FIELD VISIT TO FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE, CHATHANOOR.
The Department of Public Health Dentistry, Azeezia College of Dental Sciences and Research and NSS unit (NSS/SFU/KLM/KUHS/3) conducted a field visit for the Final year Part A students to the Family Health Centre (FHC) Chathannoor on 12/11/2025.The field visit commenced at 11:40 am.
At the FHC, the staff introduced the Ayushman Aarogya Mandir building as well as the immunization room. The Health Inspector, Mr Pramod discussed about the importance of Public Health and the duties of public health inspectors. This included their role in preventing communicable diseases and providing health education to the masses. He raised concerns regarding the rise in oral conditions and how it is unavoidable to institute dental professionals in Family Health Centers to provide a complete primary care to the patients.
The visit concluded at1:30pm.Overall, the field visit was highly informative and definitely overwhelmed the interest of the students regarding the current public health structure and the Health problems faced today.
