AIIMS Jammu celebrates World Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day 2024
STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: World Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day 2024, was organized by AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu with multipronged activities, including a multidisciplinary health camp and health promotional activities at tribe predominate areas of Samba district, J&K, and a poster competition among Nursing Officers of AIIMS Vijaypur Jammu on Sickle Cell Disease.
Under the guidance of Prof Shakti Kumar Gupta, ED&CEO, AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu, the health Camp and health promotional activity on Sickle Cell Disease was organized by AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu, in collaboration with the Department of Health, Samba at Sah Talab Panchayet Office, Purmandal Block, Samba on June 19, 2022.
The location was purposively selected considering the high tribal population in that community, in consultation with tribal health activists and representatives from the Department of Tribal Affairs, J&K.
Specialists from the Departments of Community Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, Dermatology, and Orthopaedics actively participated in that event.
The beneficiaries were provided consultation and medicines free of cost and were linked with specialists of AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu, if required, for further consultation.
For all adult patients, blood pressure and blood sugar were measured, and ophthalmological examination was offered. The health camp was enthusiastically attended by around 100 people in the area.
The event was also greatly supported by the local panchayat Sarpanch Md Selim, other panchayet members and Dr. Sonia Gupta, Senior Medical Officer of Bari Khad Primary Health Centre.
Dr. RajKumar Sharma, Block Medical Officer, Purmandal Block, visited the camp and ensured support from the Department of Health. The event was received warmly by the people in the area who hope to further such outreach services.
A poster competition was carried out by the Department of Community Medicine in collaboration with the College of Nursing, AIIMS Jammu, on June 21, 2024 in the AIIMS Jammu Campus among Nursing Officers of AIIMS Jammu.
The theme of the event was “Transforming Lives, Defeating Sickle Cell:Together We Heal.”
The conversation and explanation of the participants about their works of art reveal not only their skills but also their incredible knowledge of the topic.
