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Sameer Mehta – Meeting of the ANBAI Governing Council with Dr Bipin Batra – Director of the National Board

We had organised a health talk on 19th Oct'11 @ Indian Oil Corporation. Venue: Auditorium, Indian Oil Bhavan, Nungambakkam, Chennai Speaker: Dr. Vijaya Sethumadhavan Topic: Care your kidneys Timing: 4.00 p.m to 5.20 p.m Delegates: 91 staff Mehta's: Mr. S. Kannan & the undersigned The event was designed in such a way as to make it more interactive. Dr. Vijaya was briefed about the audience profile in advance to enable her to make her presentation accordingly. The talk had such a reach that the participants had lot of queries about how to keep kidneys healthy & screening for kidney diseases. Though there were 3 programmes underway in their office, the attendance was one of their best. The corporate has expressed its willingness to have such talk shows from our hospital. We would like to thank Mrs. Pratheeba & Mr. Seetharaman from their Training Dept. for giving us an opportunity to showcase our clinical abilities. We have distributed our hospital pamphlets to the audience. Overall the programme was a grand success which should help us in enrolling patients from that corporate. The successful conduct of this event was due the continuous followup done by Mr. Kannan with their training dept. Having seen the feedback from customers personally, I'm sure Mr. Kannan will be organising many more such talk shows & convert the corporate as our loyal customer.

Awareness campaign was held in MCH on Global handwashing day - Oct.15th, the theme being "Say yes to clean hands, Say no to infections"! - for the pediatric patients. As a part of the campaign children were taught 'The 8 steps of handwashing’ through a live demonstration by the Hospital Infection Control team and were also made to repeat the same. A leaflet on Importance of handwashing along with a hand sanitizer was provided to over 300 pediatric patients who walked in that day. The event was made more fun-filled for children as they enjoyed making declarations to follow good hand washing practices by marking their colourful hand-prints on chart papers. Apart from in-house awareness creation, the news was also spread to the areas in and around the hospital through banners and standees that were put up in the neighbouring places.

Mehta Hospitals which was founded in the year 1934 by Dr.A.J.N.Mehta & Dr.Savitha Ben Mehta, has over the years consistently grown, scaling greater heights, year after year, purely by its sheer commitment to uncompromising health care and unflinching loyalty to international quality standards. Our flagship hospitals, Dr. Mehta’s Multi Speciality Hospital and Dr. Mehta Children’s Hospital are well recognised in Chennai and all across South India.

At Mehta’s we have constantly endeavoured to bring about an unprecedented and qualitative change in the lives of over 1,00,000 patients every year. No mean fete indeed!

In the past, Mehta’s has been flooded with accolades and its proficient doctors have been honoured with The Mother Teresa International Award, The Indira Gandhi National Award, The Cooper National Award and many more. Recently our Gastroenterological surgeon Dr. Ahamed Ali was conferred the prestigious Padma Shri by the Hon’ble President Of India. However Mehta’s has surged ahead taking all the tributes in its stride never for once resting on its laurels

We at Mehta’s are proud to announce that we have now been awarded the internationally acclaimed NABH Accreditation!

NABH as you aware is a constituent board of Quality Council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. The board is structured to cater to the much desired need of the consumers and to set benchmarks for progress of health industry. The board while being supported by all stakeholders including industry, consumers, government, have full functional autonomy in its operation.

Accreditation benefits all stake holders. Patients are the biggest beneficiary. Accreditation results in high quality of care and patient safety. The patients get services by credential medical staff. Rights of patients are respected and protected. When it is a question of Better Heath, Better Care, Better Life, the choices for discerning patients and for the common man in South India is not very far nor difficult to choose DrMEHTA’S HOSPITALS.

Mehta’s .....where health is life.

DR.AHMED ALI "PADAMSHREE AWARD RECEIVING FROM PRESIDENT OF INDIA"

DR.MEHTA'S HOSPITAL'S GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SURGEON WAS FELICITATED

Surgical gastroenterologist Dr.M.Ahmed Ali, who was recently selected for the Padma Shri award, was felicitated by colleagues, students and friends at a function organised by Dr.Mehta's Hospitals on Saturday.

Dilip Mehta, Executive director of the hospital, led the felicitations. “Dr.Mehta's Hospitals is a recognised centre for various postgraduation courses. Dr.Ali has been associated with the hospital for over four decades. Mehta Hospital for over four decades. Mehta Hospitals is immensely proud of his achievements. It is an honour long overdue”, he said, describing Dr.Ali as having “inborn leadership qualities (and one who) created generations of competent medical professionals”.

Sameer Mehta, Cheif Executive officer, who presented a momento to Dr. Ali, said that at the 77 year old Hospital, the doctor had kept every one smiling even during the toughest of times.

Members of the Dr.Mehta's Hospitals, including his students, recalled their association with him, be it in classroom or hospital and praised him for his efficiency and diligence as a teacher.

Dr.Ali, in his address, recalled his work in Thanjavur Medical College and said he had listened to the “sound advice” of his teachers who told him to not run after money and instead serve people. Paying attention to the advice given to him helped him work for middle class patients. He said that during a cholera epidemic, he did not have enough bottles of intravenous fluid and had to depend on tender coconut water. He had read about the therapy and used it to save patients.

Recalling the benevolence of the Mehtas, the owners of the hospital said the hospital was now a 250 bed institution.

ARE YOU A PARENT OF AN ADOLESCENT CHILD????
Adolescence is that period in our lives when nothing seems to go smoothly, yet Our best memories are about those wonderful days. It is a period when low self esteem ,negative thoughts, peer pressures, media pressures and school stress are at their peak, It is a period when self consciousness is universal, It is a period when sexuality emerges and grows Adolescence is a period when they reject advice outright, yet they need it most. It is a period when they demand for independence, yet are mostly dependent. A period when maximum hostility is shown towards parents but they want to be loved and cared for. A period when maximum rebellion is shown, yet want to be the pet baby of their mother. It is a period when contradictions are more or less a rule rather than an exception. Any conventional approach is likely to fail with this age group. It is a critical period which decides their career and character. Adolescence is a stressful period-academically, physically, psychologically and socially, both for parents and for adolescents, though for diagonally opposite reasons. How do we help, How do we enable these tiny larvae metamorphose into beautiful butterflies holistically? And then, see them fly to great heights? How do we make our nation rich with holistically healthy adults? Visualize them grow into adults who are comfortable with their own selves with wonderful self esteem and excellent psychosocial competence. Believe and motivate the child that they can march past their problems and obstacles to live a successful, fulfilling and happy future.

Children’s Health Care
Chennai Pediatric Kidney Foundation( CPKF) at the Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chetpet was registered under the Tamil Nadu societies Registration Act, 1975 on 23rd of May 2005. CPKF was founded by Pediatric Nephrologists Dr BR Nammalwar, Dr M Vijayakumar and Dr N Prahlad along with like-minded Pediatric colleagues working with them for the last 20 years. Dr BR Nammalwar is the first qualified pediatric Nephrologist form this part of India and he started the first complete Pediatric Nephrology Department at the Children’s Hospital Egmore. Dr Vijayakumar and Dr Prahlad started the Pediatric Nephrology department at Mehta Children’s Hospital in 2004. With their experience and their willingness to help the community , the idea of Chennai Pediatric Kidney Foundation came to their mind. It was started in 2005within few months of starting the Pediatric Nephrology services at Mehta Children’s Hospitals. For the last 3 years CPKF had conducted Annual Pediatric Nephrology in Chennai. The event has been attended by over 150 delegates with keen interest in this field. This year the Pediatric Nephrology update with ‘’ Approach to Various Renal Problems In Children’’was the theme and was held at Hotel Savera Chennai on 18th April. Dr Sushmita Banerjee, Pediatric Nephrologist from Kolkata gave the Annual Oration. Dr Mayilvahnan Natarajan, Vice Chancellor, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical university was the Chief Guest and man behind this organization, Mr Dilip Mehta, Executive Director of Mehta Children’s Hospital presided over the Function.

Sad Demise of our Co-founder Dr. Savithaben Mehta
Dr Savithaben Mehta, co- founder of Dr Mehta’s Hospitals attained the Holy feet of Lord Krishna on 27- 03 -2010, in the presence of immediate family members. She was a key pillar of Dr Mehta’s Hospitals, where she turned the dreams of her late husband, Dr A J Mehta into reality in expanding the nursing home into a Multi Speciality Hospital. She was the source of great inspiration for many of the doctors, specialists and staff, and exemplar of the values of the institution. We share together as one large Mehta Family in the loss of our Founding Mother. We all pray for her eternal soul to rest in peace – understanding that many of her values are part of our every-day fabric of existence and health care practice. She lived a significant life with many substantial achievements including helping introduce over 10,000 new generations into our fold, touching, teaching, healing and valuing the lives of many more. We will continue to build on and cherish her legacy of providing the healing touch.

Going Global ... Promoting Medical Tourism
Dr Mehta's Hospitals attended SATTE 2010, India's biggest Business-to-Business Exhibition in travel and tourism in New Delhi. Having hosted over 4000 tour operators from 40 countries worldwide, with leading partners like Ministry of Tourism, Air India, Indian Airlines and a dozen hotels in the capital, the event offers the only hospitality programme of its kind in the country. The stall of Dr Mehta's Hospitals attracted both domestic and international Medical Travel Agencies and Operators, major travel agencies and airlines.

Honorary Doctorate to Dr M. Ahmed Ali

Tamilnadu MGR Medical University presented a Honorary Doctorate to Dr M. Ahmed Ali, Professor of Surgical GE MMC (RTD). A deserving award for a teacher, par excellence, brilliant surgeon and a sympathetic doctor. Congratulations!

Community Outreach

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