ALOK RANJAN PRADHAN

Saturday, June 25, 2016

BUDDIES AS GROWN-UPS

BUDDIES AS GROWN-UPS :

Its a pleasure to be with Childhood friends, who have now grown-up. Two childhood friends who were junior to me, by one year from my School days (Sainik School, BBSR ) met in USA in one's home , after many years. It was a great feeling for both ! Tapan Behera and Lalatendu Panda enjoyed each others company in US at Tapan's Home in US !

In San Fransisco , California

Childhood days, are hard to forget ! More so , if you meet after many years which remind you of those bye-gone years .

Monday, May 30, 2016

MSF DAY CELEBRATIONS 2016

Public health is an area where both the Indian government and non-governmental organisations are playing a vital role in pushing for better care for patients. Increasingly, effective models of patient care and operational research are coming out of such collaborations and MSF Scientific Day South Asia will attempt to throw light on some of these issues “, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research. Dr Swaminathan was speaking at MSF Scientific Day South Asia, a conference organised by the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) India. The conference, now in its second year, brings together field research on public health challenges confronting South Asia with a view to improving patient care, particularly for vulnerable and excluded communities in India and South Asia. MSF has been organising Scientific Days already for twelve years in the United Kingdom. Recently it started the same conference in South Asia and South Africa. This year the conference in Delhi featured research from India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan on topics as varied as drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), hepatitis C, febrile illnesses and HIV. In total twelve studies were presented by experts. Among the studies presented from India were an analysis of the new anti-tuberculosis drugs for patients with complex drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai and a survey on depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the Kashmir Valley. The event saw the participation and support of reputed institutes such as the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), India; Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK; and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal, among others. Stigma emerged as an undercurrent in the research presented at the conference this year. From assessing attitudes towards sexual reproductive health, to treatment of drug-addicted hepatitis C patients and depression among people living under the constant cloud of conflict, stigma kept reappearing. Speaking on the day of the event, Martin Sloot, General Director, MSF India said “While there are huge hurdles to jump and we are only scratching at the surface of unaddressed health issues, it is a positive sign that such ‘taboo’ topics are being researched and discussed.” “With patient care at the forefront of our work, we hope that this day once again serves as a synergic platform through which analysis and debate can improve and further develop the current medical standards and practices,” he added.

- See more at: http://www.msfindia.in/msf-scientific-day-south-asia-optimizing-research-patient-care#sthash.4jxOhoFW.E9TcWs7y.dpuf

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Friday, May 27, 2016

TWO YEARS OF MODI

TWO YEARS OF MODI ( ORGANISED BY CPA )

Monday, April 25, 2016

LATEST PLASIC SURGERY IN ODISHA

LATEST IN PLASIC SURGERY IN ODISHA :

SBM Plastic Surgery Hospital(www.sbmplasticsurgeryhospital.com) is the only hospital in Odisha dedicated to plastic surgery. It started functioning on January 2015 and the SMILE TRAIN programme on Cleft Lip & Palate started in June 2015. Less than one year of starting this programme,the plastic surgeons have already operated over 345 patients in different age group with excellent results.

The Chief Plastic Surgeon Dr. Bibhuti Nayak, has already operated over five thousand clefts in last ten years.The Hospital conducted an awareness programme for cleft children yesterday, that is on 24th of April 2016, which was attended by over 150 cleft children. Some of the children are into professional singing and performed before the other children. This programme was intended to impress upon the other children, that near normal speech is possible, if proper surgery and speech therapy is given. A bright example being a child, Master Premranjan who had a severe cleft lip and palate and was operated at one year of age and is now into professional singing ! He has gone into the mega audition round, in various competitive singing programmes.

The children born with Cleft Lip and palate have normal development of brain. If they are operated in time, they can lead life at par wIth normal children. The usual timing for cleft lip is 3months and cleft palate is at 6 months. Some patients with incomplete cleft palate are not diagnosed in time and hence report late when speech results are not satisfactory. All new born children should routinely get their palates examined, to get corrected in time. The parents with cleft children should get them for this surgery which is safe and gives excellent results. Some centers even offer this surgery free of cost.

ADDRESS :

SBM HOSPITAL , NEAR BALIKUDA RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING ,

CUTTACK , ODISHA . PHONE: 0671-2586836.

www.sbmplasticsurgeryhospital.com

A FEW PHOTOS OT THE EVENT ON 24TH APRIL 2016 :