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Final Year B.Sc. Nursing students from Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing (SMCON) has organized a School Health Awareness Program on topic Nutritional diet and Anaemia and a Health camp was also conducted at Government Junior High School, Tumlabung, East sikkim.
Final Year B.Sc. Nursing students from Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing (SMCON) has organized a School Health Awareness Program on topic Nutritional diet and Anaemia and a Health camp was also conducted at Government Junior High School, Tumlabung, East sikkim.
Final Year B.Sc. Nursing students from Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing (SMCON) has organized a School Health Awareness Program on topic Nutritional diet and Anaemia and a Health camp was also conducted at Government Junior High School, Tumlabung, East sikkim. Around 50 students along with 10 teachers of Tumlabong GJHS attended the program. The program started with a welcome address by M.C followed by an educative role play on Importance of Nutritional Diet by the students of SMCON. Student has also provided health education on nutritional diet and anaemia discussing about its types, causes, disease process, sign and symptoms, diagnostic evaluation, prevention ,its management, and complications with help of multiple attractive audio-visual aids. Students also emphasized on National Anaemia Elimination Program (NAEP) which is an initiative by Government of India to eliminate Anaemia by the end of the year 2025, that is five years ahead of the global target and they also discuss about Nutrition Diet and its Importance. A quiz session was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of the students on the above-mentioned topics and a small token of appreciation was given to the students of GJHS who took part enthusiastically.lastly a health checkup was conducted for the students and teachers of TGJHS as a screening purpose for Blood pressure, BMI, Random blood sugar test and estimation of Hemoglobin was recorded and were recommended to visit the near-by hospital for further treatment accordingly. The program was remarked exceptional by the Headmaster Sir Mr. Arjun Gurung and he further informed the gathering about the significance of Nutritional Diet and why awareness about Anaemia is necessary in school and community. The program ended with positive feedback by the attendees of school and with a vote of thanks.
