RESEARCH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES IN INDIA ( RSSDI ) is the largest organization of diabetes health care professionals and researchers in India. RSSDI provides non-formal education in diabetes to primary care clinicians practicing in rural areas. RSSDI Continuing Medical Education programs are organized at NIMS and many teaching hospitals throughout the country for last 25 years, and since 1994 all RSSDI CME activities are coordinated from NIMS, Hyderabad.
SCHOOL OF DIABETOLOGY was inaugurated on the World Diabetes Day, November 14, 1998 in NIMS campus. For this purpose, construction in 1800 sft of first floor space and in another 2000 sft ground floor space was completed as generous donations of Rs.2,100,000 were received.
DONORS
to School of Diabetology at
NIZAM'S
INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
between
1998 and 2000
| Amount | Donor |
|---|---|
| Rs.415,000 | Prof. KURAPATI KRISHNAVENI FUND Hyderabad |
| Rs.350,000 | Dr. REDDY's LABORATORIES Hyderabad |
| Rs.350,000 | NOVO NORDISK EDUCATION FOUNDATION Bangalore |
| Rs.100,000 | NICHOLAS PIRAMAL Mumbai |
| Rs.100,000 | TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS Ahmedabad |
| Rs.100,000 | LIFE SCAN JOHNSON & JOHNSON Mumbai |
| Rs. 80,000 | PATURI ANASUYA, AMMIRAJU Eluru |
| Rs. 20,000 | PATURI USHABALA, BHANUTEJA Hyderabad |
| Rs. 50,000 | ASWINI CHARITABLE TRUST Hyderabad |
| Rs. 50,000 | ELITE HEALTH PRODUCTS Hyderabad |
| Rs. 36,000* | HEMADRI CEMENTS Hyderabad |
| Rs. 25,000 | SERDIA PHARMACEUTICALS Mumbai |
| Rs. 25,000 | H B C CHARITABLE TRUST Hyderabad |
| Rs. 20,000 | BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS Ltd Hyderabad |
| Rs. 20,000 | KNOLL PHARMACEUTICALS Mumbai |
| Rs. 10,000 | Dr. V.V.S.R.K. PRASAD Hyderabad |
| Rs. 10,000 | Dr. SUGUNA VIJAY VARMA Bahraich |
| Rs. 7,500* | Sri MUKHARAM DEEN DAYAL AGARWAL Hyderabad |
| Rs. 5,000 | Dr. KODALI VIJAYA KUMAR Hyderabad |
| Rs. 5,000 | Dr. G. SUDHIR Hyderabad |
| Rs. 5,000* | Dr. SAI SUDHAKAR Hyderabad |
| Rs. 5,000 | Dr. MANTHA SRINIVAS Hyderabad |
| Rs. 5,000 | Dr. G. VIJAYAKUMAR Chennai |
| Rs. 5,000 | Dr. S.S. MURTHY Nellore |
| Rs. 2,001 | Dr. A.G. VASANTHA Hyderabad |
| Rs. 1,001 | Dr. N. UMA DEVI Hyderabad |
| Rs. 2,000 | Dr. M.S.N. MURTHY Hyderabad |
| Rs. 2,000 | Dr. M. YADAGIRI Hyderabad |
| Rs. 1,000 | Dr. T. MADAN MOHAN Hyderabad |
| Rs. 1,000 | Sri KATTA CHANDRASEKHAR Nirmal |
| Rs. 1,000 | Dr. K.S.N. RAJU Hyderabad |
| $ 2,450 | Dr. SYAM KUNAM and his associates Redlands CA |
| Rs. 50,000 | Dr. CHADALAVADA SUBBA RAO Newcastle-U-Lyme UK |
| Rs. 20,000 | Pandit YELCHURI VIJAY RAGHAV RAO Springfield VA |
| $ 500 | Dr. KASARANENI MANMADHA RAO Brockport NY |
| $ 500 | Prof. ALLURU SUBBARAMI REDDI Newark NJ |
| $ 500 | Dr. NAGALLA SRINIVAS Portland OR |
| $ 500 | Dr. EDARA LOKESWARA RAO Battle Creek MI |
| $ 250 | Dr. VANAM KAMALAKAR RAO Edison NJ |
| $ 200 | Dr. KAVURI SUBBARAMAIAH Cerritos CA |
| $ 200 | Dr. MUSUNURI MAHESHWARA RAO Bellaire OH |
| £ 100 | Dr. WASIM HANIF Stourbridge UK |
| $ 100 | Dr. ALLA RAGHAVA RAO Alexandria LA |
| $ 100 | Sri YAMIJALA RAMA SESHAGIRI RAO Andover MA |
For establishing the School of Diabetology in NIMS, total financial support solicited from donors is Rs.5,000,000. [ Rs.2,500,000 for construction; Rs.500,000 for audio-visual, computer and library facilities; and Rs.1,000,000 as fixed deposit in bank for utilizing the annual interest accrued for supporting two fellowship programs in diabetes ].
Further efforts to raise additional finances for making this prestigious national diabetes facility at NIMS, fully operational are currently under way.
The SCHOOL OF DIABETOLOGYfacilitates effective functioning of
1.
DIABETES DAY CARE
2.
EDUCATION, TRAINING and RESEARCH facilities of the
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences.
OBJECTIVES
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
organization and carrying out of professional training, post graduate teaching, evaluation of health personnel in diabetology by the National Accreditation Committee and its activities throughout the country
ESTABLISHING
MODEL DIABETES HEALTH CARE SERVICES
for
providing on-site TRAINING for PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS and PARAMEDICS
in the following activities :
Timely
(early) DIAGNOSIS and MANAGEMENT of DIABETES and related COMPLICATIONS
providing
expertise to the clinical staff of the Medicine - and Surgery - allied
specialities and Anesthesiology departments for carrying out appropriate
speciality-oriented diagnostic and management procedures
performing target check-ups (on call) in subjects with an increased risk for the onset of the disease and seeking specialist management in Medicine or Surgery allied specialities.
performing early diabetes detection drives in keeping with the WHO and IDF programs and in agreement with the basic level recommendations.
HEALTH
CARE DELIVERY
initial
phase care in out-patient service, as well as care in unstable and non-regulated
diabetes and in cases with complications
consultative aid and the hospital treatment organization
SOCIO-MEDICAL
CARE
health
education, community visits and consulting patients in cooperation with
the basic clinicians
consultative evaluation of working capability, complete treatment and diet plans
for making diabetics to be aware, practice and develop diabetic `self-care' skills
to provide much needed impetus for popularizing the concept of self-care to the diabetics all over the state and nation through the on-going diabetic education programs of the Institute
for limiting disability, social support and rehabilitation through medico-social services
FOLLOW-UP
OF PATIENTS
through
dispensary methods of work
keeping documentation and evidence
compiling annual list of patients and maintaining data on newly registered diabetics in the Central Register for Diabetics for the Andhra Pradesh State
working out the proposals, for work programs and plans for health care of diabetes in cooperation with basic level
COOPERATION
in
carrying out health care
cooperation with all other units of NIMS and teaching Institutions of the State which participate in carrying out measures of diabetes health care.
DR.P.V.RAO