The healthcare needs of a 12 Std Girl or Boy is drastically different from that of a cute little toddler in kindergarten, so we have broken this section up into four parts.
The home-to-school transition phase is a challenging time for both children and parents and due to the pandemic, we understand that parents will be worried about the safety of their kids.
Is it safe to send them to school?
Has the school taken necessary preventive measures?
Who will take care of them if they fall sick or get hurt?
These are just a few of the questions parents might be pondering over. But do not worry! That’s why we are there. While teachers help your child get ready for regular classes and teach them fun stuff, the Shine Nurse Officer – or Nurse Aunty, as some of them so cutely call her, is there to ensure all COVID-19 safety protocols are followed by the school and will teach children the right way to wash their hands and wear their masks properly.
The Shine Nurse Officer is always there to help the children if they fall and get a li’l bruise or even a cut. We know that children of this age group are literally finding their feet in this big world, and we are there to take care of them and keep them safe should anything happen.
Parents don’t have to run to school every time something happens, and the anxious grandmas and grandpas can take some solace that India’s top healthcare brand is looking after their precious bundle!
6-10 is the most interesting age. From learning to form sentences, running, jumping, playing games, to understanding concepts… kids are now discovering their abilities. The pandemic situation has kept them indoors for quite a long time and we know they’ll be eager to get back on their feet at school. But be assured, we are here to catch them if they fall.
Our Nurse Officers simply love them and are waiting to teach them things like – the correct way of washing hands: which is actually an 8-step process, follow COVID appropriate behavior, the reason why their tummy hurts, why they have caught a cold, and many other ailments. Because knowing why can help them understand what they should not do.
In case their tummy, or ear, or tooth hurts too much or if they are having any kind of discomfort, they can even directly talk to a Shine Doctor on the phone from the SHINE health room! Apollo Hospitals has been at the forefront of telemedicine, and we use that experience for remote diagnosis.
The pandemic just made all of us realize the importance of having a basic knowledge of healthcare and knowing how to navigate within a hospital. Hospitals are massive buildings with many different departments and processes, and if we don’t know where to go for what, it just makes things extremely stressful than what it already is. Familiarity with the hospital system and protocols is something that students will be exposed to through SHINE.
And on-campus, there is a fully equipped SHINE Health Room of Apollo standards and a well-qualified nurse officer. The nurse officer will handle all the cuts and bruises and anything more than that is referred to our panel of doctors in our central facility.
If there is an emergency, the nurse will call for ambulance parents will be immediately informed.
The students can walk into the health room even if she/he is not sick or hurt. Our nurse officers are also educators, and they’ll be happy to clear medical or health-related doubts the student might have. During our annual health checks, they will learn more about their body, and once again, if they want to clear any doubts, they are most welcome to walk-in to the health room and talk to the Shine Nurse. She will take care!
We understand the pressures this group is under: at home, at school amongst friends, and from the ‘cool’ groups that always seem so demanding. As teens, their bodies are also changing and while parents love them madly, they may not be equipped to truly deal with hormonal mood shifts that are quite common amongst this age group.
Parents were born when phone lines were fixed and information came from libraries. But this generation is growing up with multiple mobile devices connecting to a wealth of information from across the globe at lightning speeds. This group surely knows more. However, not all that is online is accurate. Sometimes we need to rely on the expertise of experience of parents and professionals and get their input.
The Apollo Shine Foundation has the experts in the house – Talk to us. About anything. Even about the various jobs in the healthcare field, Questions us. Grill us. Challenge us. That’s what we tell all students. And teachers too!
What we really, really need is for each student to become an Ambassador of Health and Help us Keep India Healthy.
