500 babies, 4,000 visitors attend healthy baby contest at Thumbay Hospital

February 28, 2016

Dubai, Feb 28: It was a fun day out for babies and families at the annual Healthy Baby Contest and Exhibition', Dubai's largest family fun event held at Thumbay Hospital, Dubai on Friday, 26th February 2016. This year's event saw the participation of more than 500 kids and close to 4000 visitors.

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Prof. Gita Ashok Raj, Provost Gulf Medical University was the Guest of Honor of the event. Mr. Thumbay Moideen – Founder President of Thumbay Group, Mr. Akbar Moideen Thumbay – Vice President of the Healthcare Division of Thumbay Group, and several other important dignitaries were also present.

The Healthy Baby' was selected on the basis of the physical and mental growth, complete immunization, general appearance of the child, as well as the parents' knowledge about childcare. More than 500 children, falling in fivedifferent age categories participated in the competition. The age categories were: 3 months to 1 year, 1 to 2 years, 2 to 3 years, 3 to 4 years and 4 to 5 years. There were also prizes for categories like Curly Hair, Sparkling Eyes, Sunshine Smile and Chubby Cheeks, in addition to the Healthy Baby' prizes for each of the five age groups.The contest was judges by renowned pediatricians as well as experts from Thumbay Hospitals.

There were several fun activities for kids, such as winter snow play area, creative craft stations, children's train ride, bouncy castles, toddlers' play area, magic show, musical parade, meet and greet the prince and the princess, etc. Kids also got the chance to show their dancing talent before the huge audience.

The Healthy Baby Contest and Exhibition' is an annual event intended to raise community awareness and to inculcate health and nutrition habits in children at an early age, for a healthy lifestyle. The contest promotes health consciousness among mothers regarding various factors affecting the health of children and detecting illness at early stages. The contest also provides parents the chance for a personal and friendly interaction with the renowned doctors of Thumbay Group's hospitals. Judges speak to parents about parenting, growth-related issues of kids, immunization/vaccination etc.

“It is important for the parents to be aware of the child's growth stages, and understanding his/her needs. We talk to parents and advise them on all these aspects as well as parenting. Parents need to know what is normal for their kids and what is not; they should be clear about when to worry,” said one of the contest judges. He added that this was especially important for first-time parents, who usually tend to be very anxious.

There was also an online voting photo contest for babies from 3 months to five years. Over 600 children participated in this category, and the top ten winners based on highest votes were given special prizes at the event.The raffle draw for the family air ticket to Paris held at the event was won by DhashvathGunasekaran.

The event was supported by around50sponsors, such asKEF Holdings (Platinum Sponsor), HEALTH Magazine (Media Partner), Cool & Cool (Hygiene Partner), Humana, Julphar, The Kebab Shop, The Mob Truck, Nuralac, Zahrawi, Fujifilm, Boro Plus,Similac,PediaSure, NovalacGenio On Board, NovalacGenio 3 Plus, Blemil Plus, Wellcare,Wellbaby,Bar Tropical, Al Baker, Gelato Divino, Gulfdrug, Choithrams, Sun Maid, Quaker, Liptis Nutrition, Glenda, Vitane, Triangle, Al-Rehab Perfumes, Krispy Kreme, Joyalukkas, Seba Med, Masrouji Gulf, Sudocrem, Blends &Brews Coffee Shoppe, Nutri Plus Vita, Gulf Medical University, Thumbay Pharmacy, CareDirect, Heinz, Americana Cake, The Flower Shoppe, Thumbay Marketing & Distribution Company (TMDC), Thumbay Clinic, Body & Soul Health Club & Spa, Zo& Mo Opticals, Thumbay Foundation, Thumbay Medical & Dental Speciality Centre, The Terrace Restaurant, Thumbay Labs and Thumbay Builders.

LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS:

3 Months – 1 Year: Sunshine Smile: – Buthaina Ahmed, Chubby Cheeks: – Noor Talha, Sparkling Eyes: – Reyansh, Curly Hair: – Olatomiwa, 3rd Prize: – Mir Haroon Iqbal, 2nd Prize: – Celeste Geuel Santos, 1st Prize: – Aarav

1 Year – 2 Years: Sunshine Smile: – Mohammed ShaiqAzlan Ali, Chubby Cheeks: – NabeehaHammad, Sparkling Eyes: – Sama Ahmad Adnan, Curly Hair: – HibahFarhan, 3rd Prize: – Doorva Trivedi, 2nd Prize: – Riyon Rajesh, 1st Prize: – ShanayaSrivastav

2 Years – 3 Years: Sunshine Smile: – ShanayaSooraj, Chubby Cheeks: SimrahSharaz Umar Koya, Sparkling Eyes: – Tresa Rose, Curly Hair: – Eva Maria Johny, 3rd Prize: – Kyra Belge, 2nd Prize: – Fatima GulamSarwar, 1st Prize: – Aaira Fatima Sheikh

3 Years – 4 Years: Sunshine Smile: – Musa Tanveer, Chubby Cheeks: – MariyamSikander, Sparkling Eyes: - MahitIyer, Curly Hair: – Syed Ali Hyder Naqvi, 3rd Prize: - Kareem Al Hadi, 2nd Prize: – JestineBatayola, 1st Prize: – Krishna Vishwas

4 Year – 5 Year: Sunshine Smile:-Shreya Rayavanam, Chubby Cheeks: – Sarah Abdul MunafManiyan, Sparkling Eyes: – Saanvika Nair, Curly Hair: – SanchiSimepurushkar, 3rd Prize: – Ruba Khalid Abdul, 2nd Prize: – Vianna Sarah D'souza, 1st Prize: – MeharParath Thakkar

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Private hospitals urge for revised rates under ECHS, CGHS, GIPSA

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January 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 16: It was necessary to revise rates under the ECHS, CGHS and GIPSA schemes for private hospitals to be able to sustain, doctors from private hospitals have opined.

Under the banner of the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI), doctors from top private hospitals in the city spoke about the dues pending from the union government schemes. They said they could not give a deadline as to when they would stop offering the scheme.

In a press release issued here on Thursday association said, which had previously told the government that they would not treat patients under the scheme owing to dues, mellowed down after the government released Rs 250 crore out of the Rs 1,000 crore dues.

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Coronavirus can go up to 8 metres from exhalation, linger in air for hours: MIT scientist

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April 2,2020

The current physical distancing guidelines provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may not be adequate to curb the coronavirus spread, according to a research which says the gas cloud from a cough or sneeze may help virus particles travel up to 8 metres. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, noted that the the current guidelines issued by the WHO and CDC are based on outdated models from the 1930s of how gas clouds from a cough, sneeze, or exhalation spread.

Study author, MIT associate professor Lydia Bourouiba, warned that droplets of all sizes can travel 23 to 27 feet, or 7-8 metres, carrying the pathogen.

According to Bourouiba, the current guidelines are based on "arbitrary" assumptions of droplet size, "overly simplified", and "may limit the effectiveness of the proposed interventions" against the deadly pandemic.

She explained that the old guidelines assume droplets to be one of two categories, small or large, taking short-range semi-ballistic trajectories when a person exhales, coughs, or sneezes.

However based on more recent discoveries, the MIT scientist said, sneezes and coughs are made of a puff cloud that carries ambient air, transporting within it clusters of droplets of a wide range of sizes.

Bourouiba warned that this puff cloud, with ambient air entrapped in it, can offer the droplets moisture and warmth that can prevent it from evaporation in the outer environment.

"The locally moist and warm atmosphere within the turbulent gas cloud allows the contained droplets to evade evaporation for much longer than occurs with isolated droplets," she said.

"Under these conditions, the lifetime of a droplet could be considerably extended by a factor of up to 1000, from a fraction of a second to minutes," the researcher explained in the study.

The MIT scientist, who has researched the dynamics of coughs and sneezes for years, added that these droplets settle along the trajectory of a cough or sneeze contaminating surfaces, with their residues staying suspended in the air for hours.

"Even when maximum containment policies were enforced, the rapid international spread of COVID-19 suggests that using arbitrary droplet size cutoffs may not accurately reflect what actually occurs with respiratory emissions, possibly contributing to the ineffectiveness of some procedures used to limit the spread of respiratory disease," Bourouiba wrote in the study

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