Weekly Meeting: Talk on Skin Bank by Dr NC Sreekumar\

Rotary Club Udupi Manipal

District Governor

RI PresidentMark Daniel Maloney

Club President

Club Secretary

Rtn. B N Ramesh

Zone: 4, RI District: 3182

Rtn. Sucharitha ShettyRtn. Aruna ShenoyRtn. Prashanth HegdeAnnette. Mahalasa Kini

Treasurer Rtn. Prashanth Hegde

Editors

Rtn. Shreesha Hegde

Rtn. Rajavarma Ariga

The meeting conducted on 19th Nov was coordinated by Rtn. Nirmala Shenoy. Dr. N C Sreekumar gave a sincere and motivating talk on the Skin Bank. Burn wound is probably the most devastating of all the wounds – physically, psychologically, socially and economically. Early, expeditious burn wound closure is crucial for survival of patients with large burn wounds. After successful initial management, burn wound infection leading to systemic sepsis is the single most major cause of death in burn patients – especially in India. 11 Million is the approximate number of burn injuries and about 2,65,000 deaths in a year. The demand exceeding the supply. Biosynthetic skin substitutes are extremely expensive and unaffordable for most of the burnt patients in our country. The availability is also uncertain. Then the only alternative available is Skin Allografts obtained from a human donor.The skin can be removed without disfiguring the body within 6 hours of death and can be stored up to 3 years. The skin, just like the cornea (Eye), does not require any matching. It is essential to understand the social relevance of this noble act of giving a gift of life even after death.The act of skin donation after death can help save a life ; most often a young woman of 25 years or may give lease of life to a young man.The facility for skin banking should ideally be available in every medical college hospital as maximum numbers of burnt patients seek treatment at these institutions.We should all be an example by donating so that others can follow.

Issue 23 | Volume 61 | 26 November 2019

Club ID: 15761Rotary Club Udupi Manipal

CONCORDWeekly Bulletin

ESTD: 26-Aug-1958

District Governor

The 4 Way TestOf the things we think, say or do Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

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Will it build goodwill and better friendships?Is it the truth?

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Rotary Information by Rtn Shyla RaoSNIPPETS FROM “SUNIDHI” SEMINAR ON TRF – POLIO PLUS – POSITIVE HEALTH

Rtn PDG Avinash Poddar in his inaugural address explained that “What is given to RI as TRF, comes back many fold to the club in various ways.” Rtn PDG Kamal Sangvi the RI Director suggested various ways of collecting TRF – Coaxing, cajoling and explaining the benefits of giving. Rtn Y. S. Jagadish Dist.Chairman, Polio plus spoke on the success of its eradication programme. He said the amount spent on it, though very large, is worth it. Sadly due to its failure in two countries, a huge amount has to be spent to finish it once for all. Rtn PDG Gulam Vahanvathy explained about various levels of donations. He wanted the endowment fund to reach at least 20 to 25 million dollars so that interest earned by it will cover all the Grant expenses. Any donation to Polio plus is equally matched by Bill Gates Foundation. If 25% of TRF collection comes from large donors 55% comes from donors who give $100 and $500. Rtn PDG Ananth stressed the importance of stewardship at every stage of the project. Larger the amount greater is the need for stewardship. Rtn PDG Dr.P. Narayana said the club should not assume the need of the community and decide the project. After a survey, meeting with local people, a project of their choice should be chosen. Partners should be chosen carefully. Rtn PDG Ramesh gave a detailed account of steps involved in planning a project right from survey of the community up to stewardship at the end. The panel discussion by Dr P Narayana, Dr.R.N.Bhat, Dr.Ashok and moderated by Rtn Sudheer concluded that junk food and lack of exercise are the root cause of all the problems. Dr. Sathishchandra, WHO officer, explained with statistics how polio has been eradicated.

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We meet every Tuesday between 7 PM – 8 PM at Rtn. K K Bhandarkar Hall Rotary Sports Complex, Manipal

Birthday

Thought for the Day by Rtn. Veda Suvarna

Community Service

29th Nov: Annette Dr. Sonia Abhishek D/o Rtn. PHF. Dr. Girija

Health Camp on general medical check up along with Eye Camp under Project Positive Health Against Non- communicable Diseases was also organised on 19th Nov, 2019. Rtn. Dr. Virupaksha Devaramane from Dr. A V Baliga memorial Hospital and Dr Umesh Prabhu from IMA Udupi as Chief Guests spoke on the importance of healthy food habits and good life style and the need to have regular Health check up after age 40 to keep one away from diseases.RCUM contributed Rs 10,000/- towards the Eye check up, BP and Sugar level check up

Talk on Health,Sanitation and Hygiene and practical demonstration of proper hand washing after going to toilet and before and after having food organized by jointly by RC Udupi Manipal and RC Udupi at Govt. Hr. Primary School Hanumanth Nagar on 19th Nov, 2019

Silence is the best answer for all questions and smiling is the best reaction to all situations

ಸಾಧಯವೕ ಇಲಲ ಎಂದು ಕೂಂಡರ ಏನನೂತನ ಸಾಧಸಲಾಗದು. ಪರಯತನಸುದರಂದ ನಷಟವೕನದ? ಗದದರ ಸಂತೂೕಷವಾಗುತತದ. ಸೂೕತರ ಅನುಭವ ಸಗುತತದ.

Project Positive Health

District Sports Meet

President Rtn Rajavarma Ariga and Rtn K S Jaivittal District sports at Nitte on 24th Nov,2019

Congratulations

WINS Program

M/s.Manipal Dot Net was awarded as “High Growth in Electronic Hardware Exports (Tier II & III Regions)” at STPI IT Export Awards–Karnataka 2019. We congratulate Rtn.Premleela Bhat’s family for this success.

Yoga Guru visits our town

A warm welcome to Yoga Guru Ramdev Baba by Rtn Sunny and his mother Ekta Jain