Sunday 17 March 2013

Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi





Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, formerly known as Willingdon Hospital, was established by the British for their staff and had only 54 beds. After independence, its control was shifted to New Delhi Municipal Committee.


It is fully funded by the Government of India (Ministry ofHealth Family Welfare). 
     No Emergency Patients are Refused treatment in this Hospital


This   hospital   has   round   the   clock    emergency services  in Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics and  Paediatrics. The facilities in other specialties are also available on call basis.

All  supportive  services like  laboratory,   X - Ray,  CT-Scan,  Ultrasound, Blood Bank and  Ambulances  are available  round  the  clock. A  Coronary Care Unit and an Intensive Care Unit exists in the hospital for serious Cardiac and Non-Cardiac patients. The  hospital  has  laid down disaster action plan  & disaster beds, which are made operational in case of mass casualties and disaster.


Accident and Emergency Services







Vitiligo clinic             Tuesday                     Room no 74               2-4pm

Allergic Clinic             Tuesday                     Room no 87               2-4pm

Leprosy Clinic            Wednesday               Room no 74               2-4pm
(New Cases)

Leprosy Clinic              Friday                         Room no 74               2-4PM

(Old Cases)

S.T.D Clinic                    Daily                           Room no 87               9-11.30am



1
Psychiatry department
2
Physiotherapy
3
Department of Library
4
Nursing Home
5
Accident & Emergency
6
Blood Bank
7
Family Welfare
8
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
9
Dental Surgery
10
Dermatology
11
Ear, Nose & Throat (Otorhinolaryngology)
12
Eye Ophthalmology
13
General & Minimally Invasive Surgery
14
Laboratory Medicine (Pathology & Biochemistry)
15
Medicine
16
Microbiology
17
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
18
Paediatrics, Neonatology & Adolescent Medicine
19
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
20
Radiodiagnosis
21
Orthopaedics
22
Burns and Plastic Surgery
23
Cardiology
24
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
25
Endocrinology & Metabolism
26
Gastroenterology
27
Nephrology
28
Neurology
29
Neurosurgery
30
Paediatric Surgery
31
Urology
32
Medical Records
 




NOTE: Please book your appointment before you make a visit to the hospital.


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Thursday 14 March 2013

Medical Institutes Recognition as a Centres of Excellence





Under the National Mental Health Programme, support has been provided for establishment of  11 Centres of Excellence in the country in the field of mental health during the 11th Five Year  Plan by upgrading and  strengthening identified existing mental health hospitals/ institutes for  addressing the acute manpower gap and  provision of state of the art mental health care facilities in the long run. Preference was given to centres where  the respective State Governments showed commitment for faculty and other recurring expenditure  annually .
                             
The list of 11 Centres of Excellence is given below:



Sr.No
State/ UT
Mental Hospital/ Institute
1.        
Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
2.        
Chandigarh
Department of Psychiatry, Govt. Medical College, Chandigarh
3.        
Gujarat
Hospital for Mental Health, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 
4.        
Haryana
State Mental Health Institute, PanditBhagwatDayal Sharma University-
 of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
5.        
Jammu and Kashmir
Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Government Medical College, Srinagar, J&K
6.        
Kerala
Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Kozhikode
7.        
Maharashtra
Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Pune
8.        
New Delhi
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Shahdra, Delhi
9.        
Orissa
Mental Health Institute, Cuttack
10.    
Uttar Pradesh
Institute of Mental Health & Hospital, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
11.    
West Bengal
Institute of Psychiatry- Kolkata, West Bengal





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Monday 11 March 2013

Tips for Healthy Bones


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Do follow the diet to keep your bones healthy.



Sunday 10 March 2013

Exercise -Sitting Time =Good Sleep



Insomniacs  looking for a good night's sleep may want to hit the treadmill, take a walk or play a game of golf or tennis because a new report released on Monday shows exercise promotes good sleep and the more vigorous the workout the better. 

Just 10 minutes of exercise a day could make a difference in the duration and quality of sleep, the survey by the non-profit National Sleep Foundation showed.

"We found that exercise and great sleep go together, hand in hand," Max Hirshkowitz, a sleep researcher and the chair of the poll task force, said in an interview.
"We also found a step-wise increase in how vigorous the quality is, in terms of how much you exercise. So if you say you exercise a lot, we found better sleep quality. For people who don't exercise at all we found more sleep problems."

Earlier research studies have shown the impact of exercise on sleep, but Hirshkowitz, who is a professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said the survey is the first to detail the benefits of exercise in a nationally representative poll of this size.
People who described themselves as exercisers reported better sleep than their more sedentary counterparts, although the amount of sleep, an average of just under seven hours on weeknight, was the same.

More than 75 percent of the 1,000 people questioned in the Internet and telephone poll who described themselves as exercisers said they slept well, compared to just over half of people who did no exercise.
Very active people reported fewer sleep problems, dozed off quicker and needed less shut eye a night to function at their best during the day.

Sitting, more than eight hours daily also had a negative impact on sleep, according to the poll.

NAPS, STRUGGLING TO STAY AWAKE


Nearly half of Americans report experiencing insomnia occasionally, and 22 percent suffer from the condition, which can be caused by stress, anxiety, pain and medication, every or almost every night, according to the foundation. 

In addition to poorer sleep, non-exercisers also were less likely to report good or excellent health compared to active people and had more trouble staying awake while driving and eating. 

Nearly three times as many sedentary people said they have trouble keeping awake during the day than exercisers. They also took more naps and had more symptoms of sleep apnea, a disorder that causes shallow breaths or pauses in breathing during sleep, than exercisers,More than 44 percent of non-exercisers were at a moderate risk for sleep apnea, a higher percentage than active people questioned in the poll. 

The survey also seemed to debunk the idea that exercising early or late in the day would adversely impact sleep because it showed that being active at any time of the day was better than being sedentary. 

"Exercise is beneficial to sleep," Dr. Barbara Phillips, a member of the poll task force, said in a statement. "It's time to revise global recommendations for improving sleep and put exercise - any time - at the top of our list for healthy sleep habits." 


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Saturday 9 March 2013

Webinar : Cloud Computing in Health Care


                           In this webinar held February 13, 2013, Dennis Giokas and Ron Parker of Canada Health Infoway talk  about the significant opportunity that exists to use cloud computing to deliver digital health to Canadians in a timely and effective manner.

Must Watch video for techies, who believes in Cloud computing technology  and its implementation across various sectors.

 

Friday 8 March 2013

Positivity on life leads to maintain healthier cholesterol levels


U.S. researchers writing in The American Journal of Cardiology have found better levels of "good cholesterol" and other markers of heart health in the blood of middle-aged study subjects with a sunny outlook on life. 

At least some of the connection between optimism and blood lipids in the new study appeared to result from the optimists' tendency to have a healthy body weight and a "prudent" diet, according to researchers. 

"It is one additional piece of evidence suggesting that our psychological health and physical health are intertwined, and that viewing the world optimistically may have some tangible benefits for our health," said lead author Julia Boehm, a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. 

Previous research by Boehm and her colleagues had shown a link between optimism and lowered heart attack risk, so they decided to look at whether there was an independent connection between optimistic or pessimistic outlooks and cholesterol, which is known to play a role in heart attack risk. 

The group analyzed data from the Midlife in the United States study, which included phone interviews and lab tests for 990 people aged 40 to 70. 




Based on the interviews, participants' levels of optimism were rated on a scale from 6 to 30 depending on their agreement or disagreement with statements like "in uncertain times I usually expect the best." 


People with higher optimism scores also had more high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the desirable form of cholesterol that is believed to protect against heart disease. They also had lower levels of triglycerides, the fatty molecules involved in hardening of the arteries. 

There was no connection between optimism and total cholesterol levels, or to low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol. Fore every increase of 5 points on the optimism scale, however, HDL in the blood increased by 1 milligram per deciliter. 

That same HDL increase would translated to a three percent reduction in the risk for heart disease, experts said. For comparison, regular exercise can decrease heart disease risk by six percent.
"Honestly, I'm not surprised, this is what I expect," said Franz Messerli, a cardiologist at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, who was not involved in the study. 

It's still impossible to say whether optimism causes a change in cholesterol, or cholesterol influences outlook, or both are subject to some third variable, Messerli said. 

Boehm's group did try to account for other influences, and when they factored in lifestyles, including diet and alcohol consumption, and body weight - the link between optimism and blood fats became weaker.
That suggests that optimists' tendency to have healthier lifestyles and weight may explain "in part" the differences in their blood lipids, researchers said. 

Conversely, the risk of heart attack and stroke goes up in depressed people, Messerli said. "But nobody has shown the opposite, that all of a sudden if you go from a pessimist to an optimist your risk goes down," he added.



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Kickstart Your Health By Neal Barnard,MD.


A Must watch Video, by Neal Barnard, MD. Although its a audio talk its worth listening .To all those who want to get control on what they eat and how to balance their diet will find a detailed explaination by Neal Barnard.


Author Neal Barnard, MD, is one of America's leading advocates for good nutrition. A pioneering clinical researcher, Dr. Barnard has conducted various studies on the ability of nutritional interventions to treat high-cholesterol diets, hormone imbal­ances, diabetes, and other conditions. His groundbreaking findings have appeared in numerous scientific journals such as The American Journal of Cardiology, Diabetes Care, and Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Barnard is the founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Respon­sible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit organization of doctors and laypersons that pro­motes preventive medicine, especially good nutrition, and addresses controversies in medicine, including ethical issues in research. He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at George Washington University as well as the president of The Cancer Project, a PCRM subsidiary that advances cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education and research.

Dr. Barnard is the author of 14 books, including Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes, Breaking the Food Seduction, Foods that Fight Pain, and Eat Right, Live Longer. He is also the editor-in-chief of Good Medicine and the author of hundreds of articles and opinion pieces. Dr. Barnard is a regular guest on network talk and news shows and a busy public speaker.