Class 11 Summer Internship: Moolchand Medcity

3 of our Biology students, Shubhangi Arora, Ishita Dhanda and Bhumika Narang of class XI of attended a two-day internship program on 3rd and 4th June 2016 at the Moolchand Hospital. The objective of the internship was to familiarise students with equipment used in hospitals and learn how to write a patients report. On the first day, the students attended a seminar on how to develop a patients case study. Dr. Astha Saxena, senior counselor at Moolchand, gave them a brief introduction on the significance of a case study and then how to write it. Students were also given a few case studies to read. Thereafter, Dr. Manju Madan took the students on a short tour around the various departments. She showed them a CT-Scan machine and explained its functioning. Deepika Chauhan, senior intern at Moolchand, also spoke to the students about Bipolar Disorder. She spoke about the different categories of this disorder, its symptoms and treatment. The next day, Dr. Manju Madan showed the group an MRI machine and explained its functioning. The doctors conducting the MRI spoke about how this machine enabled doctors to accurately diagnose diseases. The students stayed in the room for an hour until the MRI scan of a patient had been completed. They were able to view the entire procedure and understand the various precautions one must take while using this machine. The internship programme proved very useful for our students as it helped them gain first-hand information and familiarised them with hospital equipment. Such visits will only help to enlighten them more. Ms. Purvi Mehta.