The project will diagnose the Complete Blood Count (CBC); a blood test used to evaluate your overall health.
Following in the footsteps of the government that has launched programs to battle anaemia amongst teenagers, the Vidyanidhi High School and Junior college at Vile Parle, has decided to start its own project called 13y2k/dL.
The project will diagnose the Complete Blood Count (CBC); a blood test used to evaluate your overall health, for girls from the age group of 10 to 15 and help them achieve a haemoglobin count of 13gm/dl to curb anaemia. The panel includes doctors, dieticians and gynaecologists.
The Health Ministry, in 2015, decided to reach out to schools and anganwadi centres under the weekly iron and folic acid supplement program to reduce nutritional anaemia among teenagers. They have diagnosed the CBC of 400 girl students from grade V to IX with the help of Shruti Pathology laboratories.
The management has roped in experts like Dr. Anand Deshpande a consultant haematologist from PD Hinduja hospital, Dr. Gayatri Deshpande consultant gynaecologist from Hinduja and Criticare hospital, Dr. Krishna Desai a consultant in-charge from Shruti Pathology lab, Dr. Sakshi Bali consultant Physiotherapist, Yogita Garodiya and Neelam Shukla dieticians and Dr. Nirmala Periwal a homeopath, for this free-of-cost cause.
Dr. Sadhana Modh, Trustee of the school, said, "The panel of doctors will help create awareness in parents about the risks of anaemia and how to prevent it."
Dr. Gayatri Despande, consultant gynaecologist, said, "Nutritional anaemia in girls usually begins at the age of five. But menstruation worsens this situation dropping their haemoglobin levels to 6gm/dl to 5gm/dl. I have seen such cases. Hence we decided to screen the girls."
The project will last for six months and consist of basic CBC estimation and depending on the severity of the cases will segregate them and motivate them to have a proper diet. "We will repeat the CBC test once again two months later to see if there has been any improvement. One of the main reasons for anaemia among teenagers is junk food and no nutritional food, second is due to their heavy menstruation cycle. Thalassaemia patients can also have a haemoglobin problem," added Gayatri Despande.
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