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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23
March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK
International Conference on
Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare
Joint care model between Rural Paediatric Setup and Tertiary Care Centre for children with special
needs: Indian experience
Asish Bhakta
Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, India
Introduction:
India currently enjoys the bottom most position
in World Inequality Global Index 20181. This is pronounced in
the care delivery of children with special needs. According to
WHO, one in every 4 to 5 children is a child with special needs.
An environmental factor (e. of ICF) like urban rural divide
pronounces as this health care access especially for these
children. We share our successful experience of collaborating
with tertiary care centre using Kolkata development model.
Methodology:
We report five cases.
Results:
The outcome was splendid and exemplary. All the five
cases showed remarkable improvement in their cognitive and
mental development, by virtue of which they have become
functioning enough regarding self-care and communication
with others.
Conclusion:
According to the ‘World report on disability’ about
15% of the world’s population lives with some formof disability,
of whom 2-4% experience significant difficulties in functioning.
The global disability prevalence is higher than previous WHO
estimates, which date from the 1970s and suggested a figure
of around10%². Estimates suggest that there are at least 93
million children with disabilities in the world, but numbers
could be much higher. They are often likely to be among the
poorest members of the population. They are less likely to
attend school, access medical services, or have their voices
heard in society. Their disabilities also place them at a higher
risk of physical abuse, and often exclude them from receiving
proper nutrition or humanitarian assistance in emergencies.
Updated:
2 October 2017³Unicef. As per the Census 2011,
In India out of the 121 Cr populations, 2.68 Cr persons are
‘disabled’ which is 2.21% of the total population. • Among
the disabled population 56% (1.5 Cr) are males and 44% (1.18
Cr) are females. In the total population, the male and female
population are 51% and 49% respectively. • Majority (69%) of
the disabled population resided in rural areas (1.86 Cr disabled
persons in rural areas and 0.81 Cr in urban areas). In the case
of total population also, 69% are from rural areas while the
remaining 31% resided in urban areas. This is mainly due to
existing Health Inequity in the rural population caused by lack
of awareness, information and access to proper health care
facilities. We have successfully implemented our pioneering
concept of bridging this gap through the tie-up of our rural
paediatric setup with a city based tertiary care centre utilising
the “Kolkata Development Model” which has already proved
successful among the childrenwith special needs by establishing
their genuine right to education and grow up with equal social
and family importance.
Speaker Biography
Asish Bhakta was born in the year 1957, he was reared at his village Mahishadal,
Purba-Medinipur, West-Bengal and had been nurtured at Mahishadal Raj High
School till he passed the Higher Secondary examination in 1973 with National
Scholarship. In the year 1974, he qualified for MBBS course at R G Kar Medical
College; under University of Calcutta and passed out in 1981; he did House-
physicianship in Paediatrics in his mother institution. Thereafter, he devoted
himself to serve the paediatric population in his native place as a doctor. Later in
2013, he met Dr Anjan Bhattacharyya, the renowned Developmental Paediatrician
in the Child Development Center, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata. That was
the turning point in his life. He was inspired to pursue post-graduate studies
under the mentor-ship of Dr Anjan Bhattacharyya and achieved the prestigious
qualifications: DCH/IPPC (Sydney University) in 2014 & DCH (U.K) -RCPCH (UK) in 2018.
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Asish Bhakta
, Curr Pediatr Res, Volume 23
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-011