Fortis Malar Conducts an Impactful Session On Mental Fitness for College Students
Chennai, 10th September
2019: On the Occasion of World Suicide
Prevention Day, Fortis Malar Hospital today conducted an enlightening session
for students of Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts And Science. The two
hour session was led by Ms. Sneha George, Counselling Psychologist,
Fortis Malar Hospital focussing on understanding of suicide and how to
start critical conversations.
Commenting
on the occasion, Ms. Sneha George said, “The focus of the event was to break
the taboo around suicide and let the students know that no problem is too big
to solve. Our aim was to tell the young generation that people who take
their lives, do not want to end their life but they only want to stop hurting.
Suicide prevention starts with recognizing the warning signs and taking them
seriously. So we taught them to how identify triggers in oneself or among their
loved ones”.
The event
included a fact sharing session around mental health and suicide. Interactive
activities like the feelings chart were shared for the students to express
their feelings. This chart was to help them understand and introspect that
their feelings change over a period of time. The final activity involved the
students stacking paper cups to see how overwhelmed they were. For each cup
that is stacked, the student was told to express what was bothering them.
Suicide is the second most leading cause of death among 15 to 29-year-olds
in the world. Almost 8,00,000 people die because of suicide yearly, which is
one person every 40 seconds. One student commits suicide every hour according
to National Crime Records Bureau data study in 2015.
About Fortis
Healthcare Limited: Fortis Healthcare Limited
is a leading integrated healthcare delivery service provider in India. The
healthcare verticals of the company primarily comprise hospitals, diagnostics
and day care specialty facilities. Currently, the company operates its
healthcare delivery services in India, Dubai and Sri Lanka with 43 healthcare
facilities (including projects under development), approximately 9,000
potential beds and over 400 diagnostics centres.
About Fortis Malar Hospital: Fortis Malar Hospital was acquired by Fortis Healthcare
(India) Limited in early 2008. The hospital founded in 1992, is established as
one of the largest corporate hospitals in Chennai providing quality super
specialty andmulti-specialty healthcare services. Fortis Malar Hospitals, with
180 beds, focuses on providing comprehensive medical care in the areas of
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Neuro Surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics,
Gastroenterology, Neurology, Paediatrics, Diabetics, Nephrology and Internal
Medicine. Fortis Malar Hospital has a state of the art Cath Lab and multiple
dedicated cardiac operation theatres and intensive coronary care units. Several
rare and complex Adult and Paediatric Cardiac surgeries, Orthopaedic and Joint
replacements, Neurosurgeries and Plastic reconstruction surgeries have been
performed at this hospital. The hospital’ Obstetrics and Gynaecology services
are among the busiest in the city, successfully performing many complicated
deliveries and surgeries. They are supported by a dedicated Neonatology unit.💥💥
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