SL. Raheja Hospital- A Fortis Associate in association with the Rotary Club organize two-day health seminar for female members
~ Hosted as an International Women’s Day initiative to equip homemakers,
to handle emergencies empowering the women of the family ~
Mahim, March 8th 2018: A woman is often regarded as the pillar of
the family; to commemorate this belief and in observance of International
Women’s Day, SL Raheja Hospital - A Fortis Associate in association with
the Rotary Club organized a two-day seminar focusing on equipping women to
handle emergencies, through First Aid and CPR training.
In the two-day workshop the session
on First Aid and CPR training was hosted by Dr Amit Nabar, Consultant-Critical
Care & HOD-Emergency Medicine, rest of the sessions were headed by Dr Alka
Kumar, Consultant Gynecologist, Dr Prashant Nyati, Gynecological OncoSurgeon
and Dr Sandip Bipte, Consultant Surgical Oncology at SL Raheja Hospital - A Fortis Associate. Day-1
of the activity was graced by guest of honour Mrs Mohini Sharma Mane, Mrs India
2016 & President of Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Bayview & Dr Shanti
Radhakrishanan, Medical Superintendent at the hospital. Day-2 was graced by the
presence of guests of honour veteran
Marathi actresses, Varsha Usgaonkar and Nisha Parulekar.
Speaking about the initiative, actress Varsha Usgaonkar, said, “It was
an honor to be part of this initiative that enabled women to tackle situations through
knowledge. The sessions were extremely informative, they will help us save
lives in critical times. These sessions also brought to fore preventive steps
that could be taken to avoid diseases, this way each family has a guardian,
right at home! ”.
Dr Bipin Chevale, Zonal
Director, SL. Raheja Hospital - A Fortis Associate,
added, “Awareness amongst women about their
own health issues must always be addressed, acknowledging this today was our
objective. This was a progressive step towards empowering the backbone of every
household, women. we look forward to organizing many more activities for the benefit
of the community”.
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