About Department

ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE IN

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

1.     When COVID-19 cases started to appear and surge in Karnal district, the department was conferred with the responsibility of taking up contact tracing for each new subsequently diagnosed Health Care Worker ( HCW) case. The department faculty and paramedical staff did the job meticulously with timely submission of reports and efficient record maintenance.

The department of Community Medicine, KCGMC, Karnal was incurred with the responsibility of setting up a COVID-19 vaccination center (CVC) and provide vaccination to the HCWs and masses. Department has established a CVC on the second floor in OPD area and is successfully running and providing the beneficiaries (healthcare workers, front line workers and general public) with COVID-19 vaccination. The department also carried out vaccine dry run before nationwide launch of vaccine.

2.     Department was also actively involved through print and electronic media to provide vaccine related information to general public.

Various other COVID related work performed by the department:

1.     Contact Tracing of Health Care Workers (HCWs) of KCGMC, Karnal 

2.     Training of Doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Karnal on COVID

3.     Training of Para medical staff of IMA Karnal on COVID

4.     Training of AYUSH doctors on COVID

5.     Training of medical students and nursing staff of KCGMC, Karnal  on COVID

6.     Management of Flu corner at KCGMC, Karnal

7.     Patient care duties at Quarantine Centre at Sainik School, Kunjpura in year 2020.

8.     Duties of department demonstrators in COVID ICU and wards , sampling area and Triage

9.     Duties of faculty members from the dept in COVID wards/ICU

10.  State Rapid Response Team Member- Dr Rajesh Garg

11.  District Karnal Rapid Response Team Member- Dr Rajesh Garg

12.  Institutional Rapid Response Team Member- Dr Rajesh Garg

13.  State Rapid Response Team coordinator of District Kaithal - Dr Rajesh Garg

14.  Sero Survey Supervision(All three rounds) in district Kaithal- Dr Rajesh Garg

 Department Pictures and Media Coverage related to COVID 19

 Faculty information in the Department: 

Routine Immunization Clinic has been functional at 2^nd Floor , OPD block for provision of routine vaccination under National Immunization Program. A separate newborn immunization clinic is also operational at 1^st Floor, near labour Room , IPD block for provision of birth vaccines to babies born in institution.

 Delete- point 3 of establishment of full immunization clinic in future plans

Involvement of department faculties in various committees and Additional Duties:

Inclusion of new photographs in section of public awareness activities and various Health Days Celebration

World Breastfeeding Week 2021 celebration at UPHC, Ramnagar and RHTC, Kunjpura by faculty, students& staff, Department of Community Medicine, KCGMC, Karnal.

Health talk and PMSMA day observation by Faculty and Interns at RHTC, Kunjpura

VPD Surveillance Workshop conducted by Dept of COMMUNITY MEDICINE

WORLD HEALTH DAY 2021

World Health Day 2022 in collaboration with Department of Surgery

World Hypertension Day 2022

World Menstrual Day 2022

AETCOM AND CBME ACTIVITIES

FOUNDATION COURSE 2019- The course was prepared and implemented by dept of Community Medicine 

Family Adoption Programme Initiated by the Department in MBBS 2021 Admission Batch at Village Khacchwa, Karnal

Tree plantation drive under FAP at village Kacchwa, Karnal

Publications by department faculty (2019-2021)

·       Sachin Garg, Nishant Saini, Rajesh Garg,Shefally Garg, Hemlata Munde. (2020). Sero-Prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections in Blood Donors at Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Hospital - an indicator of Blood Safety in the Region: A Study from North Haryana (India). Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11(7), 706-711.

·       Sangeeta, Rajesh Garg, Nitika Sharma, Sonali, Himani Dureja, & Anupam Berwal. (2021). Utilization of maternal health care and child immunization services at an urban health training center of a medical college in North India. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research, 4(13), 119–122.

·       Kamboj G, Nilika, Bhartiya S. Prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in undergraduate medical students: a cross sectional study. Int J Community Med Public Health 2021;8:1471-5

·       Singh S, Sharma BB, Bairwa M, Gothi D, Desai U, ……..Pilania M, et al. Management of interstitial lung diseases: A consensus statement of the Indian Chest Society (ICS) and National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP). Lung India. 2020 Jul-Aug;37(4):359-378. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_275_20. PMID: 32643655; PMCID: PMC7507933.

·       Bashar MA, Aggarwal AK, Pilania M. Factors causing early maternity discharge of uncomplicated normal delivery cases at government health facilities in Northern India: An exploratory study. J Educ Health Promot. 2020 Aug 31;9:198. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_275_20. PMID: 33062731; PMCID: PMC7530429.

·       Bairwa M, Behera S,[…………], Sharma N,[….]. Combating the COVID-19 pandemic in a resource-constrained setting: insights from initial response in India. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Nov;5(11):e003416. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003416

·       Misra P, Malhotra S, Sharma N, Misra M C, Vij A, Pandav CS. A qualitative approach to understand the knowledge, beliefs and barriers towards organ donation in a rural community of Haryana. Indian J Transplant 2021;15:19-23.

·       Misra P, Malhotra S, Sharma N, Misra M C, Vij A, Pandav CS. Awareness about brain death and attitude towards organ donation in a rural area of Haryana, India. J Family Med Prim Care 2021;10:3084-8.

·       Gupta S, Ramadass S, Ballabgarh Teaching and Research Group*, Kumar R, Salve HR, Yadav K, Kant S. Use of web-based health information portals in primary health care: Experience from a rural Primary Health Centre in Haryana. J Family Med Prim Care 2021;10:3144-50.

·       Neeru Saini, Garima Sangwan, Madhur Verma, Adarsh Kohli, Manmeet Kaur, P. V. M. Lakshmi, "Effect of Social Networking Sites on the Quality of Life of College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study from a City in North India", The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8576023

·       Mehra A, Sangwan G, Grover S, Kathirvel S, Avasthi A. Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity and Cognitive Impairment among Patients Attending the Rural Noncommunicable Disease Clinic. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2020 Oct;11(4):585-592. 

·       Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization of under -5 children

·       Pallvi Kaushal, Garima Sangwan, Kirtan Rana, Manisha Biswal, Manmeet Kaur, P.V.M. Lakshmi. Implementation status of national airborne infection control guidelines in the health care facilities of a North Indian State: A mixed method study. Public Health in Practice 2021;Volume 2,100149:2666-5352.

·       Pilania, M., Yadav, V., Bairwa, M. et al. Prevalence of depression among the elderly (60 years and above) population in India, 1997–2016: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 19, 832 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7136-z

·       Singh S, Verma R, Jangra A, Kumar R, Sharma N, Singh S. Organization and workflow management of central sterile supply department of a tertiary care hospital of Haryana. Int J Community Med Public Health 2019;6:1264-8.

·       Jangra A, Malik J. S, Singh S, Sharma N. Diabetes mellitus and its sociodemographic determinants: a population-based study from a rural block of Haryana, India. Int J Adv Med 2019;6:30-4.

·       Sharma N, Kumar N, Singh S, Malik JS, Jangra A. Status and determinants of birth preparedness and complication readiness in a rural block of Haryana. J Family Med Prim Care 2019;8:482-6.

·       Jangra A, Malik JS, Singh S, Sharma N. Epidemiological Features of Alcohol use in a Rural Block of North India: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Current Advanced Research 2019;08(05):18985-18990. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2019.18990.3643

·       Jangra A, Malik JS, Singh S, Sharma N. Diabetes in rural Haryana, India: A population-based study. J Med Allied Sci 2019; 9(2):48-54 DOI: 10.5455/jmas.24046

·       Goel S, Angeli F, Dhirar N, Sangwan G, Thakur K, Ruwaard D. Factors affecting medical students' interests in working in rural areas in North India-A qualitative inquiry. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 10;14(1):e0210251. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210251. PMID: 30629641; PMCID: PMC6328092.

·       Tiwari P, Kaur H, Kaur H, Jha V, Singh N, Ashraf A. Prevalence of facet joint arthritis and its association with spinal pain in mountain population - A cross-sectional study. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2020 Jan-Mar;11(1):36-45. doi: 10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_121_19. Epub 2020 Apr 4.

·       Kaur A, Kaur H, Kaur H, Devgun P. Knowledge regarding diarrhoea and its management among mothers of under-five children in an urban area of Amritsar, Punjab. Int J Community Med Public Health 2018;5:4751-5.

·       Nagpal M, Chawla S, Devgun P, Kaur H, Chawla N. Profile of Children Suffering from HIV/AIDS in Amritsar, Punjab- A Cross-Sectional Study. Natl J Community Med 2019; 10(4):223-227

·       Singh B, Shridhar P, Singh K, Garg R, Pabla H, Sharma E. Assessment of nutritional status in chronic obstructive airways disease patients in a tertiary care hospital at Himachal Pradesh, India: a cross sectional study. Int J Community Med Public Health 2019;6:3543-7.

Conferences/workshops organized

·       Workshop on TB was organized on 29.09.2020

·       Sensitization workshop on VPDs for doctors was organized in collaboration with Civil Surgeon, Karnal and WHO office Karnal on 07.09.2021

·       Sensitization workshop for Nursing Staff was organized as part of Poshan Maah regarding Breastfeeding, Complimentary Feeding and IMS Act on 06.09.2021

·       Workshop for CHOs and ANMs was organized during Poshan Maah about nutrition and IYCF.

·       CME-cum-Senstization workshop organized on 11.03.2022 on the topic ‘Latest Updates in National Tuberculosis Elimination Program’

ICMR-STS Research Scholarship:  A student of 2017 Batch, Ms. Manisha Yadav, was selected for ICMR –Short Term Studentship (STS) research scholarship in year 2019 under the guidance of Dr Rajesh Garg, Associate Prof and Head, Department of Community Medicine. The title of her project was- “Assessment of Awareness Regarding Various Government Health Schemes and Programs amongst Medical College Students, Staff and General Public: A Cross Sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in Haryana”.