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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Monthly News Letter – March 2014.
Monthly Newsletter- March 2014
Healthcare Project in Korail Slum
As the trust comes closer and closer to completing one year with its outreach program at the Korail Slums, it is proud to say that a total of 613 patients were served in March, 2014! 188 of these patients were given follow up care. Follow up care is important as the trust wants to continue to ensure patients keep getting the health care they need and do not fall back on treatment due to financial contstraints. Two health camps were held, one on the 13th of March and another on the 23rd. A total of 68 patients were given healthcare at the camps.
Similar to previous sessions, Good Heal Trust presented health awareness sessions twice a week on general health advice to patients of the Korail Slum. Advice pertaining to personal hygiene, family planning, common diseases amongst women, common diseases present in households and many other issues were discussed. Focus Group Discussions (FDGs) were held with 780 people within the slum. Once again, the number for the FDGs continues to go up every month as the team looks to serve more and more of those who need it the most.
Skype consultancy was given to a total of 11 patients. Dr.Aynul Kabir of BIRDEM (medicine), Dr. Apurbo Kumer Saha of BIRDEM (medicine) and Dr. Farhana Khatun of PGT (gynecology) provided their services for the Skype sessions.
Good Heal Trust was also successful in referring a total of 18 patients to different hospitals across Dhaka, including GHT Health Camp, Gulshan Seba Hospital, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka Shishu Hospital and BRAC.
Patients who needed tests were sent to Gulshan Seba House for different health tests, including the Ultrasound Sonography Test (USG), Thyroid Test, X-rays, Complete Blood Count (CBC) and Urine Culture & Sensitivity (C/S) tests.
In the camps, a total of 44 patients registered as registered patients. 3 of them had already registered from before. Good Heal Trust provided a health card to each person. A mere Tk50 was charged as the card registration fee. Each card holder patient was also given a registration number. By showing this health card, a slum dweller can enjoy all the services offered by Good Heal Trust through its clinic. If a registered member needs any kind of pathological or radiology test, Good Heal Trust will provide the patient a 25 % discount. In addition, with the health card the patient receives a 50% discount on doctor visits.
The trust hopes to serve even more patients in the upcoming months, continuing to serve those who need it the most.
Nurses’ Skill Enhancement Program
The Nurses Skill Enhancement Program (NSEP) continues to be in session at Birdem and National Heart Foundation (NHF). Nurses continue to learn about the topics which relate to their profession in addition to getting sessions on English Language, Computers and Grooming.
Nursing Classes: Nursing sessions continue to be the core of the program. The nurses at Birdem are taught modules related to Diabetes and the healthcare which Birdem gives whereas National Heart Foundation nurses are taught modules pertaining to cardiology and services which are provided by their hospital.
The topics covered at Birdem during March include:
a) Wounds- the different types of wounds, its causes, physiology of wounds, factors affecting the healing of wounds, the basic principles regarding wound care, immediate care, ideal dressings/guidelines for carrying out a wound dressing using an aseptic technique, complications of wounds and the important of the TT shot.
b) Cardiac diagnostic tests: what are cardiac enzymes, CBP, stress test cardiac cauterization, hemodynamic measurements and specific nursing interventions pertaining to this. Cardiac Disarrhythmias: cardiac conducting system problems and its management
c) ECG and its interpretation.
d) The importance of central IV infusions and blood transfusions.
e) Myocardial Infarction: etiology and its risk factors, patho-physiology and its clinical manifestation.
f) Vascular diseases: Peripheral Arterial Diseases: Reynaud’s Disease, Thromboangiitis Obliterans, Acute Arterial Ischemic Disorders. Aortic aneurysms and Aortic Dissections.
The topics covered at NHF include:
a) Pre-and post operative nursing care
b) Medical-Surgical asepsis techniques: its definition, the difference between medical and surgical asepsis and principles of the asepsis technique.
c) Infection control and universal precautions.
d) Blood transfusion: types of blood components, the purpose of blood transfusions, types of donors, grouping and cross matching, precautions to follow, and complications involved in blood transfusions.
e) Alternative medicine
f) Introduction class on the cardiology module: Anatomy and Physiology of the heart: the heart structure, its size and location, layers, conducting system of the heart, heart sounds, etc.
g) Circulation: vascular system, pulmonary circulation, systemic circulation and coronary circulation.
English Classes: The English sessions keep group works and student centered learning as a top priority. The nurses are encouraged to speak and overcome their weaknesses in spoken English through group presentations.
The topics covered in the English Classes at Birdem this month include:
a) English an international language. Nurses were shown the different uses of the English Language and its importance on the global platform. They were also taught different ways of asking ‘How are you?’ in English and the usage of different adjectives to describe how they are feeling.
b) Childhood memories and its importance. Nurses went down memory line and thought back to why childhoods are precious and the memories even more so. Story writing was done in groups using vocabulary related to childhood.
The topics covered at NHF include:
a) Why is communication important in the nursing profession? Nurses went over an article on communication and its necessity in the nursing profession. Different types of communication were discussed and nurses gave their input on how communication can be made more effectively in their profession. Nurses were also taught how to make polite requests.
b) English session on groceries- what they are, the different aisles in supermarkets and overall grocery shopping. Nurses had to engage in a group work session on making grocery lists for an upcoming dinner based upon a set budget.
Computer Classes: Computer knowledge is absolutely essential in today’s fast paced, tech-savvy world. Therefore, the trust continues to offer computer classes. We would like to see the nurses complete assignments using the computer.
This month, the computer topics covered at both Birdem and NHF include:
a) Internet browsing
b) Creating email addresses for the nurses. A few of them have created e-mail addresses; the trust hopes to have an email address for each of the nurses by the end of the program. We would like to have them e-mail assignments to the instructors by the end of the program.
Grooming Classes: Grooming is an essential part of every profession, there can be no doubt on this matter. This is even more so for those involved in the health care sector as how healthcare officials present and carry themselves has a great effect on the patients.
The topics covered for grooming at Birdem and NHF include:
a) Conflict and its management- how to deal with the different conflicts that may arise in the working atmosphere. The attitudes and behaviours that are a must irrelevant of the conflict.
b) Professionalism- nurse–patient communication and its vitality, managing angry patients and a review session was held on earlier sessions.
If interested in working with us or if you simply want to find out more information about what we endeavor to bring to the over-all healthcare system, current/future projects and much more, please visit us at: www.goodhealtrust.org