Medica Awards: Excellence in Healthcare
01 Jul, 2010
Medica Synergie hosted the first ‘Medica Awards: Excellence in Healthcare 2010’ , at 7pm on Thursday 1st July 2010, on the occasion of Doctors Day, at Calcutta Club. This prestigious function was graced by His Excellency, the Governor of West Bengal Shri M.K. Narayanan. The programme began with an invocation dance by Sukalyan Bhattacharya and his entourage, an internationally acclaimed dance group. A short film on Dr. B.C. Roy set the mood for the awards ceremony that followed. The Chairman and Managing Director of Medica Synergie, delivered the Welcome Address and spoke about the group’s commitment to bringing the best in healthcare to Kolkata at the cheapest rates possible.
The awards presentation followed an introduction to the awards made by Dr. Samir Banerjee, Director – Medical Governance, Medica Superspecialty Hospital. The awardees, all legends in their respective fields of medicine, included Prof. Sukumar Mukherjee (The Medica Award for Excellence in Mentoring & Teaching, 2010), Dr. Kanti Bhusan Baksi (The Medica Physicians Award of Excellence, 2010), Prof. Naba Kishore Pal (The Medica Distinguished Surgeons Award, 2010), Prof. Sailendra Bhattacharyya (The Medica Recognition Award for a Doctor for Outstanding Community Service, 2010) and Prof. Tarun Banerjee (Medica Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010).
His Excellency the Governor of West Bengal, Shri M.K. Narayanan, expressed his pleasure at being a part of such an occasion.
The Vote of Thanks was delivered by Dr. Alexander Kuruvilla.
World Environment Day ’10
05 Jun, 2010
To celebrate the occasion, various activities were held, which included a tree plantation ceremony inside the hospital premises.
The day started with planting trees down the boulevard in front of Medica, leading down to the EM Bypass. The planted trees will be maintained by Medica. A team of Medicans distributed saplings and leaflets with environment conservation related messages, as a goodwill gesture from the hospital to 100 families in the immediate vicinity of the hospital, including Mukundapur, Survey Park, Patuli and Ajaynagar.
MEDICA Superspecialty Hospital – Inauguration
The 500-bed Medica Superspecialty Hospital, one of the largest in eastern India, was formally inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on April 14, 2010 at 6.30pm.
The inauguration ceremony was also graced by the Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, Shri Surjya Kanta Mishra, the Hon’ble Minister of Land and Land Reforms, Government of West Bengal, Shri Abdur Rezzak Molla, the Hon’ble Minister-in-charge of Sports and Youth & Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Shri Kanti Ganguly, and Chairman Borough XII, KMC, Shri Swapan Roy.
International Breastfeeding Week
One third of the world’s children succumb to malnutrition before they turn five, and two thirds of these deaths may be associated with inappropriate feeding practices during the first year of an infant’s life. Taking cognizance of this alarming statistic, World Health Organisation (WHO) recently issued a mandate saying all infants should start breastfeeding within one hour of birth and should be exclusively breastfed for six months, for the good health of the child and the mother.
With the intention of spreading awareness among the support staff in a hospital, Medica celebrated International Breastfeeding Week on 3rd August, in association with the IAP Metropolis branch, with a workshop at its premises. On this occasion, Dr. Ashok Mittal, Dr. Samuel Vaddeswaram, Dr. B.K. Manocha and Dr. Arnab Haldar discussed the common challenges faced by mothers while Breastfeeding and how to ensure exclusive Breastfeeding at Medica by rooming-in and Breastfeeding assessment by a lactation nurse.
The Doctors explained that Breastfeeding right after birth could reduce infant mortality rates in India as Colostrum, the human breast milk is not only very rich in proteins, vitamin A and sodium chloride, but contains lower amounts of carbohydrates, potassium, and fat. It provides all the energy and nutrients that the infant needs for the first months of life, and it continues to provide for the child’s nutritional needs during the second half of the first year, and up to one-third during the second year of life. They focussed on the responsibility of the Doctors and other staff in explaining the importance of breastfeeding to new mothers and encourage them to do so.
