HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS DETECTION CAMP 2020 - CHEERANAHALLI

 

MANDYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS DETECTION CAMP - 2020

Report

Hypertension(HTN) and Diabetes Mellitus(DM) Detection Camp was organized by Department of Community Medicine, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, in association with IMA, Mandya.

Venue: Govt. Higher Primary School, Cheeranahalli, Mandya Tq, Mandya, Karnataka. The programme was conducted on 20^th November 2020 from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM. 

Team of Community Medicine staff, tutors, postgraduate students, and nursing staff, led Dr. Vinay. M, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, MIMS visited Cheeranahalli, where the Health Camp was organized in Govt. Higher Primary School.

Population covered: Residents of Cheeranahalli and nearby villages.

Preliminary data of the patient is first taken then Present complaints, past history, general physical examination, blood pressure and Random Blood Sugar Measurement along with systemic examination done to detect New Cases of Hypertension and Diabetes along with Patient compliance for medication who are previously detected with HTN and DM and on Medication. As many as 50-60 people have availed the benefit of Health Camp. Patients have been prescribed with Medications and few referred to District Hospital, Mandy for further Evaluation and Management.