.
The seminar at SIES is just one of the many that we have planned to spread awareness in the society about the menace of TB. The next seminar is planned with the senior citizens of Nerul. After the school and college exams are over we will start with conducting our awareness campaign there.
A very informative booklet on TB in layman’s language was released and is put up at this site. Copies of the booklet are given to all the participants. Anyone desirous of a copy may contact us.
We are also having the booklet translated into Hindi and Marathi and soon they will also be available which will help in tackling some of the weaker sections of the society.( These have since been prepared).
Booklets on TB in layman’s language in English, Hindi & Marathi. Please note…..These booklets are only, only for information and not for self-medication. Please consult your family doctor for advise and treatment. Repeat….the booklets contain informative material and don’t replace your doctor’s advice.
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