Each year, we commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.
TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of progress made in the fight to end TB. For the first time in over a decade, TB deaths increased in 2020.
The theme of World TB Day 2022 – ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives.’ –conveys the urgent need to invest resources to ramp up the fight against TB and achieve the commitments to end TB made by global leaders.
In view of the World TB Day, awareness program was organized by Microbiology department for various categories of students to raise awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.12 of the second year MBBS students volunteered for the active participation in the awareness program. Students initially gave pretest for the batches of students. Then pictures and videos were shown on the TB mode of infection, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention followed by post test.
In batches the students went and created awareness for 3 days (28th to 30th March) for the first year & second year MBBS, nursing and allied science students. All the students involved energetically in the program.
All the participants were given certificates by Dr. Sathyamurthy B, Dean Sir and were appreciated for their enthusiastic involvement in the program.
World TB day was celebrated on 24th March 2022 in Microbiology laboratory, Hospital building, RRMCH, Bangalore to Creating/ bringing awareness of TB among technicians & students. Training session was conducted by Dr. Kirtilaxmi K B & moderated by Dr. Lakshminarayana S A for all the technicians and students (B.Sc MLT, DMLT & BPT students).
Following points were discussed in training:
• Importance of the World TB day celebrated on 24th March 2022
• Theme of the World TB day 2022.
• Role of IGRA & CBNAAT in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis & active tuberculosis.
• Role & targets of NTEP in elimination of TB in India.
Pre-test & Post test sessions were conducted & there was tremendous improvement after the training session. Documentation of the same was done.
It is privileged to share with you all that Dr Vivek, Asst Prof, Respiratory Medicine, RRMCH has been invited for the VACCINE EXPERT CONCLAVE Meeting by Expert Conclave – Pfizer Webcast – on “ROLE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION IN ADULT POPULATION”, on 30th March’22 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM. This program involves an enriching discussion amongst a panel of speakers including Moderator, Keynote presenter, Case Presenters & Panelists.
As every year, this year also the varushabhishekam was organized to the goddess Sree Rajarajeswari Devi at the temple located in the campus of RRMCH.
After 2 years of fraught with the pandemic, it was a bit ease for this year to celebrate the customary puja. Hence the varushabhishekam took place on a grand scale for continues 3 day from 17th March, 2022 to 19th March, 2022. This included all pujas like Ganapathi Homa, Vasthu Homa, Sudarshana Homa, Navagraha Homa, Lalita Sahasranama Parayana, Chandi Homa, Cow Puja with maha prasadam.
Dr. A C Shanmugam, Chairman, RRGI, Smt Lalitha Lakshmi, Trustee, MCET, all the Management and the staff from Rajarajeswari Group of Institution took part in this auspicious celebration with immense devotion.
