BMH Connect Second Issue

VOL: 2 ISSUE: 2
JANUARY 2020
BMH
Hospital Day
Celebrations
HmÀ-a-bnse
{InkvXpakv
For private circulation only
STORIES
POEMS
NEWS
AWARENESS
GALLERY
AWARDS
QUIZ

From the
Editorial Desk
BMH Connectsâ c­mw ]Xn¸v P\phcn 2020\v BMH Poh\¡mcnte¡v
F¯pIbmWv. BZy ]Xn¸n\v \n§Ä X lrZyamb kzoIcW¯n\v \µn.
Cu XhW {InkvXpakv, \yq CbÀ hntij§fpambpw H¸w BMHsâ DÕhamb
tlmkv]nä tU 2019sâ hntij§fpambmWv hmb\¡mcnte¡v F¯pXv.
GhÀ¡pw hmb\bpsS \hym\p`qXn e`n¡psa {]Xo£tbmsS Cu ]Xn¸v
\n§Ä¡v apnte¡v F¯n¡pp.
kz´w,
Editorial Team Members:
Mr. Saji S. Mathew (C.O.O.), Dr. Shaji Thomas John (Chief of Clinical Support Services),
Mr. Jose V. John (Sr. Manager - HR), Ms. Sukritha K. (Assistant Manager - HR),
Mr. Kamal K. (Deputy Manager - Branding & Community Connect),
Ms. Indu Dayanand (Deputy Manager - Front Office)

Content
02
From the
Editorial Desk
04 - 09
Malayalam Poems
ISO
Aksharam
Vande Matharam
Kalampoyapokku
Oru Vennila Geetham
10 - 14
Malayalam Stories
Achan
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
15 - 18
Malayalam Poems
First Prize
Second Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
19 - 21
English Poems
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
22 - 26
English Stories
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
27 - 29
Pencil Drawing
30
Ormayile Christmas
31 - 35
Hospital Day Celebrations
36
Hospital Safety Week 2019
37 - 39
Report of quality week
celebration 2019
40 - 42
Hospital Day- Retrospect
43
Quiz

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PohnXhoYnbn AekX amän
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Joshy Wills J.E.
Technical Officer
Ihebv¡v ap³]nse hfhn \nmWv B aqps]¬Ip«nIÄ AbmfpsS SmI-vkn¡v
ssI ImWn¨Xv,
HcmÄ ap¼nte¡v Ccptmfq F AbmfpsS £Ws¯ aqhcpw Hcp cq£ t\m«w
sIm­v \nckn¨p. ao\¨qSnse hnbÀ¸n IpXnÀ AbmfpsS \c¨ Im¡n
jÀ«nte¡v Hcp aµlmkt¯msS AbmÄ t\m¡n..
Ft§mt«¡m ? .. Ìm³Uv.....
Ìm³Un F´m....
adp]Sn¡mbn AbmÄ Im¯p ....
Ìm³Un D¨t\c¯v F´mm tNmZnt¨..?
X\n¡v h­ntbmSn¨m t]mtc... Imcy§Ä Hs¡ AdnbtWm....
Iq«¯nse t]mcpImcn Bbncn¡pw AXv Hv Xncnªp t\m¡msX Xs AbmÄ
a\Ên HmÀ¯p...
Ìm³Uv ASp¡m\mIpw tXmdpw AbmÄ thhemXntbmsS ]n³ koänte¡v Xncnªp
t\m¡n sIm­ncpp...
Xm³ aptm«p t\m¡n h­ntbmSns¡tSm... _m¡n Bsc ImWm³ t\m-¡zm... t]mcp
ImcnbpsS ]cpj iÐw Abmsf ]nnte¡v t\m¡m³ `bs¸Sp¯n...
Ìm³Un\v ap³]n B ]gb Aw_mknUÀ Hcp apcĨtbmsS t{_¡v C«p...
thKw hm Xmakn¨p Cu _kv In«nbnsæn tjmbv¡v kab¯n\v F¯m³ ]äntÃ... ho­pw
B t]mcv ImcnbpsS iÐw AbmfpsS CSs\©n sR«ep­m¡n... Fs´ms¡tbm
tNmZn¡m³ AbmfpsS sXm­bn Xn¡n Xnc¡pp­mbncpp... I®ocnsâ \\hv ]t£
AbmfpsS tNmZy§sf hne¡n... AhÀ¡v ]ndsI Abmfpw Imdn \nnd§n...
t]mIp t]m¡n AhcnsemcmÄ hens¨dnª 50sâ t\m«v Xmgvv
FSp¡pt¼mtg¡pw Ìm³Unte aäv-- ss{UhÀamÀ ASps¯¯n...
F´m Ipamtc«m... So \nÂs¡So... ss]k FSp¯p ssIbn sImSp¯n«p t]mSo....
Iq«¯nse "A§mSn Pb³"kpIphnsâ iÐw DbÀp... aqhcpw ]It¸msS Xncnªp
t\m¡n...
CÃ kpIq.. t]ms« kmcÃ... Ipamtc«³ AhtcmSp ssI sIm­v s]mbvt¡mfm³ BwKyw
ImWn¨p...
aqhcpw Xncnªp \St¸mfpw AhfpsS I®nse Cud³ Abmfpw I­p...
AhfpamcpsS Al¦mcw I­ntÃ... AWnsªmcp§n Ft§mt«¡mSn... kpIp ]ntw
Xnf¡pp­mbncpp... Ipamtc«³ CSdp iЯn ]dªp...
kpIq... sâ tamfmtSm... HmÄsS Iq«pImcnItfmSv Aѳ ss{UhÀ BsWv ]dbm³
Ipdhmtbm­m... kmcÃ... mepw ]Tn¡m³Å kabw kn\na... ´m sN¿m.. Ipt«ym-ftÃ....
Iq«cpsS H¸w IqSnbtà ]äq...AbmfpsS ssIIÄ CSs\©n F´nt\m
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Short story competition - Malayalam
1 st Prize
P\bn-Xmhv
Bincy N.Baby
Clinical Instructor
tIt«m...\½psS ]mdphn\v hntijap­t{X...
Asænepw B s]®ns\ F\n¡v ]t­ CãÃ.
Hcp A\pkcWbpanÃm¯ Xe sXdns¨mcp s]®v.
Bcv? ]mÀhXntbm...AhÄ H³]Xmw ¢mknetà BbpÅq?
Ab¡mcnbmb Zab´nt¨¨nbpw Xsâ A½bpw X½nepÅ
kw`mjWw {i²n¨p \n A]À® A½tbmSv tNmZn¨p.
H³]Xnte BbpÅq Fv ]dªns«´m Imcyw. ]t­
AhfpsS kz`mhw No¯bm. Zab´nt¨¨n AhfpsS
tNmZy¯n\v adp]Snbmbn ]-dªp.
AÃ, AhfpsS ]mdp A§s\sbmcmfÃ. tI«]mXn
tIÄ¡m¯]mXn A]À® ]mdphnsâ ho«ntet¡mSn.
]mdp.. ]mÀhXn, H³]Xmw ¢mkn ]Tn¡pp. ImWm³ kpµcn.
Xs¡mÄ At©m Btdm hbkpam{Xw IpdhpÅ
AhtfmSv-- F\ns¡pw hmÕeyambncpp.
Rm³ ]Xnsb AI¯v Ibdn. ]mdp FhnsS? Rm³ tNmZn¨p.
AI¯p­v, Btcm adp]Sn ]-dªp. Rm³ ]mdphnsâ apdnbnte¡v
Ibdn. I«nensâ Hcp tImWn Icªp XfÀpd§p ]mdphns\
Rm³ I­p. ]mdq, Rm³ sasà hnfn¨p. Fs¡­Xpw AhfpsS
DÅnse ZpJ§fpsS AWs¡«v s]m«n. Fs sI«n¸nSn¨v Aeapdbn«v
AhÄ Icªp. ‘BcmWv’.? AXn\nS¡v Rm\htfmSv tNmZn¨p.
‘Aѳ’. AhÄ adp]Sn Xp.
B iÐw A]À®bpsS ImXpIfn Iqc¼pIfmbmWv ]Xn-¨Xv.
AhÄ¡v sXänbXmtWm. Rm³ ho­pw AhtfmSv-- Imcyat\zjn¨p.
AsX... Aѳ, AhÄ AÑm Fv hnfnbv¡p c­m\ѳ.
Fs B sR«en \npWÀ¯nbXv ]ndIn \npÅ
Htc§eSnbmbncpp. Imthy¨n Fv Rm³ kvt\l]qÀÆw hnfn¡p
Imhy. Fsâ ]mdphnsâ A½. FÃmadnªn«pw Hpw BtcmSpw
]dbm\mhmsX FÃmw DÅnsemXp¡pIbmbncpp B ]mhw.
\ndª angntbmsS Rm\m ho«n \nv- Xncn¨nd§pt¼mÄ Hcmbncw
Nn´IÄ F\n¡v Npäpw h«an«p ]dp. BcmWv Aѳ..?
P·w Xcpht\m AtXm...?
ho«nte¡pÅ hgnat[y ]mdphns\¸änbpÅ ]e IYIfpw Rm³ tI«p.
FÃm ]gnbpw ]ng¨ s]®n\v. FÃm \nba§fpw ]pcpj\v A\pIqew.
CsXÃmw ImWphm³ temIta F´n\p \o R§sf _m¡n h¨v Fv
hne]n¡pt¼mgpw... D­v Hcp]mSv P\bnXm¡Ä \ap¡v Npänepw.

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Short story competition - Malayalam
2 nd Prize
Anjitha M
kz´w DbnÀ s]mSnªv DSseSp¯XmsWs\¦nepw XtâXv F kzmX{´yw AbmÄ¡v Hcn¡epw
AhtfmSv-- D­mbncpnÃ. sNdp¸w apXÂ AhÄs¡pw AbmÄ A]cnNnX\mbncpp. A½bpw
Xm\pw am{XapÅ Hcp temIt¯¡v £Wn¡s]SmsX B{Kln¡s¸SmsX ISp hcp HcmÄ.
B Znhkhpw s]s«pÅ AbmfpsS hchv Ahsf AkzØbm¡n. Iuamc¯nsâ \mfpIÄ
Imev]\nIXbpsS temI¯n BkzZn¡p B ]Xn\mdpImcn¡v PohnX¯nsâ \Ã
\mfpIsfÃmw aWemcWy¯n hnbÀs¸mgp¡n IpSpw_¯n\p th­n Iãs¸Sp kz´w
]nXmhnsâ D¯chmZn¯¯nsâ tNmZywsN¿epIÄ AkzØX Dfhm¡n.
Apw AbmÄ AhfpsS Imcy¯n thhemXns¸«p. Hcp k-vIqÄ Ip«nbpsSXmb \njvIf¦Xt¡m
Ipdp¼pIÄt¡m A¸pdw Fs´Ãmtam t\Snsbtm Adnbmsatm DÅ Al¦mc¯nsâ
`mhambncpp AhÄ¡v. Iq«pImtcmtSm¸apÅ kab§fpw k-vIqfnses¡pw ]dªv
FhnsSsbms¡tbm Npän¡d§p ]IepIfpambncpp AhfpsS ImgvN¸mSn B\µw. F´pw
]dªv Ifn¸n¡mhp Hcp Ifn¸mhbmbncpp AhÄ¡v A½. AÑ\mIs« hÃt¸mgpw hcmdpÅ
Hcp hncppImc\pw.
kabw Ignªn«pw AhÄ Xncns¨¯nbnà Av ho«nÂ. At\zjn¨nd§nb AbmfpsS ssIImepIÄ
hndbv¡m³ XpS§n. ]Iens\ cmhnsâ \ng hngp§nbt¸mgpw AhÄ ho«nse¯nbnÃ. Av
k-vIqfn sNn«nÃ, FhnsSsb D¯cw BÀ¡pw \ÂIm\pambnÃ.
]nXmhnsâ CSdp ]mZ§fpw \ndª angnIfpw BIpes¸« a\Êpw B cmhn hn§embv
\nesIm­p. aIsf ImWmXmsbmcp ]nXmhnsâ thZ\ B cm{Xnbn agbmbn s]bvXnd§n.
Fpw AbmtfmSv AhÄ HcI¨tbmsS am{XamWv s]cpamdnbXv. AhfpsS ImgvN¸mSnÂ
A½sbbpw Xsbpw Hä¡m¡n FhnsStbm kpJtemep]XbpsS aSn¯«n Bekys¸«p
Ignbpsmcmfmbncpp AbmÄ. Fpw Xs Häbv¡m¡p HcmÄ am{Xw. FmÂ
Np«ps]mÅp shbnenepw Iã¸mSpIÄ¡nSbnepw Ign¨p Iq«nb kl\¯nsâ AbmfpsS
]Ie´nIÄ AhÄ¡v A\yambncpp. Fpw AhfpsS IfnNncnIÄ kz]v\w I­pd§nb
B ]nXmhv As¯ cm{Xn Dd§nbnÃ.
aIfpsS Xntcm[m\w ]{X§Ä BtLmjam¡n. ImWmXmb ]Xn\mdpImcnsb¡pdn¨v IYIÄ
]eXpw hp. ImapI\pambn Hfnt¨mSnsbpw Imashdnbcm B{Ian¡s¸s«psaÃmw IYIÄ
Nabv¡s¸«p. At\zjW§Ä ]ptcmKan¡th tNmZywsN¿epIÄ ]nXmhntebv¡pw hncÂNq­n.
aIfpsS ImWmXmIepambv ]nXmhn\v _Ôaps­ hmZ§Ä kaImeo\ hmÀ¯IfpsS
ASnØm\¯n kaqlw GsäSp¯p. HSphn sXfnhpIfnÃmsX B ]Xn\mdpImcnbpsS icocw
Agp¡pNmen \nv- In«nbt¸mgpw IpähmfnIfpsS kwib¸«nIbn B ]nXmhnsâ t]cpw
FgpXnt¨À¡s¸«p. Ipämtcm]nX\mb ]nXmhnsâ ZpJhpw AbmfpsS Iã¸mSpIsft¸mse
ASn¨aÀ¯s¸«p. At\zjW§Ä ]ptcmKan¡th kz´w aIfpsS acW¯n kwibn¡s¸«
B ]nXmhv aIfpsS thÀ]mSnsâ ZpxJw DÅnsemXp¡n GIm´XbpsS, acW¯nsâ
temIt¯¡v bm{Xbmbn. AbmfpsS acWhpw hmÀ¯bmbn. Ipät_m[¯m PohXymKw
sNbvX IpähmfnbpsS BßlXysb t]cnÂ.
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Bcmepw kvacn¡s¸«nÃ. kz´w aIÄt]mepw AXv Xncn¨dnbmsX bm{Xbmbn. aIfpsS \ã¯nÂ
a\w s\m´v PohXymKw sNbvX B ]nXmhnsâ a\kns\ kaqlhpw tNmZyw sNbvXp. ImamÀ°nbpsS
Ipät_m[tam F t]cnÂ.
FÃmhcmepw ASn¨aÀ¯s¸«v B ]nXmhnsâ s\m¼c§Ä shdpw KZvKZ§fmbv
AhnsSsb§pw amsämen sIm­p.

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Short story competition - Malayalam
Prize
3 rd IW¡p]pkvXIw
Juswin Rony John
Radiographer
ag¨mdp­v D®ntb...\o t\cw sshIm­v s]s«nd§nt¡. "FÃm {]mhiys¯bpw t]mse
A½ t]mIm³ t\c¯v Xnc¡v Iq«m³ XpS§n. ]Xnhv sXän¡msX s]mXnt¨mdpw Ahsâ
_mKn h¨psImSp¯p. AsXmcp ]XnhmWv. tNmdnsâ IqsS A½bpsS kvt\lhpw ImWpw.
Rm³ Cd§m... C\n \nm t\cw sshIpw. A½tbmSv ]dªn«h³ Cd§n. Aѳ acn¨n«v
Cs¡mÃw Ignbpt¼mÄ GgphÀjw ]qÀ¯nbmhpp. A½sb C\nbpw B henb ho«n X\n¨m¡n
_mw¥qÀ¡v h­nIbdm³ hs¿v ]eh«w a\Ên Dd¸n¨XmWv. Ft¸mgpw Hmtcmtcm ImcW§Ä.
"Fm ASp¯ hchnev ImWmw." A½¡v s\änbnsemcp½ sImSp¯v Ah³ tÌj\nte¡v h¨p]nSn¨p.
a\Êv \ndsb hnjaamWv . A½ X\n¨msW Ipät_m[w Ahs\ Ae«ns¡m­ncpp.
AÑ\p­mbncps¦n A½sb X\n¨mt¡­n hcnÃmbncpp. InX¨v XfÀ Hm«¡mcs\t¸mse
s{Sbn³ hv- \np. I¿nse _mKpsaSp¯v Ah³ Xsâ Ccn¸nSw t\m¡n\Sp.

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XpS¨psIm­v Ah³ Xsâ koänencpp. InX¨p XfÀ Hm«¡mc³ \nhr¯nbnÃmsX ho­pw
HmSn¯pS§n. "kmÀ... Sn¡äv "]IpXn ab§nt¸mb Ah³ s]s«v- sR«nsbgptäp. Sn¡äv
]cntim[I\mWv. I¿nse Sn¡äv Ahs\Sp¯p \o«n. ]cntim[n¨ tijw Sn¡äv XncnsI sImSp¯n«v
Sn.Sn.C Aht\mSv Xmgs¯ koäv _p²nap«nsæn {]mbw sN HcmÄ¡v \ÂImtam Fv- tNmZn¨p.
"Hm]ns´m..F\n¡v apIfn InS¡m³ _p²naps«mpanÃtÃm" Xm¦yq kmÀ, Rm³ At±lt¯mSv
Ct§m«v hcm³ ]dbmw. "acp]Snbmbn\sÃmcp Nncn Ah³ \ÂIn. A[nIt\cw IgnªnÃ, Hcp
shÅ jÀ«pw ap­papSp¯ {]mbw sNsmcѳ Ahsâ ASp¯mbn hncpp. "tam\v
_p[nap«mtbm, tate¡v henªp tIdm³ h¿. AtXm­mt«m" "Hm AXn\nt¸m F´m, AsXmpw
Ipg¸anÃ. AÑs\t§m«m, _mw¥qÀ¡mtWm, Rm³ At§mt«-¡m". Hcp tNmZy¯n Ah³ HXp¡n.
"Rm³ _mw¥qÀ¡m. Fsâ tams\ ImWm³ t]mhm" IqSpX tNmZn¡tWm Fh³ a\ÊnÂ
BtemNn¨p. th­, Hcp]s£ Xmev]cyansæntem."AÑ\v InS¡mdmhpt¼m ]dtªm,
Rm³ apIfnte¡v s]mt¡m-fmw".
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t\m¡nbncpXpw ag s]¿m³ XpS§n. ]s­mcn¡Â Hcp s]cpagb¯v \\tªmSn ho«nÂ
tIdnbt¸mÄ Aѳ HmSn hv- DSpap­nsâ Aäw h¨v tXmÀ¯n XXv Ahsâ HmÀ½bnte¡v
hp. AdnbmsX I®v- \ndªv ag¯pÅnIÄs¡m¸w Xmtg¡v hoWp.
"tamt\, ag \\b­. B P\eSt¨¡v." kvt\lt¯msS AbmÄ Aht\mSv-- ]dªp. Ahs\t´m
Hcnãw AbmtfmSv tXmn. aIs\´m AhnsS ]Wn, F³Pn\obÀ Bbncn¡pw. _mw¥qcnÂ
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I¼\ose amt\Pdm.." ]dªp XpS§nbt¸mtg A`nam\¯nsâ Xnf¡w I®pIfn ImWmambncpp.
Xsâ AÑâ AtX kwkmcssien. Ft´m Hcpkvt\lw AbmtfmSv Ah\p tXmn. "Cu h­n
\msfsbmcp F«paWnsbms¡ Bhp¼w As§¯pambncn¡patà "Dw, AsX AÑm"
AdnbmsXbmsW¦nepw Ah³ Abmsf AÑmv- hnfn¨p. Ft´m C{Xbpw \mfpw Xsâ AÑ\v
sImSp¡Wsav tXmnb kvt\lw AbmtfmSv tXmn. ]IzX hcpXn\p ap³t] Aѳ t]mbXmWv.
Ipd¨qsS ASp¯ncpt¸mÄ AbmfpsS ]Ãnse Id Ah³ I­p. "apdp¡p ioeap­tÃ" Dw FbmÄ
Nncn¨p sIm­p aqfn. "tamsâ t]sc´m" ]cnNbs¸«n«v Ct¸mgmWv-- t]cv tNmZn¡pXv. D®n Fh³
]dªp. Ipd¨p \mfmbn _mw¥qÀ BWv. "AÑs\´m X\n¨v ht, Hätamt\bptÅm "F\n¡v Ht DÅq.
Ahsâ A½ sNdp¸¯nte acn¨p t]mbXmWv. hfÀ¯n hepXm¡n \sÃmcp I¼\oev tPmenbm¡p
hsc Iqen¸WnsbSp¯m Rm³ Igntª. "aI\nt¸mÄ t\m¡pnà FmIpw ]dbm³ t]mIpsXh³
a\ÊntemÀ¯p. A§s\bmIcptX Fv- {]mÀ°n¨p. "aI³ hnfn¡mdntÃ?" "D­v tamt\, Ah³ Ipsdbmbn
]dbpp _mw¥qcv hv- \n¡m³.
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t]mänhfÀ¯nb IW¡p]pkvXIw a¡fpsS ap³]n kvt\lapÅ HcÑ\pw Xpdp h¡m³ IgnbnÃ.
Ahsâ DÅnsehnsStbm Ipät_m[w XeXÃn. Cu Aѳ ]dªXv Xsbtà Xsâ A½bv¡pw
]dbm\p­mIpI. Hcp h«w t]mepw Xm³ A½tbmSv Xsâ IqsS hcm³ ]dªnÃtÃm. icnbmWv,
hfÀ¯nbXnsâ IW¡p]pkvXIw A½ Xpdn«nÃ. Aѳ InStm Fv ]dªh³ apIfnte¡v
Ibdn. Imäv sIm­ At±l¯n³sd XmSntcma§Ä ]mdpp­mbncpp. Xsâ aI\v th­n Hgp¡nb
Hcp]mSv hnbÀ¸vXpÅnIÄ ]än¸nSn¨ tcma§Ä.
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A½¡v A½ IqsS thWsa Nn´ Ahs\ thZ\n¸n¨p. a\ÊnsehnsStbm Ipät_m[¯nsâ
lrZbanSn¸pIÄ AebSn¨p sIm­ncpp. hfÀ¯nbXnsâ ]pkvXIw HcÑ\pw A½bpw a¡Ä¡v apnÂ
Xpdn«nà Fm hm¡pIÄ InXt¨mSns¡m­ncn¡pp.
Hm«¡mcs\¡mÄ thK¯n a\kneqsS HmSns¡m­ncn¡pp

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Malayalam poetry competition
Prize
1 st BINDU S.
Associate Professor
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Malayalam poetry competition
2 nd Prize
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Malayalam poetry competition
2 nd Prize
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Ihn-X
Malayalam poetry competition
3 rd Prize
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English poetry competition
1 st Prize
Dr. Anisha Janardhanan
Consultant Dermatology
Mother
Here's to the mother
who carried within her
a life and love
for ten months and in
And here's to me
who carried within her
a life and love
and lots of hunger
Here's to the mother
who with patience and power
guided her young ones
to a great life and beyond
And here's to me
who yearns to be like her
but scolds and slaps her
young ones to make them
do what she wants them to do
Here's to the mother
who cooks the tastiest
the healthiest, the yummiest
the most nutritionally balanced meals
And here's to me
who can put jam and butter
on pieces of bread
and put them together
Here's to the mother
who is poised and poignant
teaching life's lessons
and raising the best
And here's to me
who is mad half the time
than out of
and shrieking at the kids
But however that may be
the love that I bear
for my little ones
cannot be beaten
by any damn best mother in the world.

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English poetry competition
2 nd Prize
Hayash Teenoth
Clinical Psychologist
Mother
You walked out of the heavens like an angel blue…
God has bestowed so much beauty upon you
You deserve a crown sceptre and a throne…
Only person is you who I can call my own
The touch of my little finger made you happy…
You jumped with joy when I called your name in a nappy
You held me so smoothly…
I trust in you completely
You showered me with unconditional love…
I know not to return how
You are an angel mother…
Who can be replaced by none other.

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English poetry competition
3 rd Prize
Mibina Merin Abraham
Clinical Pharmacist
Mother
For as long as I can remember…
You were always by my side,
To give me support, confidence and help.
For as long as I can remember…
You were always the person I looked up to,
So strong, so sensitive, so pretty.
For as long as I can remember…
You always provide stability within our family,
Full of laughter, full of tears, full of love.
For as long as I can remember…
And still today,
You are everything a mother should be.
Whatever I have become is because of you…
And I thank you forever for our relationship…

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English short story competition
1 st Prize
Beard
Dr. Diya Rachel George
Specialist - Radiology
Beard
Amar's beard was his only pride and his crowning glory. Thirty
minutes of his morning routine went to its upkeep. 5 minutes for
analysing it, from both sides and from the front. Twenty, for
trimming, then checking, again trimming, again checking and
tweezing out the occasional grey hair. And the last five, for admiring
the result. He forgot the last time he had shaved it. The rest of his
face, however, was not so fortunate and fell to deep neglect. Though
only in his mid 40s, his hairline was receding fast. Living in the hot
desert weather of the Middle East had not been kind to his face
either. Although he had not been much to look at even while living
in his homeland Kerala.
His mother used to say that his beard fanaticism stemmed from his
deep admiration of his father's beard. His father's beard was an
object of envy in his hometown. In his late teens, he had also tried a
lot of the popular remedies that his peers tried. But for a long very
time, it was of no avail. Finally, nature and probably time decided to
take mercy on him and blessed him with an abundant mane. There
was no looking back after that.
Every passing trend of beard fashion had made its way to his face
through his growing years. As the adage goes, when one grows old,
one becomes like his/her parents. For a long time now, his beard too
obeyed the custom, and became like his father's – a thick bushy
affair. His family, was however not too supportive of his weird beard
obsession. Whenever he went to visit them, his kids would complain
it pricked them while he hugged. His wife would complain of the
trimmings clogging the wash basin, him taking too much time to
groom it and umpteen other things as wives are bowed to nag
husbands about. He did not consider these, pun unintended, to be a
hair's worth.

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Uncle Sam, however had other plans for him. Like every other Indian engineer, his dream too was
an on-site experience in his IT company's US base. The visa and other formalities had proceeded
smoothly. The customs clearance officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport however would
not be brushed off (again pun unintended) lightly.
There is a commonality between government officials in all parts of the world. They know their
power (however limited it might be) and are willing to flaunt it and make life miserable for you.
US customs officials are one of the fiercest of the lot, one wonders whether they recruit reformed
criminals for the job, that's how tough and unrelenting they are. The black (or is it coloured/Afro
American, one always forgets the politically correct term) official took one long look at Amar's
beard. One would think that a black guy would have some empathy for a brown guy, but no way.
“What did you say your name was?” said he.
“Amar”.
“Full name please”.
“Amar N.V.”
“What's your father's name”?
By now, Amar had begun to feel slightly uncomfortable with the tone of his voice and the
harshness in his gaze.
“Nazeer”.
The Afro guy's eyes widened a bit.
“Where did you say you were working before?”
“Saudi Arabia”.
The Afro's head cocked up and he called out to a fellow official. Amar now began to get a hint of
what was going on. Countless newspaper headings about ISIS recruiting educated youngsters from
Kerala. About Saudi's involvement. About the universal paranoia to a Muslim name.
He wanted to tell the guy that the 'V' in his initial stood for Vimala, a Hindu lady. That his parents
had an inter-caste marriage. That he was not raised in any religion. That he was named Amar
because the name did not specify an religion.
But he couldn't open his mouth. Such was the fear those hefty American officials struck in his soul.
More people gathered. They talked to each other in hushed tones. A lot of phone calls were going
around. Further looks, glares, glances, gazes fell upon his beard. He wondered if the beard would
be his undoing. His death knell.
Finally one slightly kind looking official came to his side and said, “It's OK. You have been
cleared to go. But you had better take off your beard if you want to survive in this land”.
And, just like that, he was free to go. His large beard was drenched in sweat. The first thing he did
on reaching his apartment was to shave it all off. “Never again”, he told himself, “will I grow my
beard”.
Tail: People, however, do not change so fast. He became Santa Claus at all his office Christmas
parties. Suffice to say, the fake beard was his reward.

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English short story
competition
It was a rainy day, making wild the nature with thunder and storms. There sits a
2 nd Prize
Beard
Elizabeth Varkey
Associate Professor
pretty little girl, Sangreal in front of her hut. Her eyes seemed to be weary and her
clothes were fully dirty with mud and was torn. She hasn't taken food since three
days and was all alone at home. She was crying and her heart seemed to be worried
as she was awaiting somebody at her door. The rain drops were flashing on to her
face, but was still looking on to the road to hear the footsteps, as if she was
expecting somebody.
She has lost her parents two months back in a flood which had made her life
miserable. She was in the pits of pain and had no interest in anything nor did she
want to live. She remembered the days that she spend with her parents, the lovely
golden days. Days passed by, mourning and cursing her faith, came the fabulous
days of Christmas. She went back to the day where her parents decorated their
houses with lights and stars. The jingle bells echoed her ears, the beautiful nights in
songs. She couldn't bear the pain as she burst out in tears.
She planned to end her life as she felt all alone. It was a Christmas eve. She thought
of going to Church and pray to God to forgive herself for the decision she has
taken. The church door was decorated beautifully, with some words in a board.
With fearing eyes and shivering hands she read the verses written there. It stated
that 'Today is Christmas, and the old man in
white beard is waiting to give you a gift'….
The White
Rope to Life
'Don't worry'… 'I am there'…
She felt somewhat lightened in her heart, stood
still, closed her lovely eyes and prayed that, 'I
am alone in this world and I don't want to live
anymore. Kindly forgive me as I am eagerly
waiting to join my parents at heaven'. She immediately ran out to the hill tops. Her
eyes were overflowed with tears and her heart beats were beating hard. The valley
under the hill was glittering with the light of stars. With her eyes closed, she
jumped down from the hill top. She was flying deep in to the pits, suddenly her
dress caught in the branches of a tree. She was struggling hard to release herself but
her efforts were in vain. She cried louder asking for help, but no one answered.
Suddenly she saw a soft white rope, handing down asking her to hold it and climb
up. She was confused. She caught on to the white raid rope and managed to come
up to the hill top. While searching there she identified that it was the long white
beard of the Santa Claus braided finely, which came to save her. Suddenly the Santa
vanished, leaving a note 'Life is precious. You are the gifted life of God, you have
many things to do in your life,… there are miles to go before you sleep'.
The little girl looked here and there, but couldn't find him. The braided long white
beard showed a path to a place, where she found a house decorated with stars, lights
and illuminations. She stepped into the house in surprise and found this braided
beard curled around on the corner of the house. A box decorated in beautiful paper
was found lying near to it. She managed to open the box with an anxious and
fearful heart. While she unwrapped the box, found a button. She rotated it, suddenly
a voice waved out saying, I am your lovely beard, I will be there with you
throughout your life as I have no death.
The little girl was overwhelmed with joy and confidence feeling that she was not all
alone. She decided to obey the words of Santa, and lived happily with a thankful
heart loving and helping the needy.

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English short story competition
3 rd Prize
Beard
Dr. Raziya M
The 3.30pm bell at Saint Mary's Central School
rang and children in soiled uniforms with
colourful water bottles and bags ran out of the
door like candy dropping out of a glass jar. It was
mid August and the monsoon showers had just
started. I waited for junior in my car as the crisp
wipers of my Jaguar carried away the rain drops.
It was then I saw him. The frail Hindi teacher
with a shaggy beard. Although his khadikurta and
leather slippers were fairly neat, there was
something about that beard that made him quite
unfit to be a part of such a prestigious school in
town meant for the elite-born. I peered at him
closely through my windows. Yes, it was
definitely the beard that was unsettling. A wiry
spectacles disappeared into the frays of that salt
& peppery hair and chest length beard. 'Why
don't they procure a better looking teacher for
Hindi', I wondered, after all I pay a wholesome
amount to the exorbitant fees at the school. Better
yet, why can't they hire a petite saree clad pretty
little thing for a Hindi teacher.
Sharmaji, the bearded Hindi teacher was a misfit
between this English educated smooth-talking
catholic school staff. Who does he converse with
in this staff room? Do any of the other staff share
their food with him?
Sharmaji stood under the canopy of the School
foyer, scratching his head, looking at the skies,
praying silently for the downpour to stop. I
noticed he didn't carry anything except his cloth –
jhola and a book of Bal-Vikas Hindi text book. A
bang on the car door brought me out of my
reverie. It was junior soaking wet over his rain
coat, umbrella and Peppa-pig bag.
“Hey dad”, he said in a matter-of-fact-way and
pulling his seatbelt with a tug. “How was the
school today”? I asked as I put the machine into a
reverse gear. “Oh the usual, boring”, was the
monotonous reply. “Does Sharmaji need a lift?” I
asked junior, “I think he has forgotten his
umbrella”.
“No dad, Sharma sir's umbrella was stolen from
the bus he took to school in the morning. He said
it could be the urchin who got into the bus from
Sarojini Nagar”, came an elaborate reply about
the missing umbrella.
Mentally I underlined the word “urchin” in my
head, thinking to myself what sort of generation is
my son going to be a part of. Are we turning into
a community that cannot tolerate any sort of
shabbiness, even a mere beard?
I looked at my clean shaven metro-sexual
corporate look in the rear view mirror. I wondered
if my son would call me an urchin if I were to go
unshaven for a day or two.
Junior's story hadn't ended there. “Dad, Sharma
sir went looking for the beggar boy but to no
avail. Arun and I are thinking may be it was
somebody else who committed the crime. We are

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planning to solve the mystery”.
Kids these days, I laughed to myself. “Mystery of
the missing umbrella of the bearded Hindi
teacher”, that would make a nice story.
The chatter continued of the missing umbrella till
we drove to our lane at Connaught Place. I parked
the jag into the driveway and got out with junior's
bags and umbrella. He ran up the house to meet
his mother.
Two fancy looking umbrellas hanging in the
basement caught my attention. I bet they were
never used since the time they were bought, just
like the multitude of things scattered in my
garage. There was my old treadmill (fairly used),
my wife's cycling gear, my son's play pen etc.
which could have been useful for somebody else
but was accumulating dust at our place.
Somehow, Sharmaji standing fiddling in the rain
sat in my mind. I took one of those umbrellas and
shoved it to the backseat of my car.
The rest of the evening was uneventful with a few
phone calls, junior's banter and late night
cocktails.
As I got dressed in the morning in my crisp shirt
and tie, junior came running to me demanding a
fifty rupees donation.
“Dad, Arun and I had a conversation over the
phone yesterday night. We have decided to buy
Sharmaji a new umbrella”, he said with a sparkle
in his eye.
I smiled. My belief in the next generation was
restored again. After all it was a noble thought for
6-year old boys. At that moment, I was the
proudest dad, to stand on this ground.
I kneeled next to my son and pat his back, “It's a
wonderful idea, Tiger. But I have a better idea, I
have already found Sharmaji a new umbrella”. He
beamed with happiness and ran away with his
usual power packed energy.
We reached school earlier than usual. Junior
reached out to meet his friends probably to
discuss the rest of the bearded man's umbrella
mystery.
I carried the blue umbrella and walked towards
the staff rooms. It was easy to spot Sharmaji's
table. Isolated from the rest of the tables. A stack
of Hindi books on the table. A pitcher of cool
water by the side. It was like this man had made a
world of his own in this corner of the large room.
Sharmaji looked up from his book as I walked
towards him. He gave me a nervous smile, a little
worried as if I was a complaining parent out here
to hold him by the collar and spurt some fancy
English gaalis.
“Sharmaji, meinVivaan ki daddy. I C kakshamein”.
I said in my broken English accented Hindi.
“Ji-Ji Saab”, he said rising from his chair, shaky
hands pulling at his spectacles sprung around his
neck with black thread. “Bathaaiye”, he said,
“Kuch pareshani hain kya”, unconsciously
touching his beard again. Touching his beard was
his gesture of nervousness I understood.
“No, no sirji”. Just wanted to give you this. Bacha
batha raha tha ki yours went missing”. I said as I
extended the blue umbrella forwards. He looked at
me a little relieved and a little astonished. Wiping
his forehead and touching his beard again he
smiled. “Shukriya”, he said wrinkling up and
wiping a tear, “Lekin yeh dekiye”, he said pointing
to the corner by his table.
I was shocked to see eight new umbrellas lined up
against the wall, all for the dear bearded Sharmaji.
In this high born, gold spoon fed catholic school
culture, the dear old frail Sharmaji had made a
place in his students' hearts. Every child that heard
of the missing umbrella had carried a new one for
this unpopular, minority of the crowd, language
teacher. Sharmaji guessed my thoughts, for he
smiled again. A warm smile, a contended smile. A
smile that mocked me a bit. A smile that said that
he in his own way had served the purpose of his
life on this earth. A good teacher, no matter his
personality or looks, will always be remembered
by students. People like Sharmaji remind us that
it's not the 4BHK apartments, Mercedes or Rados
that make a person, it's the feeling and warmth of
the well-taken class, a message that will remain in
our hearts and minds forever. Hats off to that
bearded language teacher! He taught me what life's
priority should be.

Drawing Competition
1 st Prize
PRIYA XAVIER
BSc. Nursing Student,
BM CON

Drawing Competition
2 nd Prize
Dr. SCHILLER JOSE

Drawing Competition
3 rd Prize
Dr. KADER KALATHINGAL

Gracy Mathai
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REPORT HOSPITAL SAFETY WEEK 2019
The Hospital Safety Week of 2019 was conducted from 21 to 26 October 2019. A number of events were held
including talks, competitions etc. and finally the valedictory function. Details of the events are given in the
subsequent paragraphs.
21 – 22 October 2019. A competition to select the “Safest Nursing Station” in BMH was conducted. The
Nurses' Station were classified as, Nurses' Station for IP and Nurses' Station for Critical Care areas. A total of
18 IP Nurses Station and 8 Critical Care areas were audited and evaluated.
Results were as under:
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(a) Safest Nurses Station – C 4 West
(b) Safest Nurses Station – Critical Care – PICU
(c) Excellence Award – Safest Nurses Station – MICU 1
22 October 2019.A talk was given by Mr Vijayakrishnan P, AGM Engineering Support and Biomedical
Engineering to all Doctors and staff on “Facilities Safety at BMH”.
21 – 23 October 2019.A survey was carried out by the IP CREs where in, a feedback was taken from patients
and bystanders concerning various safety aspects at BMH using an App. The exercise was called
“Parinamam”. The results of the survey taken from 536 patients/bystanders
23 October 2019.
Event – 1:A special talk on “Hospital Safety” was delivered by Dr Mohan Leslie Noone, Patients' Safety
Officer, during the clinical meeting for all doctors.
Event – 2:A workshop on “Safe Patient Handling” was conducted by a specialised team from M/s
Arjohuntleigh for the Nursing staff, CREs and attendants. Various aspects of shifting/transferring/moving
patients using specialised equipment was explained.
24 October 2019. A quiz competition “Hospital Wide Safety” was held, where 5 teams of 2 members each
participated. The participating teams were from various departments including Doctors, Nurses, CR Staff,
technicians etc. The following teams won the Quiz:
First Position
Ms. Prajula M. P.
Ms. Liji Jose
Second Position
Dr. Premdeep Dennison
Ms. Deepthi. Divakaran
Third Position
Ms. Pravitha Manoj
Ms. Sabi K. P.
25 – 26 October 2019. A CNE was conducted on “An Insight into Occupational, Radiation and Biomedical
Equipment Safety”. The CNE was conducted in 3 separate groups by:
Prof. Sankaran Nair, Radiation Safety Officer
Dr. Noufal Ali, Jr. Consultant, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Mr. Abhiraj S, Junior Engineer, Biomedical Engineering
25 October 2019. The valedictory function of the Hospital Safety Week was conducted at 3:00PM. The
programme was as under:
Attractive Scrolls, personalised mugs and cash prizes were given away to the winners .
The main feature of the Valedictory Function was a ramp walk displaying various PPE worn by the hospital
staff for different purposes was conducted by 24 participants from various departments including Doctors,
Nurses and Senior Management.
All the events were well attended and appreciated by everybody. The ramp walk was very popular and was
conducted in an auditorium packed with spectators. It was with the cooperation of all the departments of the
hospital and team work of all participants which made the Hospital Safety Week 2019 a grand success.
Lt.Col.Sunny Thomas (Retd.)
Chairman, Hospital Safety Committee

REPORT OF QUALITY WEEK
CELEBRATIONS 2019
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November is considered as World Quality Month. 2 Thursday of November is
considered as world quality day. Organizations can choose any Thursday of the month
as quality Day and any week as quality week. The theme of this year is “100 years of
Quality”
As part of various quality improvement programmes, the Quality Department had
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organized “World Quality Week Celebrations” from 18 to 22 November 2019.
The Quality Week Celebrations started with sessions on Quality Management System
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standards on 18 and 19 November 2019 at C Block auditorium. A total of 4 sessions
were taken by Mr. Jiss Mathew, Sr. Quality Executive on these two days. One session
was taken in the morning and the other session was taken in the afternoon so that
maximum number of staff could attend the session after the shift change. A total of 604
staff attended the sessions. Electronic punching was taken during these sessions as
attendance.
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Department wise audits were conducted by the Quality Team from 18 November 2019,
based on a predefined checklist and the best clinical critical, clinical non-critical,
clinical support; non-clinical departments/wards were selected out of it.
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A quiz competition was conducted on 20 at 3.00 pm, the participation for which by our
staff is very much appreciated. 6 groups had participated in the Quiz Competition which
included a mixture of doctors, nurses and administrative staff.
Appreciated our consultants (a consultant and a junior doctor) for their active
participation in all the Quality related activities and also based on various aspects such
as Clinical documentation, Hand hygiene compliance, infection control practices and
medication safety practices etc. More over feedback from the nursing staff was
collected in identifying the Consultants and junior doctor. The winners were decided by
the director Dr. Anju Miriam Alex and Mrs. Gracy Mathai, Chief Executive Officer.
Identified quality champions in Various departments like best Nurse Critical Care, best
nurse ward, best CRE, Best ward secretary/IP Billing, best OP/IP attenders, best
Pharmacist, Best OT Nurse, Best Housekeeping/laundry staff, Best Security including
Fire & Safety staff, Best Engineering support staff, Best Operations staff. We have
invited nominations from the HODs and the final selection was done on personal
interviews by the director Dr. Anju Miriam Alex and Mrs. Gracy Mathai, Chief
Executive Officer.

Sl. No Category of Award Winner
1. Best Staff Nurse -Critical Area (ED,
all ICUs, Dialysis, Labour room) Denver D'Cruz (114428)
2. Best Staff Nurse-Ward Mrs. Alphonsa.P.J (114289)
3. Best Head Nurse Mrs. Joicy.K.George (111571)
4. Best OT Nurse Preethy Augustine (110196 - B OT
5. Best Housekeeping & laundry Staff Sinoy C (110422)
6. Best Engineering Support Staff
(including Biomedical Engineering staff) Mr. Suhaglal.T.M (110433)
7. Best Security including Fire & Safety Pradeep Kumar V (116716)
8. Best Operations Staff Divya Rajan (112078)
9. Best CRE-OP & IP Ajith Kumar M.K (110308)
10. Best Front Office Staff Abhinand M.K (112070)
11. Best OP/IP Attender Mr. Monish.P (114263)
12. Best Pharmacist Ms. Sreepriya.K.K (117778)
Best Clinical Support Staff
A. (Technicians - ENMG, TMT, Echo,
E n d o s c o p y & B r o n c h o s c o p y,
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Audiology, Respiratory Therapist, Cath
Lab, OT & Anaesthesia technician,
MRD, Dietician, CSSD Technician)
Mr.Vinod.N (OT)-110063
Mrs. Jimsha Anna.M
B. (Technicians - Laboratory, Blood Bank,
Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Oncology,
Radiology & Imaging, Dialysis
Technician, PMR)
(Radiology & Imaging) - 110214
Best Administrative Staff
14. A. HR, IT, Finance, Marketing &
Mr. Rejins Jose (HRD)
Insurance, Supply Chain Management.
15. Best consultant Dr. P.V. Pradeep (Endocrine Surgery)
16. Best Resident doctor Dr. Mohamed Mansoof K. (DNB-Ortho)
17. Best Clinical Support Department Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
18. Best Non clinical Support Department Central Control Room (Fire & Safety)
19. Best Ward C5th E
20. Best Critical Care Dialysis
21. Best OPD & Diagnostics Gastrosurgery OPD & Procedure
Room Skin procedure room
Award prizes to the departments who had conducted various Quality Improvement day /week
celebrations which were entrusted to them by the Chief Executive Officer at the beginning of
the year 2019. The various activities were prepared as a PowerPoint presentation and were
presented before the directors Dr.Vineeth Abraham and Dr.Anju Miriam Alex by Mrs.Gracy
Mathai, Chief Executive Officer and Mr.Santhosh Balakrishnan, Quality Manager on
14.10.19. The criteria for adjudicating the winners were:
a. Public involvement including public training
b. Innovations
c. Staff training and staff involvement
d. Overall impact

The winners were selected by the Directors as mentioned below:
Winners of Various Day / Week Celebrations (Quality Improvement Activities)
1. Patient Safety & Infection Control Week (May-2019) – Organised by Nursing Department &
HIC Dept.- First Position
2. Hospital Safety Week (October-2019) – Organised by Facilities Department – Second
Position
3. Medication Safety Week ( August-2019) – Organised by Pharmacy Department & Clinical
Pharmacists- Third position
On 21.11.2019 a Workshop on Quality Accreditation and Patient Safety along with exhibition stalls
for outside hospital personnel was conducted in C-block Auditorium and in Basement-1 where 85
delegates attended the workshop. 67 delegates were from outside hospitals like Aster CMI hospital
& NU Hospitals, Bangalore, A.J. hospital, Mangalore, Govt. Tribal Specialty Hospital, Attappady,
Matria Hospital, Calicut, Nirmala Hospital, Calicut, Moonniyoor Nursing Home, Chemmad,
Malappuram, MVR Cancer Centre, Calicut, West fort Hospital. Thrissur, KIMS Al-Shifa Hospital,
Perinthalmanna, Rivershore Hospital, Poonnur, Meitra Hospital, Calicut, Santhi Hospital,
Omassery, Little flower hospital, Angamaly, Ernakulam, Iqraa Hospital, Calicut, Malabar Medical
College, Ulliyeri, Aster MIMS Kottakal, Malabar Hospital, Eranhipalam and Aster MIMS, Calicut.
19 delegates (4 Faculties and 15 M.Sc Nursing Students) were from our BMH College of Nursing.
7 fully fledged exhibition stalls were arranged in the basement-1 for the delegates based on the
sessions taken on patient safety and Risk Assessment by Mrs. Gracy Mathai, CEO. The exhibition
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stalls were prepared as per the 10 Chapters of NABH 4 edition requirements and covered all
elements of patient safety and Risk.
An online quiz programme was conducted by Dr.Bejoy Johnson, Data Analytics and Mr.Saji
Mathew, Chief Operating Officer (Chief of HR and IT) for the delegates based on the exhibition
stalls and the delegate who answered the more number was questions was awarded a prize.
The feedback regarding the workshop was collected from all the delegates and the response was
overwhelming and everyone appreciated the event.
Valedictory session held on 22.11.19 chaired by Dr. KG Alexander, CMD. Mrs. Gracy Mathai, CEO
welcomed the gathering and gave a brief report of all the events that had taken place this year.
Felicitation speeches were delivered by Dr. T.P Joseph, Sr. Consultant and Paediatric Surgeon and
Dr. R. Krishnan, Sr. Consultant- Internal Medicine. Prize distribution for all the winners were done
by the dignitaries on and off the dais.
A skit was performed by various staff members of the BMH family which included doctors, nurses,
paramedical and administrative staff which was enjoyed and well appreciated by the audience.
Prize as a token of Appreciation for their outstanding efforts in Helping Quality Department
throughout the year was given to Mr. Prasanth (Audiovisual) & Mr. Kamal .K (Marketing) by the
Chairman and Managing Director.
Mr. Santhosh B, Manager Quality proposed the vote of thanks.
The effort from all staffs for the quality week programmes is well appreciated as even in their busy
schedule they managed to come up with commendable performances. It was a great success.
Mrs. Gracy Mathai
Chief Quality Officer

Hospital Day- Retrospect
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Quiz
Q. Service Quality cannot be managed when
A). No vendors are involved
B). Customer expectations are not known
C). Workers don't meet regularly with management
D). Consultants are not consulted
Send your anwser to
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sukritha@babymhospital.com before 8 Feb. 2020
(The correct answer will be published in the next
Magazine and the winner will be awarded a prize)
[The right answer for the previous Quiz - A fundamental attribute of Total Quality
Management (TQM) is - TOP MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT]
Top 10 causes of Worldwide Death
Of the 56.9 million deaths worldwide in 2016, more than half (54%) were due to the
top 10 causes. Ischaemic heart disease and stroke are the world's biggest killers, accounting
for a combined 15.2 million deaths in 2016. These diseases have remained the leading
causes of death globally in the last 15 years.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claimed 3.0 million lives in 2016, while lung cancer
(along with trachea and bronchus cancers) caused 1.7 million deaths. Diabetes killed 1.6 million
people in 2016, up from less than 1 million in 2000. Deaths due to dementias more than doubled
between 2000 and 2016, making it the 5th leading cause of global deaths in 2016 compared to
14th in 2000.
Lower respiratory infections remained the most deadly communicable disease, causing 3.0
million deaths worldwide in 2016. The death rate from diarrhoeal diseases decreased by almost 1
million between 2000 and 2016, but still caused 1.4 million deaths in 2016. Similarly, the number
of tuberculosis deaths decreased during the same period, but is still among the top 10 causes with
a death toll of 1.3 million. HIV/AIDS is no longer among the world's top 10 causes of death,
having killed 1.0 million people in 2016 compared with 1.5 million in 2000.
Road injuries killed 1.4 million people in 2016, about three-quarters (74%) of whom were men
and boys.
(* Reference from World Health Organisation publication).

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