Events

Globalisation has ushered in a new culture. A culture that encourages workaholics and has little or no place for healthy lifestyles. Sedentary lifestyles, high stress levels and long hours of working have begun to manifest themselves by the number of diseases and disorders that people are plagued with. In such a scenario a hospital, besides being a cure provider, also has to concentrate more on curbing and eradicating such occurrences. The Jehangir Hospital has taken several initiatives in this direction by conducting workshops and events on a regular basis. These workshops spread awareness and educate the public about the dangers at bay. Some of the workshops conducted by Jehangir are:

Stress Management Workshops for Police Personnel: A series of workshops are in progress for the Pune Police Personnel to help them to cope up with day to day stress in their profession. The first workshop was inaugurated by Mr.Jayant Umranikar (Commissioner of Police, Pune City) also in attendances were Mr. Rajendra Sonawane, Jt. Commissioner of Police, Ms. Shoba Ohatker, Addl. Commissioner of Police, Admn, Mr. Dhananjay Kamalakar, Addl. Commissioner of Police North Zone and host of DCPs and ACPs. The workshop will provide counseling about listening and communication skills, motivation enhancement, self esteem, confidence building, relaxation techniques, and lectures on preventive health care. Medical check ups like Blood Pressure, Weight, Ophthalmology, ECG, Blood Sugar Random, Physician check up were conducted to assess the general health of the personnel. The women in khaki were then counselled and taught several breathing techniques which would help them in dealing with stress more effectively. The ladies were also engaged in a lively conversation centred on various gynaecological problems. This was the third in a series of workshops conducted for the Police Personnel. The workshops are being conducted on a regular basis to help Police Personnel combat job pressures and alleviate them of the anxiety and stress in their day to day lives.

Diabetes Workshop: The Diabetes workshop, one of the several initiatives taken by the Diabetes Club of Jehangir, is conducted on a regular basis and helps create awareness about diabetes, apart from medicine, that helps one gain control over diabetes. The diabetologists, dieticians and exercise therapists acquaint the patients with interesting forms of exercise, dieting and simple changes in lifestyle which reduce the amount of medication and help them lead a fuller and more enjoyable life.

Besides tackling the menace of urban lifestyles, Jehangir has also reached out to rural India where its teams have taken on the challenge of replacing superstition and ignorance with scientific thought. Jehangir Hospital has conducted several such campaigns in the peripheral areas of Pune and other rural districts in Maharashtra where patients are provided free medical consultations of different specialities such as Medicine, Diabetes, Cardiac, Gynaecology, Paediatric, ENT, Ophthalmology etc.

Several other workshops have been organised on a wide range of disorders and disease afflicting the general public. Most of these have been acknowledged by the local and national newspapers and are displayed below.