Abhimanyu Class was launched in Jawahar lal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai by the Deptt. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for pregnant women and their relatives on here with the aim of removing fear and misconceptions regarding pregnancy and to teach how to care for the pregnant women and the unborn child.
The programme was inaugurated by Dr Subodh Hiran, Dr AM Kekre, Dr Shailendra Jain, Dr Ashok Ghorpade and Dr Maheep Bhalla were present on the occasion.
In her welcome address Dr Sulbha Vavre, Joint Director (M&HS) & HOD (O&G) emphasised the need of imparting good culture to the unborn child.
Dr Hiran congratulated the team of O&G for its good initiative to educate the pregnant women with their family members about the development of the unborn child and care of the mother and baby. These programmes are available in big cities for the affluent people, but in Bhilai, this facility is being made available free of cost to all the pregnant women attending JlNH & RC OPD Dr Kekre expressed his desire to rename the class as “Modern Abhimanyu Class” as the classical Abhimanyu could not break the Chakravyooh, but the modern child should be able to break the Chakravyooh of malnutrition, infection etc.
Dr Jain emphasised the importance of care of the pregnant women & unborn child as the future depends on them.Dr Vandana Motghare, Sr Dy Director (O&G) expressed the vote of thanks and expressed gratitude to all the directors, pregnant women and their family members, the yoga teachers, teachers of college of nursing, Rakesh Kumar, DGM (M&S) & his team and Mohit Arya, Sr Mgr (QMD).
Dr Vavre and Dr Shyla Jacob explained development of the unborn child, Antenatal Care & Exercise and Yoga which was taken in detail by Yoga Guru Chinmayamurthy, Gyaneshwari and Seema. Daisy Abraham and Seema Santosh, teachers from PG College of Nursing took sessions on dietary requirement, postnatal care and the importance of breast feeding. The programme was attended by about 50 pregnant women with their families. Dr Sunita Agrawal, Sr Dy Director (O&G) conducted the proceedings.