KMC Hospital Attavar Participates in Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan
Mangaluru: KMC Hospital Attavar is on its 25th year of successfully delivering clinical services. On this occasion, there have been several social initiatives undertaken by the Hospital to mark the Silver Jubilee year.
On Sunday the 4th of June 2017 Team of doctors, Management, non-clinical staff and Students of KMC Hospital Attavar along with Volunteers of Ramakrishna Mission – Mangaluru, Sri Pathanjali Yoga Shikshana Samithi –Mangaluru, Staff and Students of Madhusudan Kushe School Attavar took up the cleanliness drive – “Swacch Attavar” as part of the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan at Attavar.
In this initiative, the team cleaned the 1 Km Stretch Public Road from KMC Hospital Attavar to NG road. The Swacch Attavar team also cleaned the surroundings and Drainage ways on both sides of the public road making it clean and ready for the upcoming monsoon.
This cleanliness drive was Flagged off by Dr Anand Venugopal – Medical Superintendent of KMC Hospitals Mangaluru at 7:15 am.
The welcome address was given by Dr G G Laxman Prabhu – Professor & HOD of Urology, KMC. After the Cleaning initiative, the team assembled for Refreshments. M Shashidhar Kotian –Professor of Biostatistics at Kasturba Medical College delivered the vote of thanks.
More than 200 volunteers participated in the Swacch Attavar drive whereby Children as young as 5 years and Elders as old as 83 years were seen enthusiastically cleaning the public roads.
Dr Santhosh Rai- Chairman of the KMC Hospital Silver Jubilee Committee, Premalatha – Human Resource Head, Gracy Lobo- Nursing Superintendent, Thresia, Sujatha, Srinivas Kamath headed various teams in this Cleanliness drive.