Jul 29, 2010

IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

AGE VACCINATION ROUTE
At Birth or
with in 15 day
BCG
Oral Polio
Intra Dermal
Oral
6th Week DPT
Hepatitis-B
Oral Polio
Intra Muscular
Intra Muscular
Oral
10th Week DPT
Hepatitis-B
Oral Polio
Intra Muscular
Intra Muscular
Oral
14th Week DPT
Hepatitis-B
Oral Polio
Intra Muscular
Intra Muscular
Oral
9th Month
(after completion of 270 days)
Measles SubCutaneous
16 – 24 Months DPT-Booster
Oral Polio
Intra Muscular
Oral
5th year DT Intra Muscular
10 years TT Intra Muscular
16 years TT Intra Muscular
Pregnant Mothers
2 Doses
With One Month Interval

TT

Intra Muscular

Jul 18, 2010

Nursing Identification

This is a policy of Trained Nurses Association of India.

Nursing has its own identity as a health profession, hence, due recognition needs to be given to the role and contribution of Nursing personnel to health care services in the hospital and the community.

Nursing identity should be reflected in all planning papers, documents, and policy statements of government and non-government organisations with a view to strengthening development of Nursing, otherwise, this sector of the health system gets neglected and status of the Nursing service gets further diminished.

Nursing should not be designated as "paramedical", nor should its identity be lost under the term "health workers".

Nursing is supported by auxiliaries. The term "Nursing personnel" can be used to collectively designate a wide variety of workers of the Nursing team, both professionals and Nursing auxiliaries.

Thanks to:
Trained Nurses Association of India

Jul 5, 2010

Yet to reach goal of health for all: President

Good health parameters of a society are an absolute necessity for the economic progress of a nation,” said President Pratibha Patil at the inauguration of the SevenHills Hospital, in Andheri on Sunday.

“We are yet to reach our goal of health for all. Access to and affordability of healthcare, especially for the underprivileged and marginalised sections of society, in particular women and children, remain under-accomplished tasks,” she added.

She urged medical institutions to reach out to the rural areas by holding medical camps with mobile medical units.
The President laid special emphasis on the use of tele-medicine (technology in medicine) to combat the increase in lifestyle diseases.

Talking about the threat perception by 'lifestyle diseases', President  said as per the World Health Organisation, there would be 80 million diabetes patients in the country by 2030, while as per the Cardiological Society of India, there would be a 100 million heart cardiac patients — 60 per cent of the total cardiac patients in the world — in India by 2020.

“WHO has cautioned that India would be diabetes capital of the world,” she added.

Thanks
Hindustan Times