SOCIAL MEDICINE & COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES

The Department of Social Medicine plays a vital role in taking Swarupa Hospital to the community across a wide network and countries across the world. The Department seeks to understand the effect of socio-economic, genetic, and environmental factors that have an impact on human beings leading to disease and disability, and to establish preventive and prophylactic medical and health screening measures to control and protect individuals and the community at large.

The Department has the following programs under its wings:

Swarupa International Travel Health and Vaccination Centre The Centre which is fully equipped on international standards and supported by team of doctors and nurses trained in travel medicine, offers protection from a vast majority of diseases through customized solutions to immunisation needs.

Set on international standards, the new Centre will provide the full range of vaccination recommended by the World Health Organisation and the Government of India from birth to adulthood, catering to the needs of our own residents and travellers across the world. Our team will examine and administer mandatory and seasonal vaccinations, bearing in mind a host of factors, pre-existing health conditions, allergies, activities, environment and epidemics.

The Centre is also geared to serve international travellers who travel extensively to a number of countries with India as a base or short term transit point. Our advanced diseases tracking system will oversee prevention and prophylaxis measures for these international and Indian travellers as they journey across the world.

The Centre will:

• Examine and advise vaccination required
• Administer vaccines
• Offer advice on additional precautions to be taken for country of visit, caution management of pregnant family member, children and infants
• Recommend medications to be carried for protection
• Provide contact details for use in case of health issues abroad
• Evaluation on return if traveller has been affected with any acquired infectious disease whilst abroad