Vydehi Hospital & College Blog

VIMS & RC launches a Cochlear Implant Centre in the Department of Rehabilitation at Vydehi Hospital

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:36:52 +0000

Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre in its ten years of existence has transformed itself to a super specialty hospital of truly global standards.

Addressing the media here today, Mrs. Kalpaja Dalavoi, Director of VIMS & RC said, “Hearing impairment is no more considered as a disability. With recent advances in medical field, there are management options for individuals with profound hearing impairment. Cochlear Implant is among one of the options and is usually suggested when there is no benefit from hearing aids. Arrival of high end diagnostic equipments for early identification of hearing loss as early as 6 months facilitates the early intervention and management of hearing loss. Keeping this in mind VIMS & RC has opened Cochlear Implant Centre to facilitate the management of hearing loss with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipments at an affordable cost”.

The Programme is mentored by renowned Cochlear Implant surgeon Padmashree Prof. (Dr.) J. M. Hans, of New Delhi, is a pioneer for Minimum Surgical Intervention – Veria Technique of cochlear implant surgery in India. Adding to this Dr. G. Prabhakar, Prof. & HOD, Department of ENT, VIMS & RC said that the department has well equipped OT facilities to undertake cochlear implant surgery.

Our guest speaker for the occasion Prof. (Dr.) J. M. Hans said, that the process however does not end with surgery, auditory re-habilitation is essential for those who have undergone cochlear implant surgery. The success of cochlear implants depends solely on an efficient re-habilitation programme. This service will be imparted at Auditory Rehabilitation Centre at Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation (VIR).

Cochlear implant is a small artificial hearing device which is designed to produce hearing sensation by electrical stimulation of nerves inside the inner ear. The patient needs to know learning and relearning techniques. Hearing through cochlear implant is very different from normal hearing or hearing through hearing aids. Cochlear implant facilitates development of listening and speech skills, more so in the young to attend school with hearing peers. Cochlear Implantation is a life changing event to many individuals with profound hearing loss.

Wellness Evening Clinic

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:30:51 +0000

VIMS & RC introduces - WELLNESS EVENING CLINIC

VIMS & RC introduces – WELLNESS EVENING CLINIC

Offers Specialty and Super-Specialty services that includes state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities to ensure the delivery of holistic patient care.

Consultation Timing:

Monday to Saturday

04:30 pm to 07:00 pm

For more details and appointment – Contact:

Vydehi Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre

#82, EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore – 560066

Ph: 28413381 / 82 / 83 / 84

Mob: 8123033567

VYDEHI 9TH REHAB DAY CELEBRATION

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:27:46 +0000

Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation – Rehab Day Celebration 2011

To commemorate 3rd December 2011 as the WORLD DISABILITY DAY 9th Annual Rehab day was celebrated at Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation

This was a very special day for all of us here. The celebrations took course in the form of cultural programmes by children with special needs. Children with visual impairment from Pundit Puttaraj Gowai Trust for Disabled sang the invocation song. The programme began with offering of flowers to the deity by the eminent guests and dignitaries.
Graduation Ceremony was concluded for the little ones to mark their successful milestones in life.

It was encouraging to see that the children who attended VIR programme, have qualified to meet the standards for the so called mainstream schools or integrated setups. These kids were awarded for graduating to normal schools from VIR.

As we know that “Early Intervention Centre” is at the heart of VIR. Kids after completing 5 years of age at VIR have qualified to climb up the ladder to reach Vydehi School. The kids who moved from VIR to Vydehi School were also presented with awards.

Also, this was an opportunity to appreciate the hard work of parents in realizing potentials of their children. Parents were also awarded for their zeal to participate. They received awards for punctuality and attendance.

Commodore Indru Wadhwani, President, Mallya Hospital announced the opening of EARLY INTERVENTION CENTRE (VIR) at Mallya Hospital from January 2012.

Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences adopted children of VIR for their complete dental and oral care.

Freshman’s Orientation Programme

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:43:48 +0000

Vydehi Institute of Medical and Dental Sciences – Fresher’s Day 2011 – 2012

Vydehi Rehab Centre under Yolanda G. Moreno’s magical spell

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:51:36 +0000

Yolanda Gama Moreno, Early Childhood Special Educationist (ECSE) is once again here at Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation. She is specialized in visual rehabilitation.

Yolanda is going to be with us till March 18th and will be seeing all the specially abled kids enrolled with Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation. She will be providing her expertise and valuable opinion for all these kids visual training and further rehabilitation (cognitive communication especially).

Staff Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation will be getting hands-on training from Ms. Yolanda, during her stay.

Dental Health Problems and Precautions

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:24:56 +0000

Dental Health

All our life we spend 1,000s of hours expression our thoughts and feelings through our mouth and the same mouth is also used to feed ourselves to survive. Thus our mouth functions as the outlet to our thoughts and inlet to food for our survival. We use the same mouth to abuse someone and also abuse the mouth by not taking good enough care of it. Over one’s entire lifetime, people develop variety of oral habits like smoking; chewing betel nut, tobacco; relishing sweet products. Each potentially a harmful habit, when they do not find time to take care of their oral cavity – mouth, gums and teeth. Yes, ‘time’, because during the day time, we all would be talking, eating and drinking something. Thus the circulation of saliva does not allow formation of patches of starch or sugar on or between teeth. But during night as we sleep the mouth is immobile and the saliva circulation is negligible. This leads to formation of debris of starch and sugar between teeth. Over a period of time this forms the tartar and plague.

The mouth can thus me seen as a “gateway” that provides a critical connection to other parts of our body. Given its vital connections to the digestive tract, the brain, and circulatory system, doctors across all disciplines of medicine have placed an increased emphasis on oral health in relation to overall wellness.

Now having known this important fact, let us look into what specific things make some people have healthy teeth even when they do not brush or floss their teeth, while million others have very bad teeth even when they regularly brush and floss their teeth

1. Insufficient Ptyalin

A popular belief held is that tooth decay results due to sugar forming a breeding patch for bacteria on the teeth. Typically the culprit is starch which has not been broken down into simple sugar. When the tooth-preserving systems in our body are working, this starch is broken down by ptyalin into sugar, which is then dissolved in the saliva and washed away.

When this tooth preventing system fails, the starch stays trapped around the teeth. The harmful bacteria feed on this trapped starch, releasing acids that destroy enamel, leading to tooth decay. Hence, a sugar and other refined carbohydrates based diet are hazardous for teeth. To form sufficient ptyalin, sufficient vitamin B is required, which is found naturally in unrefined carbohydrates.

2. Saliva’s alkalinity

The moment the enamel-eating acids are formed on the teeth, body’s second line of defense is to neutralize them with alkaline buffers found in the saliva. Saliva’s alkaline components are comprised of calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Any of these minerals (particularly calcium) are in short supply, the saliva’s buffering capacity is lost and the likelihood of tooth decay multiplies manifold.

3. Insufficient Saliva

Saliva’s buffering capacity is lost not only when its alkaline nature is lost, but also when the saliva itself is insufficient. Diets that are low on fruits, vegetables and liquids, and high on cereals; insufficient vitamin A; or low thyroid levels cause a dry mouth.

4. Saliva’s pH factor

Acidic condition of the saliva can also lead to tooth decay. Increased acidity of saliva causes calcium to become more soluble. This dissolved calcium gets washed away and is lost through the urine.

What brings about saliva’s alkalinity drop and acidity increase? It usually comes from ingesting excess of substances that produce an acid reaction in the body including sugar, refined flour products, legumes, grains, and meat. When these foods are included in the diet, they should be balanced with alkalinizing foods, viz., vegetables and seaweed products.

5.Food Habits

Eating habits for a lifetime emerges significantly out of the foods one consumes during his or her first teething phase. Feeding a child with sweetened food product, raisins, graham crackers, sweetened juices, fruit drinks like maaza, slice, frooti, etc, that contain only about 7 percent real juice, inevitably plagues the child with a sugar habit into adulthood. The sooner an infant develops a sweet tooth, the stronger would be the urge to eat high-sugar snacks as an adult. A child is most vulnerable to a sugar habit at the time of weaning. This is when a child begins to actually chew food, and this early chewing habit gets programmed in the brain that can last as long as a lifetime.

‘Bottle Syndrome’, a term for baby bottle causing tooth decay, often results when teeth are incessantly exposed to sugary fluids, honey coating of the pacifier that most parent use to keep their child quite when they are busy with something else.

Bacteria built up in the mouth; secrete acid, which eats through the tooth enamel. Primary teeth of a child are extremely vulnerable to this acid than are permanent teeth, as have thinner enamel to defend this acid.

Common types of dental problem occurring in a person are

1. Tooth Erosion caused due to loss of tooth structure due to acid attacking the enamel.

2. Bad Breath or halitosis is an unpleasant odor emitting out of mouth. The various causes leading to bad breath arise due to infection of mouth, tongue, gum, nose, tonsils, esophagus and stomach. Personal hygiene and proper food and oral habits can help one

3. Abscessed Tooth is an infection. An abscess can include pus and swelling or tenderness of the soft gum tissues surrounding the tooth

4. Dry Mouth also known as xerostomia, is a common problem and can cause extensive dental problems.

5. Sensitive Tooth Sensitivity also known as dentin hypersensitivity is temporary tooth discomfort or pain on eating cold food, drinking cold liquids, or breathing cold air. Forming good oral habits right from childhood can help overcome tooth decay.

Following are some of the basic oral habits that one should imbibe right from childhood to avoid dental problems:

- Allow your child to drink water only between meals, and other beverages only during meals.

- Juice should form less than 10% of your child’s total diet.

- Never let your child go to bed with a bottle of sweetened liquid.

- Never coat the child’s pacifier wish sweet liquid.

- Brush the child’s teeth before going to bed and cultivate this habit right into the adulthood.

- Visit the dentist regularly to identify any dental problem

The key to overcoming tooth decay is to minimize exposure to sugar, refined carbohydrates based diet and regularly brush and floss teeth after every meal or drinking sweetened drink.

President of Guyana Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo visits Vydehi

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:24:36 +0000

February 3, 2011 – His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana visits Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre

His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana along with Hon’able Dr. Bheri S. Ramsaran Minister in Ministry of Health, Government of Guyana, on their day long visit to Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre (VIMS & RC) on February 3, 2011. During his visit to the Institute Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo and Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, were shown around the Institute by the Director Mrs. D. A. Kalpaja and team of doctors, related to infrastructure, medical facilities, and administration and functioning within the Institute. Various issues were discussed by His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo and Hon’ble Dr. Bheri Ramsaran with the Hon’ble Chairman Dr. D. K. Audikesavulu and the team of VIMS & RC.

During the discussions, we understand that there is a need to set up a super-specialty hospital in Guyana. In this connection, Vydehi Group of Institutions proposes to build and operate a super-specialty Hospital Infrastructure for a 250 bedded hospital along with paramedical training facilities. This super -specialty hospital will be supported by an emergency health care call centre.

The super-specialty hospital to be set up is proposed to be named as Rajeev Gandhi and Chetri Jagan Medical Institute & Research Centre.

His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Hon’ble Dr. Bheri Ramasaran and the delegates from Government of Guyana were later treated with some exquisite cultural presentation by the students of VIMS & RC, followed by this Director of VIMS & RC Mrs. D . A. Kalpaja welcomed His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Hon’ble Dr. Bheri Ramasaran and the delegates from Government of Guyana. Hon’ble Chairman Dr. D. K. Audikesavulu of VIMS & RC addressed the gathering and extended his services towards the Government of Guyana and its people. His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, spoke about the need for having the medical facility and the economic scenario. He reiterated the strong ties between the countries on various issues. This was followed by signing of Mou by Hon’ble Dr. Bheri Ramasaran, Minister in Ministry of Health, Guyana and Hon’ble Chairman Dr. D. K. Audikesavulu of VIMS & RC.

Milestone – Neurosurgery Department scores a Double!

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:03:29 +0000

The Department of Neurosurgery of Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences, recently completed 200 major Neurosurgical procedures in 180 days. The Neurosurgery team of Dr. H. V. Satish Babu, Prof and Head and Dr. Ravi Khetan, Neurosurgeon along with the Anesthetists, OT, ICU & Ward and Neurosciences staff feel grateful to the Chairman Dr. D. K. Audikeshavulu and Director Mrs. D. A. Kalpaja for providing world class infrastructure to achieve this extra-ordinary feat of providing state-of-the art neurosurgical care at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences, Whitefield. During this period complex neurosurgical procedures like Vestibular Schwannomas, Post Fossa tumors, complex spinal surgeries, spine tumors, brain and spine injuries, pediatric neurosurgery and many other complicated surgeries were carried out by the team.

Brief of Rehab Day Carnival

admin — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:26:48 +0000

Vydehi Institute of Rehabilitation celebrated its 7th Rehab Day on 18th December 2010. A carnival had been organized for special children, their parents and rehab staff at Vydehi campus playground. A range of games, food items & craft items stalls was arranged for adults and kids alike. Everybody enjoyed the fair and it was a great success.

Commodore Indru Wadhwani – President of Mallya Hospital, Major Gen. Dr. Anju Manchanda – Administrator of Vydehi Hospital presided over the celebration and encouraged the special children.

Also faculty, staff and students of Vydehi institutions participated in the carnival

Rehab day is here …. Join with us on 18th December 2010

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:47:25 +0000

Rehab

Rehab family plans to host a carnival for all of you at the college play ground on 18th Dec, 2010 between 10:00am to 1:00pm.
It will have food stalls, craft items, games section and so on…. From kids to adults, its gonna be a FUN TIME for ALL of us…..Hoping to see you all at the fair