Saturday, November 10, 2012

Communicate Better With Your Patients, Haryana Health Minister Tells Doctors


 Over 500 homeopathic doctors participated in a workshop on Homeopathy in Cardiology conducted by Dr. Sameer Srivastava, Dr. Praveen Chandra, Dr. Aparna Jaswal, Dr. Praveen Chandra and Dr. Avdesh Pandey.  The faculty from Homeopathy was represented by Dr. LM Khan and Dr. Manpreet S. Bindra.
Inaugurating the workshop, Shri Rao Narendra Singh, Health Minister, Haryana said that doctors should communicate with their patients better so as to avoid any litigation. He further added that more and more research is needed in homeopathic cardiology.
Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India said that in Allopathy there should be sessions of homeopathy so that one knows the strength and weaknesses of other systems of medicine.
The conclusions of the discussion were as follows:
§  Some homeopathic drugs, which can interact with allopathic drugs.
§  Homeopaths and Allopaths, both should know each other’s weaknesses and strengths.
§  Crataegus is a homeopathic tincture medicine, which has ACE-inhibitor like action.
§  Homeopathy does not differ in terms of lifestyle changes a person should adopt for prevention of heart diseases.
§  Tincture homeopathy is similar to Allopathy and Ayurveda.

National Workshop on Naturopathy and Yoga in Cardiology
A national workshop on Naturopathy and Yoga in cardiology was organized in association with National Duniya and Sevakram Naturopathy Centre, New Delhi. More than 300 delegates participated in the workshop. The chief guest for the function was Shri Alok Mehta. The summary of the discussions in the workshop were:
§  Meditation and pranayama are integral parts of cardiac care.
§  Pranayama is slower and deeper breathing.
§  Breathing at a speed of 4 times per minute for 20 minutes a day can reduce blood pressure and shift one to parasympathetic mode.
§  Yoga is not just Asans but involves 8 steps including pranayama, asan and meditation.
§  Meditation has similar effects in cardiology as that of the beta-blocker drugs.
§  Slower pranayama are more cardiac-friendly than faster breathing pranayama.
Delhi Medical Association organized a seminar on Nursing Home Problems
A National Seminar on Nursing Home Problems was organized in association with Delhi Medical Association, which was attended by over 200 nursing home owners. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Harish Gupta, President Delhi Medical Association and coordinated by Dr. Anil Goel, Member, Delhi Medical Council and Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Perfect Health Mela.
§  All nursing homes should display dengue and smog prevention guidelines in their premises.
§  The high rates of compensation being given to patients under Consumer Protection Act will end up in high fee structure for the patients.
§  The insurance companies should consider insuring OPD consultations.
§  Nursing homes should be given more infrastructural concessions by the Government.

Medico Masti in the Mela
Over 1000 college youth participated in various competitions like western dance, choreography, fashion show, rock band, poster making, slogan writing and mehendi. The festival was inaugurated by Shri Satish Goel Chairman Mujaffar Nagar Medical College. Shri Gajender Solanki Rashtriya Kavi was the star guest.
Following health messages were released.
§  Medical students should learn to write legibly and use electronic records as much as possible.
§  Medical students should inculcate the habit of all spending 10% of their time in community service.
§  Nursing students should learn the art of patient counseling and cognitive behavior therapy.
§  Medical students should learn the strengths and weaknesses of other systems of medicines.

 Sahitya Kala Academy
 A cultural evening was organized by Sahitya Kala Academy


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