AIIMS Rishikesh

geriatric_medicine

PhotoName DesignationArea of interestOrchid Id
Prof. (Dr.) Minakshi DharProfessor and HeadClinical: General Geriatrics, Frailty and multimorbidity

Research: Sarcopenia, nutrition, alternative medicine

https://orcid.org/0000-0001- 6336- 5179
Dr. Monika PathaniaAdditional ProfessorClinical: -

Lifestyle diseases- hypertension, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, integrative medicine, mind body medicine

Research: -

Lifestyle diseases- hypertension, metabolic syndrome ,dyslipidemia,integrative medicine, mind body medicine

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-1162

https://www.researchgate.net//profile/Monika_Pathania/info

CLINICAL SERVICES:

Outpatient services at present:

  1. Department is providing outpatient services daily (5 days in the Institute) along with one-day community outreach clinic.

General Geriatric OPD Schedule: 8.30 am to 2.00pm

Day of Week/ TimeConsultants
MondayProf. Minakshi Dhar,
TuesdayDr. Monika Pathania
WednesdayProf. Minakshi Dhar
ThursdayDr. Monika Pathania
SaturdayOutreach clinic

 

  1. Currently, specialized clinic in Lifestyle/Integrative Medicine, Fall clinic, Memory clinic and Heart Failure are being run.

Specialty Clinics/ services (Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic)

Schedule- day and consultant wise:

Day of Week/timeSpecialty ClinicConsultant in chargeConsult, if you have following issues…
Wednesday/ 2-4PMHeart Failure ClinicProf. Minakshi DharPatients diagnosed with Heart failure with or without any other co morbidity
Thursday/2-4PMLifestyle ClinicDr. Monika PathaniaPatients requiring diagnosis, treatment and/or management of high blood pressure i.e BP > 139/89 with or without complications.

Patients who are over Wight, i.e BMI – 23 – 24.9, obese class 1- BMI -25-29.9.

Patient with metabolic syndrome (obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia ,dyslipidemia)

Friday / 09 AM to 12 PMLifestyle Clinic (Integrative Medicine)Dr. Monika Pathania
Wednesday/ 2-4PMFall clinicProf. Minakshi DharGiddiness, History of unintentional fall, Problem with balance, fear of fall
Tuesday/ 9 AM-1 PMMemoryDr. Monika Pathania 

 

  1. Yoga therapy Room is available in the OPD area to provide Yoga therapy to patients.
  2. Allied specialty services are being utilized for referral. including Ophthalmology, ENT, Urology, Psychiatry, Orthopedics, Dental and PMR.

Inpatient services at present:

  1. A 20 bedded inpatient service with medical ward having 14 beds, 4 Acute Care beds, and 2 long-term care beds. In addition, separate beds have been earmarked for elderly in different specialties like urology, neurology, ENT, Ophthalmology, cardiology, PMR departments.
  2. We have Yoga and physiotherapy room for inpatient therapy.

Other Facilities available:

  1. General parameters: Anthropometric measurements (height, weight, BMI, Hip, Waist Circumference) Vital sign: Pulse, Blood pressure, Temperature and other vitals monitoring. Blood glucose charting.
  2. Counselling about treatment plan, investigations, Health education
  3. Dietary Services: The department provides dietary opinion in the OPD area by trained dieticians. Both inpatients and outpatients are provided dietary advice. This service is really helpful for patients with diabetes, hypertension, IBS,malabsorption syndromes, renal disease, liver disease and other conditions requiring specific diets.
  4. Telemedicine Services: The department provides telemedicine services on working days. This helps patients living in remote areas and those who can’t access healthcare because of the ongoing COVID pandemic. Specialty clinics also provide their services via telemedicine. Services are available both on call and via WhatsApp messages. Patient complaints are evaluated and they are advised regarding further management. This has helped reduce need for physical OPD visits.

Month wise OPD Census w. e. f. 01/04/2023-31/03/2024

 

MonthNumber Of Patients
General OPDLifestyle Disease ClinicHeart Failure ClinicIntegrative Medicine clinic
अप्रैल 20231216541521
मई 20231499411321
जून 2023116429169
जुलाई 2023111817814
अगस्त 20231184381219
सितम्बर 20231343141036
अक्तूबर 2023129514824
नवम्बर 2023102936812
दिसम्बर 2023114143127
जनवरी 20249902937
फरवरी 2024120513323
मार्च 202411434415
Total14327332101228

 

 

 

 

Department of Geriatric Medicine April 2023 to March 2024 (Overall Admitted Patient Data)

 

Monthly Admission Discharge Data 364 Geriatric Medicine Ward

MonthAdmissionTotal Admission
OPDEmergency
अप्रैल 2023361854
मई 2023271845
जून 202333942
जुलाई 2023322658
अगस्त 2023322153
सितम्बर 2023282351
अक्तूबर 2023331952
नवम्बर 2023402161
दिसम्बर 2023391251
जनवरी 2024202848
फरवरी 2024262652
मार्च 2024333265
Total379253632

 

 

Courses run by the department:

  1. Post Graduate Course:
  2. Department is already running a post graduate course in geriatric medicine with annual intake of 2 candidates/ year.
  3. Proposal is to start the Diploma course in Geriatric Medicine for in service doctors of State of Uttrakhand.
  4. Post-Doctoral courses:
  • PDCC Geriatric Medicine-The department has started post-doctoral certificate course in Geriatric Medicine in January 2019. Two residents have successfully completed the course.
  • PDCC Lifestyle Diseases. -The department has started PDCC course in Lifestyle diseases and is running a lifestyle clinic in the department. One candidate has got the degree and other is presently pursuing the course.
  • PhD Course: -There are Three PhD students presently in the department.
MD, Geriatrics3 Years10 Student 
PDCC , Geriatrics1 years0 Student 
PDCC in lifestyle disease management1 YEAR

 

( Students-0)

2 STUDENTS PER YEAR APPROVED-

Course details:

1. Name of the course: Post-Doctoral Certificate Course (PDCC) in lifestyle disease management

2. Duration: One year

3. Number: Two students per year

4. Eligibility: The course is open for candidates holding MD Medicine/MD Community and Family Medicine/MD Pharmacology

Age limit: 35 years (as on 1st January of admission year),

Learning objectives:

1. To bring desirable and positive change in knowledge, skills, attitude in the learner, in managing common lifestyle related diseases

2. Inculcate evidence based research among the doctors in lifestyle diseases to provide best available care to patients affected by lifestyle disorders.

3. Take the lifestyle disease care from hospital door to community with an integrative approach.

4. To provide well trained, complete, basic medical doctor with a holistic and scientific approach to the health care system.

5. Lay the foundation of trained doctors for “wellness clinic “ proposed by the government for prevention of non-communicable diseases

PhD ThreeTwo - Under Prof. Minakshi Dhar

One - Under Dr. Monika Pathania

 

 

SESSIONNo. of JR (Geriatric Medicine)No. of SRs (PDCC Geriatric Medicine)No. of SRs (PDCC Lifestyle Disease)No. of PhD students
JAN 20201 (completed)1 (completed)  
JULY 202021(completed)  
JAN 202122(completed)  
JULY 2021--  
JAN 20221 1 (completed)1
July 20221 1 
JAN 20231   
JULY 20233   
JAN 20242  2
JULY 20242  1

 

 

  1. TOT workshops:

Various workshops for Training the trainers will be organized for state doctors and nurses.

 

 

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

  1. Various research activities are already being ongoing both at Institute level and community level
  2. We have good integration in AYUSH Department and also carrying out research projects with them.

 

TitleSite-InvestigatorsPrincipal InvestigatorCollaboration, if any (Department and institute)Funding AgencyProjects Status
Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI WAVE 1) -  LASI is a Ministry of Health & Family Welfare projectDr. Minakshi Dhar,

Dr. Vikram Rawat

Dr. AB Dey, AIIMS delhiMulticentricNational Institute of Aging, USACompleted
Effectiveness of covaxin and covishield vaccine against severe COVID 19: multicentric hospital;l based case control study.Dr. Minakshi Dhar, Dr. Samita, Dr. vartika, dr. monikaMulticentricICMRCompleted
HTA of National stroke Care registry Programme development of hospital based Stroke Registries (HBSR) in different regions of IndiaDr. Minakshi dhar, Dr. Niraj KumarAIIMS delhiMulticentricICMROngoing
IMPETU Stroke: IMPlementation of an Evaluation and Treatment Package for Uniform Stroke Care and outcomes in the Medical Colleges in India. An Implementation Research StudyDr. Minakshi dhar, Dr. Niraj KumarAIIMS delhiMulticentricICMRcompleted
A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, multi-centric, trial to determine the therapeutic efficacy of Ayush medicine NOQ19 in treatment of symptomatic COVID-19 patients along with standard allopathic treatmentDr. Minakshi Dhar. Dr. monika pathaniaMulticentricFunded by SSIARcompleted
Effect of Yoga therapy on elderly patients with fear of fall- An open label randomized controlled trialDr. Krithartha, dr. monika pathania, dr. Yogesh bahurupiDr. Minakshi DharSingle centerCCYRNcompleted
Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI WAVE 2) -  LASI is a Ministry of Health & Family Welfare projectDr. Minakshi Dhar,

Dr. Vikram Rawat, Dr. monika pathania

Dr. Shrimistha  Dey, AIIMS delhiMulticentricNational Institute of Aging, USATo be started
Sentinel surveillance of disease with covid vaccineDr. Minakshi dhar, Dr. Yogesh BahurupiMulticentricICMRongoing
To assess the beneficial effect of adjuvant growth hormone therapy in elderly individuals with chronic congestive heart failure- multicentric studyDr. minkashi dhar, dr. monika pathaniaDr. saurabh SrivastavaGIMS, AIIMS bathindaICMRTo be started

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

 

 

TitleSite-InvestigatorsPrincipal InvestigatorCollaboration, if any (Department

and institute)

Funding AgencyProjects Status
Efficacy of 6-month Holistic Ayurveda Intervention on Sarcopenia Related Clinical and Biochemical Outcomes among Elderly: A

Multicentric Randomised Controlled Trial".

Dr. Monika PathaniaDr. Monika Pathania, AIIMS RishikeshAYUSH

&Integrative Medicine

ICMROngoing
12-week Rhythmic-Yoga-Breathing for Burnout and Professional Quality of Life in Health Care

Providers: RCT

Dr. Monika PathaniaDr. Monika Pathania, AIIMS

Rishikesh

 DST-

Satyam

Completed
Effect of Kabasura Kudineer in Management of Asymptomatic, MILD to Moderate Cases of COVID-19: MULTICENTRIC RCTDr. Monika PathaniaDr Minaxi khapre & Dr.

Monika Pathania, AIIMS Rishikesh

 SST & SSIAR

Bengaluru

Completed
A Study of correlation between clinical profile of patient's non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome.Dr. Monika PathaniaDr Rishab Aggarwal

AIIMS Rishikesh

 ICMRCompleted
Effectiveness of covaxin and covishield vaccine against severe COVID 19: multicentric hospitall

based case control study.

Dr. Monika Pathania  ICMRCompleted
Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI WAVE 2) - LASI is a Ministry

of Health & Family Welfare project

Dr Minakshi Dhar Dr. Monika PathaniaDr.       Dey , AIIMSDelhi National Institute of Aging,

USA

Completed
A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, multi-centric, trial to determine the therapeutic efficacy of Ayush medicine NOQ19 in treatment of symptomatic COVID-19 patients

along with standard allopathic treatment

Dr. Monika PathaniaDr P Bhardwaj,Dr. Monika Pathania, AIIMS Rishikesh SSIAR

Bengaluru

Completed
Efficacy of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga on Burnout and Ballistocardiography (BCG) assessments among medical professionals during COVID-19

pandemic

Dr. Monika PathaniaDr. Monika Pathania, AIIMS Rishikesh AIIMS

Rishikesh

Completed
Association of Vitamin D status with metabolic A syndrome and its individual risk factorsDr. Monika PathaniaDr. Monika Pathania, AIIMS Rishikesh AIIMS

Rishikesh

Completed

 

 

Outpatient (for future plans):

  1. Specialized Geriatric Clinics like Incontinence Clinic, Dementia/Memory Clinic, Osteoporosis Clinic, pain & Palliative Clinic, etc.

In patient plans:

  1. Dedicated Geriatric ICU, and increase in long term care beds, with better rehabilitation services.

 

Clinical:

  1. To establish a regional geriatric center at AIIMS Rishikesh
  2. To Start Intergrative Medicine services along with AYUSH Department

Academic:

  1. To start various training courses in Geriatric Medicine for doctors and paramedical staff.
  2. To start training programme in Integrative Medicine

Research:

  1. To do collaborative Research in various aspects of Geriatrics covering preventive, preventive and social aspects.
  2. Do research in aging process.
  3. Research in alternative Medicine.

 

No Content
Hindi Website »