JSS University, Mysore
JSS University, Mysore
JSS University, Mysore
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SOCIAL WELFARE INITIATIVES<br />
<strong>JSS</strong>U is committed to its cause of better health for all. Our initiatives for the same extend beyond the learning and<br />
research facilities of a college ,beyond the medical care extended in a hospital and endeavor to reach out to the public<br />
in general Hence we organize health awareness drives on a regular basis to educate people regarding both physical<br />
and mental well being, which include free check up and treatment camps where we educate people on precautionary &<br />
preventive measures. This quarter saw the commemoration of two important health related days: The World Blood Donor<br />
Day and The World Dentist Day.<br />
Donating for a Cause - World Blood Donor<br />
Day<br />
<strong>JSS</strong> Medical College not only strives to provide quality<br />
education to its students but also creates health awareness<br />
by conducting several community service activities and<br />
health awareness programmes. Every year the college<br />
organizes Blood Donation camps wherein faculty and students<br />
voluntarily donate blood. The collected blood units are stored<br />
in the blood bank to help several patients in times of need.<br />
Club and several NGO’s on 14th June 2012. Dr. S.M.<br />
Malegowda, District Health and Family Welfare Officer,<br />
<strong>Mysore</strong> expounded upon the significance of the World Blood<br />
Donor’s Day, 2012 and emphasized the importance of<br />
Voluntary Blood Donation. The programme was inaugurated<br />
by Sri P.S. Vastrad, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, <strong>Mysore</strong>, by<br />
lighting the lamp and motivated the youth to donate blood and<br />
save lives in his inaugural address.<br />
<strong>JSS</strong>MC Conducts Mental Health Awareness<br />
Programme<br />
The Department of Psychiatry, <strong>JSS</strong> Medical College<br />
under the supervision of Dr. T.S.S. Rao jointly organized<br />
a Mental Health Awareness Programme with <strong>Mysore</strong><br />
District Administration, Govt. of Karnataka and Judicial<br />
Administration, Govt. of Karnataka on March 10th, 2012<br />
at Senate Bhavan, <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Mysore</strong>, Manasa Gangothri,<br />
<strong>Mysore</strong>.<br />
<strong>JSS</strong>DC&H Celebrates World Dentist Day<br />
The Department of Periodontology, <strong>JSS</strong> Dental College and<br />
Hospital, conducted a Screening Camp at the Babu Jagajivan<br />
Ram High School, Rajiv Nagar on 7th March 2012 as part<br />
World Blood Donor Day, 2012 was celebrated for the sixth<br />
consecutive year by <strong>JSS</strong> <strong>University</strong> in association with<br />
District Health and Family Welfare Office, District AIDS<br />
Control and Prevention Unit, <strong>Mysore</strong>, KSAPS, Red Ribbon<br />
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