Spurt in cardiac-related ailments

2 D Echo machine use in diagnosis for cardiac problems 

Cardiac problems are on the rise in the Adilabad district, most of which are attributed to smoking, alcoholism, junk food, hypertension and working long hours in the same place.

Alcohol consumption is rampant in the Adilabad district and district has topped in the liquor sales in the state. The sale of cheap liquor, Gudumba (illicitly distilled liquor), spurious toddy is also high in the Adilabad shares borders with the Maharashtra.           

The habit of chewing tobacco and smoking beedi is predominant among the Adivasis and a section of people in the district.

According to official sources, people of Adilabad have consumed all kinds of liquor worth Rs 573 crore in the year 2014-15 and Rs 715 crore in 2015-16.      

Medical experts say that people are eating more food containing high levels of carbohydrates leads to cardiac related health problems especially with the changed life styles unlike in the past.

It is found that some of the people not doing any physical work and having sedentary lifestyles are at higher risk.

According to medical experts, the number of patients suffering from cardiac-related health problem and being treated at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), Adilabad has increased in the last one year.

Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) which was established at RIMS witnessing  several patients suffering from cardiac problems and the number of deaths has increased.

Some of the elderly persons suffering from cardiac problems coupled with the respiratory problems such as Asthma were at heightened risk.

Cardiologist Dr. Anjani Kiranmayi is now supervising the ICCU at RIMS and attending the patients. A 2D Echo unit has been set up attached to the ICCU for a speedy diagnosis.

An awareness health camp was organized for the senior citizens about the cardiac related health problems and how to avoid them by taking some precautions. Screening tests conducted to outpatients suffering from cardiac-related health problems at RIMS.

State strengthening its hospitals sector

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad 

The state government is making efforts to strengthen the government hospitals and teaching medical colleges, including Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences( RIMS), Adilabad, by creating good infrastructure and acquiring the requisite equipment to the patients. 

The state government is also recruiting doctors to fill the posts that have been lying vacant for a long time.

Creating best facilities and giving treatment round the clock is likely to attract the economically poorer sections who were being forced to go to private hospitals which were fleecing them.

A senior doctor at RIMS, Adilabad said that creating confidence in the people in the competence of the government hospital system would be induced to check irregularities taking place within their own ambit when unwitting patients stopped promising then and getting duped. People would start demanding better facilities from government hospitals.

Private nursing homes and corporate hospitals have been known to keep ignorant patients and their family members suspended in anxiety and anticipation of a diagnosis by not revealing the exact status of the health problems.

They tend to charge a huge fee for even for fevers, dengue and malaria, which are seasonal diseases that can be treated speedily if detected early.

Efforts to provide corporate medicare for TS staff at govt hospitals

   Minister Jogu Ramanna gets his BP checked at RIMS,Adilabad. 

State government is putting in efforts to provide corporate medical treatment to the government employees and their family members and also pensioners at government hospitals under Employees health scheme (cashless medical treatment) in Telangana state. The health scheme was formally launched at RIMS, Adilabad on Friday.  

Medical treatment will be given to nearly 1,000 ailments out of identified total 1,800 under the scheme at RIMS, Adilabad. The scheme was launched in the respective districts in the state by Ministers. 

As many as 12 super specialty hospitals have refused to provide their services to the patients under this scheme as they were not happy with the fee for medical treatment to various ailments offered under the scheme by the state government.

The government employees and pensioners expressed dissatisfaction over non inclusion 12 super specialty hospitals in the scheme.

Further, they said they were ready to pay their yearly contribution towards the scheme if the super specialty hospitals would be included for providing service under the scheme.

Adilabad RIMS Superintendent Dr A. Ashok said they made special arrangements to treat 25 chronic ailments including cardiac and kidney related problems and added that required medicines for these ailments have been purchased under this scheme and five air condition rooms have been earmarked for the government employees and their family members and pensioners.

He said outpatient services will be provided between 2 pm -4pm even Wednesday and Thursday and added that inpatient services will be launches 15 days later.

Under the scheme, free medical checkup would be done to government employees four times in a year.

Rare experience to city students at 'MEDEXPO'

Human skeletons playing guitar,Jazz and anchoring at 'Boney Men’musical concert welcome the students and their teachers once they get into the hall at college building of RIMS, Adilabad of Telangana.

It was rare experience for not only students but also their teachers as they were being exposed to such unusual concert for the first time.          

Students of various private and government schools in and around Adilabad town had different experience watching the dissection human bodies and organs at ‘MEDEXPO-2015’ an event underway at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. 

The tag line of the event attracted many with its catchy tag line ‘Inside You and Into You’. MEDEXPO-2015 being organized by RIMS gave practical knowledge to the students about human body and functioning of its various organs. This will inspire many to join the medical fraternity in the future.   

Hundreds of students have been thronging RIMS for the last two days to have a look at the expo.

However, students of IX and X class got the real benefit of the event as they had lessons in biology.

Tarun Kumar of IX class said, ‘he scared seeing the body parts kept in the open but added that nevertheless it was an unforgettable experience’.

Another student Vinod said ‘he felt thrill seeing various organs of the body and learning about their functioning’.

Vivek Reddy, third year medico of RIMS who was explaining about anatomy of the human body to the students with the help of dissection, said some of the students had doubts which he clarified after he explained about anatomy.  

Bhumika, student of IX class, Vaninikethan Vidyamandhir of Adilabad says, that with the event, she got exposure to many aspects of the subjects she was studying in class.                                                                                                       (Sept25, 2015)