📰 SMBT NEWSLETTER – 4th Edition Highlights

📅 Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | Volume 04 | Internal Circulation Only

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🌿 Community Outreach & Seva Activities

• 👣 Warkari Seva Camp: SMBT Ayurved & Physiotherapy teams served over 500 Warkaris en route to Pandharpur, offering foot therapy, Ayurvedic care, and healing support.

• 💚 A hands-on example of seva and empathy in action!

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😁 Affordable Dental Care for All

• 🦷 SMBT Dental Hospital delivers world-class treatments at low cost, ensuring no one delays treatment due to financial constraints.

• 🎒 Free dental camps, hygiene kits, and school-based awareness initiatives are shaping a healthier future.

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🌍 Global Exposure for Pharmacy Students

• ✈️ Six students represented SMBT in Bangkok, Thailand, visiting top universities like Chulalongkorn & Mahidol, and participated in an international pharma conference.

• 🧪 A proud moment of global academic recognition for SMBT!

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🧘 International Yoga Day Celebrations

• 🧘‍♀️ Celebrated across Pharmacy, Ayurved, Nursing, and Dental colleges, emphasizing holistic wellness.

  • 💊 Pharmacy: Stress relief and clarity-focused yoga

  • 🪷 Ayurved: Dosha-balancing sessions with Surya Namaskar

  • 💉 Nursing: Chair yoga and self-care for caregivers

  • 😷 Dental: Posture and breathwork for clinical professionals

• 🧘‍♂️ A united breath for better health!

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🔬 Clinical Innovation: Whistle-Assisted Intubation

• 🩺 Dr. Hemant Dambale introduces a sound-based method to assist safe nasotracheal intubation, using a whistle to confirm correct placement — innovation made simple and powerful.

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🌱 World Environment Day

• 🌍 SMBT institutes joined hands to promote eco-consciousness through:

  • 🪴 Tree plantations

  • 🐦 Seed ball workshops

  • 🧼 Clean campus drives

  • 💬 Eco-awareness competitions

• 💡 “One Health, One Planet” in action!

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🧠 Healthcare Megatrends 2030

• SMBT’s thought leadership shines as it explores 5 future healthcare shifts:

  1. 🤖 AI & Automation

  2. 🧬 Precision Medicine

  3. 👵 Geriatric Care Crisis

  4. 🌳 Climate-Smart Healthcare

  5. 🌐 Decentralized Digital Care

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👩‍⚕️ Doctors' Day Tributes

• 🎉 Celebrated across IMSRC, IDSR, SMBTDC, and Ayurved colleges, honoring doctors for their life-saving service.

• 🏅 Spotlights on top achievers:

  • 🫀 Dr. Gaurav Verma – Cardiology

  • 🛏️ Dr. Ruchira Khasne – Critical Care

  • 🔪 Dr. Nitin Baste – Laparoscopic Excellence

  • 🧾 Dr. Yashwant Rahade – Best Paper at WCES 2024

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🧴 Ayur GLOW – Ayurvedic Cosmetology Certificate Course

• 🌿 Hands-on herbal skincare training combining traditional Ayurvedic wisdom with modern beauty science.

• 💄 Includes facials, PRP, kajal making, and herbal cosmetics.

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💉 Largest Health Camp in Maharashtra

• 🏥 Over 26+ specialties offered FREE surgeries and consultations under Govt. schemes.

• 💓 From cardiac, neuro, oncology to ENT, ortho, and ophthalmology — healthcare made accessible to all.

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🎗️ Cancer Awareness Partnership

• 🎀 SMBT joins ICS and Axis Bank in a year-long rural cancer initiative to screen 1.5 lakh+ people across Nashik.

• 🧪 Oral, breast, and cervical screenings + training of rural health workers.

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✍️ Antarnaad 2025 – Beyond: The Other Side

• 🖋️ SMBT's creative platform featured poetry, stories, and photography, reflecting on deeper emotions, empathy, and the unseen side of healthcare and humanity.

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🩺 International Nurses Day

• 👩‍⚕️ Honored nurses across SMBT with felicitations, cultural events, and blood donation drives, highlighting their role as the heart of healthcare.

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