INDUSEM Leaders Support UN Global Road Safety Week 2017 across India

INDUSEM Leaders across India along with Leaders from AIIMS, New Delhi and Academic EM Departments in Kerala participated in making the United Nations Global Road Safety Week 2017 a grand success. Spearheaded by INDUSEM Leader Dr. Tej Prakash Sinha from AIIMS, the whole INDUSEM Network across India participated whole heartedly to spread road safety across India.

These initiatives form the core of the INDUSEM Jeevan Jyoti Rashtriya Abhiyan and Jan Suraksha Abhiyan.

Some of the major Highlights :

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi launched the week with a painting Competition for Schools kids followed by an Education Program focused on Road Safety.

Emergency Medicine department of MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, Kerala along with INDUSEM, EMA, AIIMS – New Delhi, United Nations, WHO, Puthencruz Police station, , MOSC college of nursing and NSS – MOSC unit observed the 4th United Nations Global Road Safety Week from 8th to 14th May, 2017 with the theme “Save Lives # slow Down”.

Event 1

Poster competition for MBBS Students with the theme – Slow Down, Save Lives – 4th May, 2017

A poster competition was conducted for MBBS Students with the theme Slow Down, save lives. We had good turn over for the event. Students took this task up with great enthusiasm. Award was given for best poster.

Event 2

Awareness program in General wards and OPD’s within the hospital – 9th May, 2017.

To improve the awareness for Road Safety, we have conducted skits and poster displays in general wards and OPD’s within the hospital and interactive sessions were also conducted among patients and patient bystanders.

Event 3

Poster competition for BSc Nursing students and Staffs nurses – 8th May, 2017.

A poster competition was conducted for BSc Nursing students and Staffs nurses. Awards were distributed for the Best poster in each category. These posters were then displayed in various areas in the hospital.

Event 4

Inauguration of the 4th UN Global Road safety week and public awareness program – 9th May, 2017

District Police chief – Shri. George A.V. IPS, Rural S.P., Aluva inaugurated the program. Road safety pledge was also taken during the event. Dr. SojanIpe (Medical Superintendent, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery) also addressed the gathering.

A public awareness program on road safety and basic first aid was taken by Dr. Ajith V. We had invited general public, auto, taxi & bus drivers, and hospital staffs for the public awareness program. Posters and public notices were distributed throughout the Kolenchery and neighboring places. We had around 250 people as audience for this event.

Event 5

Rally in Kolenchery town – 10th May, 2017

A rally was conducted in Kolenchery town, which was flagged of by Prof. Dr. Rex Thomas (Dean, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery) and Prof. Dr. Sheela Shenai N.A (Principal, MOSC College of Nursing, Kolenchery). There was a separate Bullet Motorcycle rally to stress on the importance of road safety. The rally consisted of around 300 participants.

Event 6

Public awareness program and skit – In front of the hospital. – 10th May, 2017

Shri. Anup A.B., Munsiff Magistrate – Kolencherydelivered the key note address for this event. Shri. Dilipkumar K.G. Asst. Motor Vehicle Inspector, RTO, Ernakulam and Dr. K.K. Diwakar (Associate Dean, MOSC Medical College, Kolenchery) addressed the gathering. Road safety pledge was also taken during this function.

Event 7

Signature campaign accepting the pledge to slow down. – 10th May, 2017

Signature board accepting the pledge to slow down” was signed by over 200 people, which included Shri. Anup A.B., Munsiff Magistrate – Kolenchery, Shri. Dilipkumar K.G. Asst. Motor Vehicle Inspector, Shri. Yesudas CI of Police, Puthencruz, Dr. SojanIpe, Medical Superintendent, Dr. K.K. Diwakar (Associate Dean, MOSC MCH), Prof. Dr. Sheela Shenai N.A (Principle, MOSC CON), faculties and students of MOSC family and also general public.

Event 8

Awareness program for students – 10th May, 2017

Shri. Yesudas CI of Police, Puthencruzinteracted with the students on the various aspects of road safety.

Road Safety awareness talk to students was also conducted by Shri. Dilipkumar K.G. Asst. Motor Vehicle Inspector, RTO, Ernakulam. Around 300 students participated in this program.

Event 9

Pamphlets were distributed among people to create awareness – 11th May, 2017

Event 10

Car stickers were released – 11th May, 2017

Road safety awareness Program at Pariyaram Medical College, Kerala

Event 1
Road safety awareness Program at Pariyaram medical college for all staff and medical students
Date: 11/05/17
Venue : Medical college campus
An awareness program o road safety was conducted for all staff including ambulance drivers medical students at Pariyaram Medical College. All the students and staff pledged on slowing down and signed the sign board flex containing slow down message.Event was inaugurated by Chairman ShekaraMiniodanIPS . Also within campus speed limit was declared as 15km/h

Event2
Road safety Awareness program at Cochin refinery for tanker lorry drivers
Date :12/05/17
Venue : Kochi Refinery, Ernakulam
Report: All the Tanker Trucks which run throughout Kerala and Tamil Nadu originate from Cochin refinery (BPCL). This programmed aimed at educating them on decreasing the speed .Almost around 500 lorry workers attended the event.Event was inaugurated by executive director BPCL(BHARAT PETROLEUM)

Event3
Road safety Awareness programat BPCL outlet for tanker drivers
Date :12/05/17
Venue:Irumbanam BPCL outlet, Ernakulam
Report: All the Tanker lorries which run throughout Kerala and Tamil Nadu originate from BPCL outlet This programmed aimed at educating them on decreasing the speed .Almost around 400 lorry workers attended the event.Event was inaugurated by Ernakulam RTO.

Event4
Road safety awareness week
Date 8-14th may
Venue:All BPCL petrol pumps all around Kerala.
Report: Idea behind this initiative was that, since all drivers would go to a petrol pump for filling petrol/diesel delivering the slow down message at this point would help us to propagate the message in a larger scale to public.During this week all petrol pumps displayed our slowdown banner containing WHO-AIIMS-INDUSEM-EMA logo.Also leaflets contains benefits of slowing down were distributed to public who came to fill petrol this week.Around 45000 leaflets were distributed.

Related News:

About UN Global Road Safety Week

The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week was held from 8-14 May 2017. The Week focused on speed and what can be done to address this key risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. Speed contributes to around one-third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in low- and middle-income countries. Countries successfully reducing road traffic deaths have done so by prioritizing safety when managing speed. Among the proven strategies to address speed include:Building or modifying roads to include features that calm traffic, establishing speed limits to the function of each road, enforcing speed limits, installing in-vehicle technologies and raising awareness about the dangers of speeding.The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week hoped to increase understanding of the dangers of speed and generate action on measures to address speed, thereby saving lives on the roads. For More Information: https://www.unroadsafetyweek.org/en/home

About EMA

The Emergency Medicine Association was founded in 2015 during the INDUSEM2015 World Congress of Academic Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. EMA is the Official voice of competent Emergency Experts. Working towards provision of quality emergency care The EMA is an organized Guild of Emergency Leaders in Health and Medicine. Focused on Developing, Practicing and Progressing Emergency Medicine. EMA has a strong relation with partner organizations, individuals and institutions across the world. The EMA boasts of a strong DNA with its relationships which are geared towards potentiating growth. EMA has the support of the INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India and the Academic for Clinical Emergency Nursing in India. For More Information: www.emaindia.net

About INDUSEM

The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org

About MOSC Medical College

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College is a medical college near Kolenchery, in Ernakulam city, of Kerala state. It is a Christian minority institution established and administered by Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC). At present MOSC is home to a Medical College, College of Nursing, Nursing School, Super Specialty Hospital, postgraduate degree courses in General Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Anesthesiology.

The Emergency Medicine Department of MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery is the latest addition to this vibrant Medical College Hospital. The department is spread over 10,000 sq.feet area with a 48 bedded capacity. There is a proper triage system with a triage protocol for sorting out patients according to their seriousness of their illness. After triaging the patients are moved to either Green or yellow or red zones according to the triage priority. The department also consists of 24 hour emergency laboratory, Xray room, procedure room, minor OT’s and major OT’s. Well trained doctors and nursing staff, who are capable of handling and medical / surgical emergency forms the major strength of the department. The department is capable of handling any case that comes in 24 x 7 also with the help of other specialty and super specialty department functioning in the institution.For More Information: http://moscmc.org/

About Jeevan Jyoti Rashtriya Abhiyan and Jan Suraksha Abhiyan

Championed by INDUSEM Leaders the JeevanJyotiRashtriyaAbhiyan and Jan Suraksha Abhiyan is the Umbrella Flagship Initiative at the National Level which envisions to bring together all the individual local initiatives by NGO, Local Bodies and Organizations to prepare the communities and citizens of India towards preventing injuries, leading a safer lifestyle and responding to emergencies when being in an emergency situation. Inaugurated by the Honorable Governor of Uttar Pradesh His Excellency Shri. Ram Naik, the RashriyaAbhiyans are now functioning across States of India. For more Information: https://www.indusem.org/public-health-2/

About Pariyaram Medical College

Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram Medical College is a premier super-specialty medical institute, the only one of its kind in the co-operative sector in India. The 1200-bedded medical college is the only tertiary referral center for northern Kerala.The Kerala state government has decided to take over this hospital as an autonomous body in the near future.Emergency Department at Pariyaram was one of the first to start Emergency Medicine Residency Training in south India and is currently training 2 MD Emergency Medicine residents per year. For More Information: http://www.mcpariyaram.com/

About AIIMS, New Delhi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi was established in 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. AIIMS was the vision of RajkumariAmrit Kaur, the first Health Minister of India, to establish an institute of such nature in India. Today AIIMS is one the World’s Leading Medical Education, Research and Patient Care Institute. For More Information: www.aiims.edu