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Department of Community Medicine

Started in 1992

Recruitment Rules for Faculty
Prof. Naveen Krishan Goel MD Professor
Dr. Vikas Bhatia MD Associate Professor
Dr. Munish Kumar Sharma MD Associate Professor
Dr. Neeraj Aggarwal MD Assistant Professor
Dr. Dinesh Kumar Walia D.Phill Assistant Professor-cum-Statistician
Dr. Abhiruchi Galhotra MD Assistant Professor
Dr. Sonia Puri MD Assistant Professor
 5 Demonstrators , 2 Medical Officers, 2 Lady Medical Officer

RESEARCH & TRAINING

  • Faculty members of the department have more than hundred of publications in various National and International Journals of repute, and continuously attending and presenting papers in various National and International Conferences every year, and some of them also got awards for best presentation.

  • Professor Naveen Krishan Goel has recently been awarded Felllowship of Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) in Calcutta in January, 2007.

  • A number of research projects in the Department have been completed and are under progress.

  • Department of Community Medicine is committed for better community health by means of teaching, training of UG, Interns & PGs and patient care at community level.

SERVICES

  • Comprehensive health care provided to Community at  Village Palsora through Rural Health Training Centre recently inagurated building by Administrator and to the Urban people through Urban health Training Centre at Sector 44, Chandigarh.

Services

Schedule
UHTC RHTC
OPD services Daily Daily
Laboratory services* Daily Daily
Underfive clinic Twice a week Twice a week
Antenatal clinic Once a week Once a week
School Health Services Once a week Once a week
Geriatric Health Services  Once a week Once a week

  • Investigation for Complete Blood Picture, Peripheral Smear for Malaria Parasites, Sputum for AFB, Lipidogram, Renalcomm3.jpg (47819 bytes) Function Test, Liver Function Test, ECG are available.

  • UHTC-44 & RHTC, Palsora are recognized as Microscopy Centre uder Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.

  • Epidemiological Investigations of Outbreaks of communicable diseases
  • Imparting Health education/training to community & health functionaries

FUNCTIONS

  • Teaching and training to the Undergraduate (MBBS) students, interns and Postgraduate (MD) students.
  • Providing complete health care through Urban Health Training Centre, Sector 44 and Rural Health Training Centre Palsora.
  • Carrying out research
    - Departmental Projects;
    - Sponsored projects funded by national agencies
    - PG(MD) thesis

Various National Programmes viz Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Reproductive and Child Health, Pulse Polio Immunization etc are also implemented through the centres.

A. Urban Health Training Centre-44

Urban Health Training Centre is provided Comprehensive health Care to the Community and Catering to population of  Sector 43, 44 & adjoining JJ Colony

Location                    :       Urban Health Training Centre, Sector 44-B, Chandigarh, (Near Sanjay Public School)

Type of Facility

1.   OPD Services    Daily
2.   Antenatal Clinic Tuesday
3.   Geriatric Clinic  Thursday
4.   Underfive Clinic Wednesday & Saturday
(which includes immunization services)

     

Lab Facility (Tests)

1.  Lipid profile, LFT, RFT     Monday & Thursday
2.  Complete Haemogram             
     (Hb, TLC, DLC, ESR)    		 Daily
3.  Blood Sugar         Daily      
4.  ABO Blood Grouping Daily
5.  Urine Routine Examination Daily      
6.  Slide for Malarial Parasite Daily    
7.  Sputum for AFB (Tuberculosis) Daily   

B. Rural Health Training Centre, Sector 56, Palsora
Rural Health Training Centre is providing Comprehensive Health Care to the Community and Catering to population of village Palsora, Sector 56, adjoining J J Colonies and as well as Mohali, Phase 2.

Location                   :       The Rural Health Training Centre is situated in Sector 56, Palsora

Following functions are being provided in Phases :-

Phase - I

1. OPD Services

1.  Antenatal Clinic   Daily
2.  Geriatric Clinic    Daily
3.  Life Style Clinic      Daily
4.  Underfive Clinic                                     
     (which includes immunization services)		 Daily

 

2. Lab Facility (Tests)
1.          Complete Haemogram (Hb, TLC, DLC, ESR)
2.          Lipid profile, LFT, RFT
3.          Blood Sugar
4.          ABO Blood Grouping
5.          Urine Routine Examination
6.          Slide for Malarial Parasite
7.          Sputum for AFB (Tuberculosis)

  • National programmes - All the national programmes are implemented in catchment area through RHTC with the involvement of students and other para medical staff.

  • Demographic population profile will be made on user friendly computer software for early identification and need for any health related event and services.