22/06/2023
Senior citizens’ concern must increase at the village level: Dr. Sashidhara Y N
April 14, 2023: Inaugurating a free medical camp held under the auspices of various organizations at Hiriadka for senior citizens, Professor and HOD of Community Health Nursing, MAHE, Manipal. Dr. Shasidhara YN wished that medical examination and treatment should be made easy for the people in every village to increase the health level of the senior citizens. He added that Raghavendra G is organizing such programs as a part of research on the Effectiveness of the Gerontechnology Empowerment Program (GEP) on awareness and usage of mobile applications among senior citizens for Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. This will help the senior citizens’ quality of life in the future.
President of Rotary Club Manipal Town Rtn. Nityananda Nayak, President of Bunts Sangha Nitish Kumar Shetty, President of Mogaveera Youth Organization - Hiriadka Mahesh Putran, President of Kotnakatte Friends Circle Prasad Muttur, President of Navyodaya Friends Club Narasimha Kamath, Community Health Specialist of Kasturba Hospital Dr. Gahan A Jois, representatives of Udupi Senior Citizens Association were present.
Sadananda Sherigar President of Devadiga Samaja at Hiriadka Upa Sangh presided over the program. The camp coordinator, Raghavendra Manipal G from Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, compared the program and Divakar Hiriadka , Secretary of Kotnakatte Friends Circle, welcomed the dignitaries.
The camp was organized under the support and guidance of Dr. Judith A Naronha - HOI of the College of Nursing and Dr. Chef K Thirugnanasambantham, Principal, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA). Jointly organised by Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Udupi Senior Citizens Association, Udupi, Rotary Club Manipal Town, Hiriadka Upa-Sangha of Karnataka Rajya Devadigara Sangha Mangalore, Udupi District Mogaveera Yuva Sangha - Hiriadka Branch, Bunts Sangha, Kotnakatte Friends Circle, Navyodaya Friends Club. Ashwini K, Poojashree, Sudhindra Nayak , Shiv Sherigar, Shekhar Devadiga, and Srinivasa Rao contributed to the program.
