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Hindi Pakhwara’ was celebrated in NITRD between 01-09-2015 to 14.09.215 with a

view to promote the use of Hindi language and spread awareness about the issue.

Different type of events and competitions were organized in the Institute, like Letter

and essay writing and translation from English to Hindi competition (for non Hindi

speaking officers/employees) to encourage participation of the employees.

To conclude all these activities, a function was held on 14 September, which

was chaired by Dr V. P. Myneedu, Head, Department of Hospital Administration. The

employees read an oath to increase and promote the use of Hindi in their official work.

Hindi Pakhwara

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

WHO Fellowship &

Management of TB

2

RNTCP Modular

Training

3

Independence Day 4

Presentation &

Activities

5

Statistical Data 6

Department In Focus 7

National Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases

V O L . V I I I / N O . I I I

(Erstwhile LRS Institute Of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases)

N E W S L E T T E R J U L Y — S E P 2 0 1 5

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A WHO fellowship program for

delegates from Myanmar was

held on 31 August to 4 Septem-

ber on the topic of Clinical Man-

agement of MDR – TB.

N A T I O N A L I N S T I T U T E O F T U B E R C U L O S I S & R E S P I R A T O R Y D I S E A S E S

Mangement Of TB Under RNTCP For HIV Infected Patients

Attending ART center

Multi drug resistant TB is a loom-

ing threat to tuberculosis control

in India. A cross sectional survey

was conducted among adults and

children attending the ART centre.

Training in management of TB un-

der RNTCP for HIV infected pa-

tients attending ART centers was

organized on 16 September.

WHO Fellowship From Korea and Myanmar

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RNTCP Modular Training

RNTCP Modular Training was conducted at the Insti-

tute from 6th to 18th July 2015.

The facilitators for the first half of training from 6th

to 12th July 2015 were Dr S. B. Singh (Chest Special-

ist), Dr Anil Jain (CMO, NFSG), Dr Rakesh Aggarwal

(CMO, NFSG) and Dr U. K. Khalid (HOD Epidemiol-

ogy). The second half of the training from 13th to

18th July 2015 was facilitated by Dr S. B. Singh, Dr

Neeta Singla (Research Officer), Dr P. Sethi (Chest

Specialist) and Dr Puneet Arora (Chest Specialist).

Twenty four DTOs underwent the Modular Training.

“The goal of

RNTCP is to

decrease

mortality and

morbidity due to

TB ”

RNTCP Modular Training from 6-JUL-15 to 18-JUL-15

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N A T I O N A L I N S T I T U T E O F T U B E R C U L O S I S & R E S P I R A T O R Y D I S E A S E S

“True sense of

independence only

comes,

when we have

healthy and

prosperous nation

and together we

can make

difference ”

Independence day was cele-

brated at the Institute with

usual enthusiasm. The Direc-

tor, Dr. Rohit Sarin hoisted

the national flag in the office

compound. Efforts of the staff

and the faculty in taking the

Institute forward were

acknowledged and praised by

the Director. The Director

and the faculty also met and

greeted the children admitted

in the Hospital and distributed

presents to them.

Independence Day Celebration

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Presentation & Activities July 2015:

1. Dr Rohit Sarin, Director, attended the Workshop on “Bedaquiline Conditional and Expanded Access Pro-

gramme” organized by WHO in collaboration with RNTCP, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at New

Delhi from 1st to 3rd July 2015.

2. Dr Sanjay Gupta (CMO, Administration) and Dr Vikram Vohra (CMO, NFSG) attended Training Course on Hospital Administration for Senior Hospital Administrators from 29th June to 17th July 2015

3. Dept of Microbiology conducted an On-site Training on “Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tu-berculosis to first line drugs and Diagnosis of Smear Negative and Extra-pulmonary specimens” from 21st to 24th July 2015 under the “NITRD-Becton Dickinson Centre of Excellence Training Program.” Facilitators for the training were Dr. V. P. Myneedu, HOD Microbiology, Dr Manpreet Bhalla, Dr Ajoy Verma, Dr Jyoti Arora (all Microbiologists) and an Engineer from the company. Five lab technicians were trained under the Program.

4. Five Nursing Staff attended three days TB Training under GFATM at NOIDA in three batches from 6th to 8th July, 13th to 15th July and 29th to 31st July 2015.

August 2015:

1. Dr Rohit Sarin, Director, attended the Seventh Meeting of the SEA Regional Advisory Committee on MDR

-TB in Mandalay, Myanmar from 10th to 12th August 2015. He also attended the Regional PMDT & TB/HIV

Review Meeting of West Zone from 25th to 26th August 2015 at Udaipur.

2. Dr Manpreet Bhalla, Microbiologist, attended 2nd Chapter Meet of IAMM, Delhi Chapter-2015 entitled

“Infection in Cancer Patients” organised at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute on 8th August 2015. She also

participated in State PMDT Review Meeting held on 26th August 2015 at STDC, ND TB Centre, New Del-

hi.

3. Ms. Anita Rani Kansal, Nursing Superintendent, attended One Day Workshop on “Boarding of online ap-

pointment system in all Government hospitals” organized by Dept of IT, MOHFW at AIIMS, New Delhi.

4. A publication (epub ahead of Print) of the Institute faculty came out as follows: Myneedu VP, Singhal R,

Khayyam KU, Sharma PP, Bhalla M, Behera D, Sarin R. First and second line drug resistance among

treatment naïve cases pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a district under Revised National Tuberculosis

Control Programme (RNTCP) in New Delhi. J Epidemiol Glob Health 2015 May 2 S2210.

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N A T I O N A L I N S T I T U T E O F T U B E R C U L O S I S & R E S P I R A T O R Y D I S E A S E S

Statistical Data

Data from July to September 2015::

OPD New Registration : 12790

New Patient Per Day: 139

Average Total Patient per Day: 532

Emergency Patients: 2198

TB Case Diagnosed and Referred: 2224

RNTCP TB Case: 469

Total Attendance in CTVS OPD 1875

Total Surgery in CTVS OT 158

Total Admission including ICU 230

September 2015: 1. Dr Rohit Sarin, Director, attended National RNTCP Review Meeting of STOs from 14th to 16th September 2015 at Nag-

pur

2. Dr VP Myneedu, HOD (Microbiology), and Dr Ritu Singhal, Microbiologist, attended one day Work-shop at

Bengaluru on the Sensitization towards II line LPA Project on 30 th September 2015.

3. Dr Rupak Singla, Senior Chest Physician and HOD (TB & RD) took a lecture on "Standards of TB care in

India: An overview" in National Consultation Meeting of Professional Medical Associations organized by the

UNION in Delhi on 29th September 2015.

Presentation & Activities Contd...

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Department In Focus :: Dept. Of Pediatrics

So far, the Department has successfully managed approximately 400 children with bac-teriologically confirmed MDR tuberculosis and 13 children with XDRTB, including 4 children with Total drug resistance and one case of Congenital XDR (Unpublished da-ta).

Other activities include teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, training of DTO/STOs for National Pediatric TB Control program and training to International scholars from several countries. So far, WHO fellows from Korea, My-anmar and Bangladesh have been given this training. A 2-day “Pediatric Training of Trainers Module” was also successfully organized in which modular training was im-parted to 137 pediatricians from across the country. Several doctorate students from oth-er reputed Institutes have received guidance in the Department for their theses.

The Department has been closely working with the Central TB Division in framing guidelines for Control of Pediatric TB ant national level. Some of the notable meets in this regard are:

“Guidelines for management of pediatric tuberculosis under RNTCP-2004” Meeting was held at NITRD ( LRS Institute) on 6th –7th Aug 2003

“Revised Guidelines for management of pediatric tuberculosis under RNTCP 2014” Meeting was held at NITRD ( LRS Institute) on 31st Jan –1st Feb 2012 respective-ly

“Guidelines for management of Pediatric Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis under RNTCP” with some important significant recommendations.

The Department of Pediatrics is devoted exclusively to the care of children suffering from TB or other respiratory conditions. The Department runs a busy OPD daily look-ing after about 40 patients per day out of whom about 6-10 patients are diagnosed to have tuberculosis. There is a ded-icated pediatric ward having 34 beds for serious patients or those requiring surgical intervention. Patients having HIV co-infection are also looked after.

D R S A N G E E T A S H A R M A

Research in clinical and epidemiological aspects of pediatric respiratory diseases is a major focus of the Department. Several collaborative research projects are going on in collaboration with In-ternational bodies like Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston (U.S.), Childhood TB Working Group of International Union of Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases (IUATLD) and Childhood Action Group on TB. Dr. Sangeeta Sharma was invited to deliver Faculty guest lecture on “Experiences in Management of MDR Tuberculosis in Chil-dren from India” in 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Barcelona, Spain in 2014. We intend to continue our efforts to further develop clinical facilities as well as research.

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Start by doing what's necessary;

then do what's possible; and sud-

denly you are doing the impossible

Editor-in Chief:

Dr. Rohit Sarin

Editor:

Dr. R. K Dewan

Members:

Dr. Sushil Munjal Ms. Aarti

Dr. Ritu Singhal

Mr. M.B. Naidoo

Ms. Gayatri Anupam

Editorial Board