1. Faculty members and research interests:
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Name of the Faculty & Designation |
Research Interest |
E-mail Address |
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Dr. N.Balasoudarssanane Professor & Head |
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Dr.S.B.Rotti Professor-cum-Field Epidemiologist |
Health systems research, epidemiology, medical education, environmental health, occupational Epidemiologist health, gender studies |
rotti*jipmer.edu |
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Dr.Gautam Roy Professor |
Epidemiology, non-communicable diseases, health education, biostatistics |
gautam*jipmer.edu |
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Dr.Ajit Sahai Director-Professor of Biometrics |
Research methodology, experimental designs, sampling, maternal and child health, social & spiritual health, nutrition, demography, planning and project formulation, monitoring & evaluation, national level health surveys, analytical epidemiology, health system research, computerized MIS and HIS |
ajitsahai*rediffmail.com |
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2. Number of Post-graduate admission per year:
M.D. – 2
3. Highlights of patient care provided:
§ Comprehensive health care is provided through Rural Health Center (RHC) at Ramanathapuram and Urban Health Center (UHC) at Kuruchikuppam. These centers cater to populations of 5559 and 8475 respectively. The major focus of these health centers is around family as a unit to receive total health care. To achieve this objective a “Family Folder” is maintained for each family in these centers. The status of health, episodes of illness and all services the family both in the centers and in the homes are carefully documented in the individual health cards maintained for each member of the family in these folders. Both centers have reached all the HFA (health for all) targets set for 2000AD.
§ A full-fledged air-conditioned operation theatre has been established at the Rural Health Center, Ramanathapuram since 1997 to cater to the surgical needs of the rural population living in and around Ramanathapuram village. Consultancy services in General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dermatology and Tuberculosis are being provided for the benefit of the needy patients.
4. Major research activities:
· Sentinel Surveillance Unit has been set up for Pondicherry India in the department under the National Programme for Control of Blindness in collaboration with the Department of Ophthalmology for the surveillance of blindness and the treatment given.
· The department has conducted investigation of outbreaks/epidemics of certain communicable diseases of public health concern like cholera, anthrax, typhoid fever etc. in and around Pondicherry and adjacent areas of Tamil Nadu.
· “Modified district project on Reproductive & Child Health” in collaboration with the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics – an ICMR Project, Muticentric study on Malaria – a Project under the National Antimalaria Program, Government of India, a National survey on blindness under the National Programme for control of Blindness, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in Andhra Pradesh, an intramural project funded by JIPMER on “Study of fertility among men and women in a rural area of Pondicherry and a Research Studentship project on “Child labour” were recently completed.
· A survey of blindness due to cataract was conducted in Cuddalore district in March 2002 in collaboration with the Department of Ophthalmology. This survey was done under the National Programme for Control of Blindness.
5. Other notable achievements:
§ Several innovations have been introduced in the teaching of community medicine viz., field surveys, small group discussion, quiz and simulation exercises.
§ Under the ROME (reorientation of medical education scheme) 191 five day health camps have been held in 369 villages in six primary health center areas with the objective of orienting the medical faculty, residents, interns and medical students to the conditions existing in rural communities and training them in the management of health problems encountered there.
§ The department provides consultation services for Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme and also conducts training of medical and paramedical workers and evaluation of services.
§ On the request of the UNICEF, New Delhi the department has been conducting the process and coverage evaluation of the Pulse Polio Immunization (PPI) & IPPI program in the Pondicherry region since 1995. The department is also actively associated with the AFP (Acute Flaccid Paralysis) surveillance program along with the surveillance of the six vaccine preventable diseases of childhood and also the monitoring of adverse reactions to immunization in the Pondicherry region.
§ The Department is coordinating the activities of the “Cancer Awareness and Detection Porgramme” under the National Cancer Control Programme. A camp is organized each month in a Primary Health Centre area to create awareness and detect early cases of cancer. Specialists from the departments of Surgery, Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radiotherapy and ENT participate in these camps.