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The Punjab Institute Project: Advancing health in Punjab through education, research, and collaboration. Join us in making a difference.
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The Punjab Institute is the flagship program of the Global Health Initiative in the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Our Partners:
• Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
• Amandeep Trauma Hospital
• Master Ajit Singh School
• One of the largest government rehabilitation facilities in Punjab
• Ensaaf Human Rights Workers
• Baba Nanak Education Society
About:
Unlike most medical missions to India and elsewhere abroad, the work of the Punjab Institute focuses on teaching U.S. physicians about social, economic, and political issues that impact health, such as female feticide, substance abuse, and land and water rights. By giving U.S. physicians a background in these topics and working on the ground with our partner organizations, they are better trained to engage in translational research and sustainable solution-building in Punjab.
Major thematic areas selected based on the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals inform the structure the program elective.
Our Successes
Clinical:
Fellows gain clinical experience in Punjabi hospitals. They are given the opportunity to learn from local physicians and to share their knowledge and skills. Ultrasound machines are restricted in India due to the secondary use of facilitating gender-selective abortions. This creates limitations on the availability for ultrasound technology to be used as a teaching tool for other procedures, such as ultrasound guided regional blocks and central line placements. (Learn more: www.gunishakaur.com/emergency-response).
Learn more about our Weill Cornell Fellowship Program: http://anesthesiology.weill.cornell.edu/education/global-health-initiative/fellowship-program
Research:
Fellows through the institute have gone on to create measurable change in the field of global health, developing research based initiatives to address the consequences of ultrasound restriction in Punjab, India.
Fieldwork:
Our current Fellow is developing a research project on Farmer Suicide in Punjab, India.
Program growth:
1. Hiring one full-time physician/faculty member and one full-time physician/fellow as staff to the Punjab Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University.
2. Taking over 18 U.S. physicians to Punjab for healthcare work in less than two years.
3. More than 14 academic research projects to-date in Punjab focused on improving health.
4. Presentations on Punjab-related health issues at national and international academic conferences.
Your support provides an avenue for you to engage in this exciting and cutting-edge health work in Punjab. Significantly, the generous donation that you provide makes a real difference to women, children, and men in Punjab.
Learn more about healthcare work in Punjab through Cornell University through our official website www.punjabinstitute.org.
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