CONGRATULATIONS VIVEK.............

Dr Vivek Chhabra, former senior consultant of our department is now presently in UK as Specialty Emergency Physician at James Paget University Hospital. He was recently felicitated by British Medical Journal group for his outstanding work in providing Emergency care and Humanitarian relief in Bihar Flood in 2008 as part of DOCTORS FOR YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS VIVEK. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU............

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Two medical teams in India scoop top prizes at Health Care Awards

Two dedicated medical teams based in India scooped top prizes at the BMJ Group Awards tonight (18 May 2011).

The award for Medical Team in a Crisis Zone went to Doctors for You for their flood relief work in the Indian state of Bihar in 2008.

Over six months, a 110 strong team of Doctors for You doctors, social workers, and other support staff, worked to mitigate the effects of the calamity.

As well as delivering emergency and resuscitation care, the they treated 130,000 patients in 300 mobile health clinics at various relief camps.

They arranged delivery of more than 18 tonnes of relief material (grains, medicines, clothes, packed food etc) with Indian Railways; provided doctors and medicines to 13 other organisations; and set up youth clubs to teach villagers about sanitation, immunisation and antenatal care.

They also constructed an emergency health centre which has provided free treatment to more than 54,000 patients and delivered more than 164 babies since it opened. Running of the centre has now successfully been handed over to the local community.

Dr Vivek Chhabra of Doctors for You said the award would boost membership, community support, and motivation for their work.

The award for Innovation in Health Care went to Professor Subhashchandra Daga and his team at MIMER Medical College in India for using polystyrene vaccine boxes to keep newborn babies warm in areas where poverty and frequent power cuts means many homes and hospitals aren’t warm enough.

Their first study, using the boxes as home incubators, showed they kept babies warm. They went on to use the boxes to carry sick babies to hospital.

The team found that not only were the boxes easy to use for families and traditional birth attendants but they were safe and effective.

Accepting the award, Professor Daga said: “This device holds hope for survival to thousands of low birth weight babies that are born at home, in harsh weather conditions, and in poor and remote areas of the world. We also hope that the award inspires others to use innovative technology in health for the larger good of the mankind,” he said.


Notes to Editors:
The BMJ Group Awards, held in association with MDDUS, recognise and celebrate excellence in healthcare across the globe. The categories reflect the values of the Group and include awards for clinical research, healthcare communication and medical education.

Visit BMJ AWARDS WEBSITE for the full list of winners. Photographs of the winners are also available on request.

Other sponsors of this year’s BMJ Group Awards are: GSK, Mckinsey and Company. The Health Foundation, BUPA, Boots, MSD, RAF Careers, Takeda, iD Medical, Climate and Health Council.