Sustainable Nitte

Good health and well being

PREAMBLE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Sustainable development has been defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The success of implementing SDGs will require a comprehensive, integrated approach with collective action at all levels. Health is centrally positioned within the agenda with one comprehensive goal to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages. With the rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases along with the emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases, there is an increasing need for countering this trend with good health care, quality health education, and building a healthy society. In this regard, Universities can play a transformative role, and Nitte (Deemed to be) University has been doing it for the past decade and a half.

To achieve the goal by 2030, 9 targets were set towards reducing maternal mortality, reducing preventable deaths in newborn and under five year old, ending epidemics of AIDS, TB, Malaria and Neglected tropical diseases, combat Hepatitis, water borne diseases, reducing premature mortality to Non communicable diseases, promote mental health and wellbeing, strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse and harmful use of alcohol, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services, achieve universal health care, reduce deaths and illness due to air, water, soil pollution and contamination, support research and development in vaccines and medicines for communicable and non-communicable diseases that affect developing countries, increase health financing and recruitment, increase the capacity of developing countries for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.

Sustainable consumption and production promote efficient use of resources and energy while ensuring access to basic services, eco-friendly jobs, and an improved quality of life. Its implementation supports broader development goals by reducing future economic, environmental, and social costs and enhancing productivity. This approach plays a vital role in poverty reduction and the shift toward low-carbon, green economies. Nitte Deemed to be University is committed to this goal by inspiring students and staff to adopt sustainable practices. The university fosters a culture of learning driven by purpose and a passion for positive change.




Proactive steps taken by NU




The Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital of Nitte University is a 1000 bedded tertiary hospital with its 423 chaired dental college (ABSMIDS) and 23 peripheral health centres. The University has to its credit 169 intramural funded projects, 700 conferences, webinars and 75 patents in the year 2024.



Collaboration with health institutions: Global, national and local

NITTE, through its constituent institutions, has established collaborations with several reputed global health institutions, including:

Penn State University, Wake Forest University, University of Minnesota (USA); University of Miyazaki (Japan); National University of Singapore; University of Santo Tomas (Philippines); Catholic University (South Korea); Sabaragamuwa University (Sri Lanka); Christ Church University, Plymouth University, Ulster University (UK); Ghent University (Belgium); Université Paul Sabatier, University of Toulouse Paul Sabatier (France); Radboud University (Netherlands); VIA University College, UCL University College, University College of Copenhagen (Denmark); DrottningBlanka High School (Sweden); University of Gothenburg (Sweden); Goethe University (Germany); Cleft Children International (Switzerland); University of Wollongong (Australia); Osaka Dental University, Okayama Dental School (Japan); Smile Care; Indian Dental Association; and the Regional Cancer Institute, Trivandrum (India).

Collaborations include faculty and student exchange programs, such as:

✓ Radboud University, Netherlands –Dental faculty and student exchange

✓ Université Paul Sabatier, France – Medical and dental student exchange

✓ University of Minnesota, USA–Public health student exchange

✓ Wake Forest University, USA – Exchange in medical microbiology

✓ University of Miyazaki, Japan –Faculty and student exchange in medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, and biomedical fields (Sakura program)

✓ University of Santo Tomas, Philippines – Physiotherapy student exchange

✓ Ulster University, UK – Nursing faculty and student exchange

✓ VIA University College, UCL University College, University College of Copenhagen (Denmark) Nursing student exchange

✓ Ghent University, Belgium; DrottningBlanka High School, Sweden – Nursing and allied health student exchange













One health approach with Norwegian university of life sciences NMBU regarding antimicrobial resistance (AMR)










MoU WITH INTEGRATED ENTERPRISES (INDIA) LIMITED - A TRUSTED FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY


Infrastructure

Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital is a 1000-bedded teaching hospital for the constituent institutions of NITTE (deemed to be a University) with 12 broad specialities and 15 super specialities. With a footfall of over 5 lakh outpatients and 50000 inpatients every year, the hospital is catering to the people of DK and adjoining districts of Karnataka and Kerala. It is a teaching hospital for KS Hegde Medical Academy with an annual intake of 250 for MBBS since 2023. https://kshegdehospital.in/

The hospital stands out with its specialty services, which include an IVF lab, a level-1 sleep lab, a comprehensive tissue bank, a burns care unit, and a dedicated children’s ICU complex. Growth and community service being its primary motto, new services like radio frequency ablation therapy, catheter-induced thrombolysis, ERG testing, menopause clinic, and childbirth education unit are now available in the hospital. The hospital has also received licenses for liver transplant, amniotic transplant, bone marrow transplant, skin and bone tissue transplant. To add to the credit, the hospital is now recognized as an adverse drug reaction monitoring centre under PVPI, an approved training centre for the Advanced Trauma & Life Support (ATLS) course of the American College of Surgeons, and the Emergency Abdominal Surgery Course. The Central laboratory and the Virology laboratory of the hospital are NABL-accredited. The hospital also provides robotic-assisted surgeries for knee replacement and urological procedures.










Nitte Day care centre



NitteGajria Hospital (https://nittegajria.in/)


Health outreach programmes focusing on hygiene, nutrition, family planning, sports, exercise, mental health and aging well.

✓ The university operates 23 rural health centres in various far-flung outreach areas in three districts, providing medical and dental health services to around 250000 people every year. The objective of these health centres is to provide free consultation, medicine to all the patients, along with dental and laboratory services at affordable prices. These centres also provide specialist referral services along with free/ subsidized specialty services at the medical college teaching hospital.


Location of RHCs in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Chikmagalur districts of Karnataka





✓ K S Hegde Medical Academy in 2012 started ‘Grama KSHEMA’, providing health education, health camps and research studies in rural areas by undergraduate MBBS students

✓ The university has adopted 1500 families in the nearby villages and provides free Health insurance coverage of INR 30000 per year.

✓ The Annual health camps are conducted in outreach health centres with consultants from Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Medicine, Surgery, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics, and Gynaecology providing their services. A total of 1192 patients visited these camps, with 118 patients referred to the medical college teaching hospital for further management, and 16 underwent surgery.



Medical camp organized at JKSHCH Rural Health centre, Shirva on 03.03.2024


Medical camp organized at Sri Narayana Guru Sabha, Haleyangadi On 17.03.2024


Medical camp organized at PaduPanambur in association with SKDRDP, Mulki &Thokur&BellyaruOkkuta, PaduPanamburon 29.09.2024


✓ In the year 2024, a total of 77 health education activities were conducted, covering around 1100 people

✓ ABSMIDS has provided free management of cleft and craniofacial deformities for over a decade, funded by Cleft Children International and Smile Train. Weekly camps in rural Karnataka and Kerala to identify patients for free surgeries and dental care, supported by a budget of around INR 2 crores, with outcomes audited for quality.

✓ ABSMIDS offering dental screening and treatment camp through Nitte-Special child care programme N-SPECC


Camp for special child


✓ The children were provided with NSPECC treatment card and were encouraged to avail the benefits of free treatment

✓ Free dental health camps were conducted by AB Shetty Institute of Dental Sciences in 2024. 389 patients were treated in these camps at 6 outreach sites across the Dakshina Kannada district.

✓ Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy, along with the Indian Association of Physiotherapy, conducted a free physiotherapy camp for devotees visiting Sabarimala during the months of January and December 2024. 895 devotees were provided with physiotherapy suffering from severe calf pain, joint pains, and muscle cramps.


Free physiotherapy camp


✓"Asha Kirana: Breaking Barriers, Building Dreams" a day-long event to spread awareness about disability inclusiveness among youth was held at Nitte Institute of Communication (NICO), on 23rd May 2024. This event, coordinated by first-year students of BA (Hons) Media and Communication, was held in collaboration with the NSS unit of NICO and Sarvamangala Trust to spread awareness about disability inclusiveness among the youth.

✓ International Day of Yoga was celebrated in various colleges under the university on 21st June 2024, participated by over 700 students and staff.

✓ An awareness programme for school students on Noise pollution and noise-induced hearing loss was conducted by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology in association with Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited. A total of 1683 students were covered across 7 schools in Mangalore

✓As part of National Nutrition Week, an awareness programme was conducted by NUCSER on 18th September 2024 for school students in Bagambila. They were made aware of nutrition and healthy eating habits through interaction, games, quizzes, along with the provision of nutritious meals for all the students.

✓ Mega blood donation camps were conducted across various colleges under the university, with the collection of 660 units of blood.

✓ ST- TEC (NU), hosting an International Workshop on "Utilizing Microbiome and Genomic Resources for Understanding and Mitigating Microbial Resistance in One Health Context" from 18 to 22 November 2024 at Nitte University, Mangalore

✓ Monthly health check-up and health education programme conducted at Ramakrishna Aashram for school students coming to Vivekananda Coaching Centre by the Department of Community Medicine. Health check-up includes diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses, screening for nutritional disorders.

✓ Collaboration with NGOs for free vision testing and distribution of free spectacles


Free eye testing and spectacles distribution


  • Detection and treatment of malnutrition



  • KSHEMA, ABSMIDS, and NISH conduct a weekly TV health awareness/education show on Daiji World channel covering various topics related to health promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation.


Incorporate video link :https://youtu.be/pholR5zp8RE?si=XYnFaKUIo4c2krsM



Incorporate video link :https://youtu.be/AT43W5ixYSE?si=UuEbbQRc1eKAaSyO


Rehabilitation Centre

The Tudar Rehabilitation Centre operates at the Nitte Rural Psychiatric Centre located in Nitte village, offering free rehabilitation, day care services, and transportation facilities.




Rehabilitation centre


Smoke free policy in the campus.

University campus have been declared as tobacco free zone. Student wellness centres are set up to create a stress-free campus by promoting a healthy lifestyle and positive mental health among students. It provides mentoring and counselling services for students in a confidential and supportive environment. The trained staff of the centre offer a helpline for students in distress and aid in resolving academic personal and social concerns

https://nitte.edu.in/naac/2019/policies/NU_SubstanceAbusePreventionPolicy2018_2.pdf

Publications around good health and well-being