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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:
S. No. |
Faculty |
Designation |
1. |
Dr. Rajesh Garg |
Associate Professor & Head |
2. |
Dr. Gaurav Kamboj |
Associate Professor |
3. |
Dr Garima Sangwan |
Assistant Professor |
4. |
Dr. Nitika Sharma |
Assistant Professor |
5. |
Dr Sangeeta |
Assistant Professor |
6. |
Dr. Manju Rani |
Epidemiologist cum Assistant Professor |
7. |
Dr. Dhriti Bapna |
Assistant Professor |
8. |
Dr. Harpreet Kaur |
Assistant Professor-cum-Statistician |
9. |
Dr. Pooja Sindwani |
Demonstrator |
10. |
Dr. Aniruddh Ranga |
Demonstrator |
11. |
Dr. Sabita Kumari |
Lady Medical Officer
( LMO ) |
12. |
Dr. Ruby Goel |
Medical Officer
(MO) |
Routine Immunization Clinic has been functional at 2nd Floor , OPD block for provision of routine vaccination under National Immunization Program. A separate newborn immunization clinic is also operational at 1st 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:
S.No. |
Faculty |
Committee |
1. |
Dr Rajesh Garg |
·
COVID Death Audit Committee ·
Haryana State Rapid Response Team member ·
State Rapid Response Team Coordinator –Kaithal ·
Sero Survey –COVID ·
District Karnal RRTmember Nodal
Officer ·
COVID Vaccination ·
Contact Tracing ·
Model Rural Health Research Unit ·
Public Awareness activities ·
Medical Education Unit- Member |
2. |
Dr Gaurav Kamboj |
·
NTEP ·
Pharmacovigilance
Committee ·
Maternal
Mortality Review ·
Disaster
Resource network & Distt Disaster Management Plan |
3. |
DrGarima Sangwan |
·
ARI Surveillance |
4. |
Dr Nitika Sharma |
·
Institutional Ethics Committee-Member ·
VPD Surveillance- Nodal Officer |
5. |
Dr Sangeeta Dureja |
·
Coordinator: COVID 19 vaccination ·
Incharge Routine Immunization |
6. |
Dr Manju Rani |
·
Water borne and Vector Borne Disease Surveillance ·
NHM/ MCH Coordinator |
7. |
Dr Harpreet Kaur |
·
OPD registration ·
Biostatistics Unit- MRD ·
RDH Warden |
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”.
Sr. No. | Name | Designation |
---|---|---|
1 | Dr. Rajesh Garg | Associate Professor and Head |
2 | Dr Sangeeta Dureja | Assistant Professor |
3 | Dr Garima Sangwan | Assistant Professor |
4 | Dr. Gaurav Kamboj | Associate Professor |
5 | Dr. Harpreet Kaur | Assistant Professor |
6 | Dr. Dhriti Bapna | Assistant Professor |
7 | Dr Nitika Sharma | Assistant Professor |
8 | Dr. Manju Rani | Assistant Professor |
Rural Health Training Center, Kunjpura (RHTC) : Fully functional Intern Hostel has been set up to provide round the clock teaching & training to interns of the institute.
• Inpatient Services including Maternal & Child Health in which delivery services are available round the clock at RHTC.
• National programmes - All the national programmes are being implemented in catchment area through centre with the involvement of students and health care staff.
• The dental services are also available.
• Facility for routine investigations and pertaining to antenatal services are available.
• Epidemiological Investigations of Outbreaks of communicable diseases.
• Imparting Health education/training to community & health functionaries.