Department of Community Medicine

Facilities

Infrastructure

Our department has a state-of-the-art infrastructure including a well-stocked library, a museum, a student laboratory, a research laboratory, a rural health training centre, and an urban health training centre.

Rural Health Training Centre, Lavale

26 km from Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Pune. Covers 13 villages from Mulshi block of Pune district. Catering to approximately 49414 population.

List of extension activities through RHTC and UHTC

Medical care, referral services
Health checkup camps
Training (UG & PG students & interns, ASHA, AWW)
Health education & Counseling
Celebration of public health days
Research projects by interns
Family Health survey by UG students
Implementation of National Health Programmes
ARSH clinic with collaboration with Yardi CSR
SAM/ MAM clinics in Dattawadi/ Dandekar pool slum with Yardi CSR.

Services

General OPD
Specialist OPD- Ophthalmology Dermatology Homeopathy Optometry /Dental OPD
Indoor services
Referral services
Laboratory services X- ray
SMART SCOPY
National Health Programmes: Non communicable diseases /MCH/IMMUNISATION
Counseling by MSW
TL Laparoscopy Camps

RHTC infrastructure

3 storied state of the art building
2482 Sq. meters of built up area
Independent water supply and water storage facility
24 hours inverter and generator back up
Labour room
Operation theater & Labor room
Laboratory & X-ray
Counseling room
General store room Pharmacy Administrative office

RHTC Lavale renovated and upgraded its OT and from January 2019 started laparoscopic camp at RHTC, Lavale in collaboration with Primary Health Centre, Mutha. As on 31st March2020, 14 laparoscopic camps conducted at RHTC Lavale. Total 191 patients under went laparoscopic TL surgery. *Field Based Activities RURAL Health & Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), Lavale-HDSS is a household census system to monitor health trends, diseases (communicable & non-communicable as well) and vital events (births, deaths, migration, marriage etc.) in the population. HDSS initiated in area under Rural Health & Training Centre (RHTC), Lavale on 1st January 2019.RHTC, located 26 km from the medical college, covers 13 villages from Mulshi block of Pune district.

Urban Health Training Centre, Sadashiv Peth, Pune

Located 08 km from the medical college, covers 03 Municipal wards namely Ghole road, Kasaba-Vishrambagwada and Tilak road. It caters to a population of 60435 from 133 slums.

UHTC Infrastructure

3 storied state of the art building
Independent water supply and water storage facility
24 hours inverter and generator back up
Operation theatre
Laboratory
Counseling room
General store room
Pharmacy
Administrative office
Training room museum
Immunization room
Day care beds
Specialist room

Services through UHTC

General OPD
Specialist OPD- Ophthalmology Dermatology
Indoor services
Referral services
Laboratory services
SMART SCOPY
National Health Programmes: Non communicable diseases /MCH/IMMUNISATION
Counseling by MSW
Ophthalmic surgeries
Field Based Activities

Affiliations

Five Urban Health Centers of Pune Municipal Corporation for posting of our UG, PG students and interns for training purposes. These are:

Late shri Vilasrao Tambe dispensary
Yugpurish Raja Chhatrapati Urban Health Center, Bibvevadi
Matoshri Ramabai Ambilodha Maternity Home
Balaji Nagar Maternity Home, Dhankawadi.

URBAN Health & Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)

It is a household census system to monitor health trends, diseases (communicable & non-communicable as well) and vital events (births, deaths, migration, marriage etc.) in the population. HDSS initiated in area under Urban Health & Training Centre (RHTC), Lavale on June 2019 UHTC.

Community Based services/Outreach services

Anganwadi health checkup, School health checkup, Multi diagnostic camps, Family health Survey, Immunization survey, Celebration of public health days, Healthy baby competition, MCH camp in collaboration with other agencies, NGO.