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Social Sanchar With Dr. Rajesh Dere, Dean of BKC Jumbo COVID Hospital & Vaccination Centre on 30th April 2021

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April 30,2021 @ 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Curing COVID Confusion

With the 2nd wave of COVID in full swing, V Citizens Action Network (VCAN) realising that the citizens have more doubts and questions than ever, conducted a special Social Sanchar on 30th April 2021 taking up the issue of Curing COVID Confusion with Dr. Rajesh Dere, the Dean of BKC Jumbo COVID Hospital, one of Mumbai’s largest dedicated COVID Hospitals and Vaccination Centres.

The fully digital Social Sanchar session was broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube, and was joined by viewers across the city and the globe.

Smt. Indrani Malkani, Chairman & Managing Trustee of VCAN, started the session by greeting all viewers and warmly welcoming Dr. Rajesh Dere.

She shared a brief introduction about VCAN and its overarching objective, which is to establish effective linkages between Government and Citizens by working in partnership with several Government Authorities. She highlighted the focus areas of work of VCAN and its interactive Web Portal and the live interactive talk show titled TogetherVCAN’s Social Sanchars with Senior Government Officials as Guest Speakers. She also spoke about the new series ‘Health and Wellbeing’ with leading Doctors and Healthcare Professionals as Speakers.

She gratefully thanked VCAN’s Support Partner RDC Concrete (India) Pvt. Ltd, for supporting the Social Sanchar and also mentioned that RDC Concrete had supported a Social Sanchar earlier as well. She conveyed VCAN’s deep appreciation of their consistent support.

She conveyed her warm thanks to VCAN’s Implementing Partner Citizens Association for Child Rights (CACR)

She specially thanked the Student Council, the NSS, and all the Students of VCAN’s College Partner Jai Hind College and all the other *Colleges who have associated with VCAN.

To see the list of *colleges, Click here

Smt. Malkani also thanked Team Teknowlegion for powering the fully digital Social Sanchars and for keeping VCAN’s Web Portal going, VCAN’s social media consultant Shri. Sumit Lulla, all viewers, colleagues and networking partners and friends in the media.

Smt. Malkani then invited her fellow trustee Shri. V. Ranganathan, a former Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai, and who has also led the State of Maharashtra as the Chief Secretary, to introduce Guest Speaker Dr. Rajesh Dere.

Brief profile of Dr. Rajesh C. Dere

Dr. Rajesh C. Dere 

Dean of BKC Jumbo COVID Hospital and Vaccination Centre

Professor and Head Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, LTMGH

  • Consultant Post Mortem Examinations, Medico-Legal Matters, Hospital Planning & Management
  • Secretary, Medicolegal Association of Maharashtra
  • Nodal Officer, One Stop Crisis Centre for Examination of Survivors of Sexual Offence (POCSO)
  • President (Ex), Municipal Medical Teachers Association, Mumbai
  • Advisor, Sports Authority of India
  • Executive Member (Ex), Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Secretary (Ex), Senior Medical Teacher Association

Dr. Dere spoke about many of the issues related to COVID Testing, Treatment, Procedure of Use of Oxygen and Ventilator for the patient, Vaccination process, among other related issues concerning COVID.

Some highlights which emerged from Dr. Dere’s talk and from the multiple questions that had been raised are listed below. Notably, a large number of the questions came from young adults.

  • Treatment at home, what are the Dos and Don’ts
  • Explanation about the two most talked about medicines; Remdesivir and Tocilizumab; The condition in which it is normally recommended, the effectiveness and the procurement process
  • Facts about Convalescent Plasma … How effective is such a treatment and how can it be donated?
  • After the quarantine period, does the COVID Patient necessarily need to do a test to check if Negative and also when does a COVID Positive person becomes non-contagious
  • About Oxygen; the different ways of administering and other pertinent points one should know about
  • Are there new symptoms seen with patients in the 2nd wave?
  • Asymptomatic persons, when and how does one know if a person is likely to be COVID Positive?
  • Differences between vaccines and which is better?
  • Is the vaccine safe? What exactly are the effects i.e. is there possibilities a vaccinated person could spread the virus?
  • Are there any particular precautions to be taken after the first dose of vaccine?
  • Could elective or emergency surgery have any issue with vaccination?
  • What are the ways to strengthen the capacity of the Lungs?
  • Are Home remedies/steam/kada effective against COVID?
  • Should one take steam inhalation?
  • COVID dead bodies, in which circumstances would there be post mortem?
  • About Home masking, when is it required?

 

His clear explanations and advice to the viewers and his replies to the multitude of questions, would best be heard in his own words. Please watch Dr. Rajesh Dere’s Full Session Click here

Dr. Dere’s opening remarks followed by Q&A starts at 11:37 minutes Click here

 

The interactive session with Dr. Dere was noteworthy, with his frank style of explaining the issues related to COVID, and it was so easy to understand and relate to, that it kept all viewers captivated.

At the end of the session, on behalf of the Trustees of VCAN Smt. Malkani presented an online memento of appreciation to Dr Dere. She then thanked Dr. Dere and the viewers for joining the session and ended the digital Social Sanchar.

 

To view the video of the session, click here

To view the press coverage by the Mid-Day Mumbai on MAY 3, 2021 click here

 

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