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Certificate Course in Healthcare Waste Management

Conducted by IGNOU in Collaboration with WHO (SEARO)

IGNOU and WHO (SEARO) launched the certificate programme in Healthcare Waste Management in the South-East Asia Region countries in 2006. St Stephen's Hospital is a programme sub-centre. The candidates have a six-day contact period at St Stephen's Hospital during their six months' tenure. We have had students from various fields such as Doctors, Nurses, Lab-Technicians, Dentists and Management Faculty attending this programme.

Staff Details:
Programme In-Charge:	Dr Ann Mathew, D.C.H, MRCP Paediatric Consultant Infection Control Officer and Nodal Officer for Bio-Medical Waste Management

Counsellors:	Dr Lata Kapoor, MD (Micro-Biology) Chief Microbiologist
	Sr. Victoria Das, B.Sc (N) Infection Control Sister

Candidates who want to contact the Programme Study Center may ring the hospital and ask for Sr. Victoria Das. (You can e-mail to the hospital with the name of the programme in-charge or counselor e-mail: ssh@vsnl.com).

The contact period for students admitted at St Stephen's Hospital for January 2007 session will be from Monday, 16th April to Saturday, the 21st April 2007 .

Thalassemia Unit Inaugurated

A Thalassemia Day care unit was inaugurated on 11th July 2002, by the Honourable Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit at St. Stephen's Hospital. The unit will function in association with Thalassemics India.

Thalassemia is genetic disorder where the bone marrow produces defective haemoglobin. As a result, children with thalassemia become anaemic and need regular (monthly) transfusion of blood. India has about 1 lakh children suffering from thalassemia and more than 8000 children with thalassemia are born every year. Delhi has about 1300 thalassemia patients.

The facility at St. Stephen's Hospital will help thalassemic children to get their transfusions conveniently. The unit will undertake four blood transfusions a day and the cost per transfusion has been kept at Rs. 250. The medical and nursing support will be provided free of charge by St. Stephen's Hospital. The Indian Red Cross Society provides blood for transfusion in these children.

The thalassemia gene is commonly present in certain communities and this can be detected by screening tests for thalassemia. Facilities for diagnosis of thalassemia, screening and genetic counseling are also available at St. Stephen's Hospital.

MARGADARSHAN

St. Stephen's Hospital has started a free telephone helpline called Margdarshan. People with emotional problems like anxiety/stress, depression, phobias and suicidal ideas can now talk directly to a mental health professional and get instant guidance and help.

In our society mental problems are associated with stigma. People are unwilling to go to a psychiatrist/psychologist for the fear of being labeled mad. In today's fast paced life interpersonal relationships are put under severe stress. Day to day existence, competitions at every level in life and job insecurities further add to one's problems in life.

'Margdarshan' help line offers confidential and reliable help to people in distress.

It will also help to remove superstitions about mental illness.

The free telephone helpline offers an interface between the trained professional and the common man. People can seek help for their mental problems without going to the hospital. Whenever medication or detail investigation is necessary the helpline will advise the patient to visit the hospital personally or to consult a psychiatrist.

St. Stephen's Hospital has been serving all strata of society. This is a new endeavor in the field of mental health and the first of its kind. This is yet another effort by St. Stephen's Hospital to deliver better health care to the community.

Margdarshan Helplines : 23977930, 23982978

Timings: 2.00pm to 4.30pm only.

Margdarshan Helplines : 23977930, 23982978

Days: Monday to Friday