The Department of Health, Medical and Family Welfare, A.P. government, on February 29 (Thursday) has signed an MoU with Bayer Zydus Pharma Private Limited to educate the public and healthcare practitioners about heavy menstrual bleeding and ill-effects of hysterectomy.
This is part of a nationwide campaign, ‘Preserve the Uterus’, that the pharma has initiated, in partnership with Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council, Family Planning Association of India and Prozela Healthcare, to minimise the number of ‘unjustified hysterectomies’ among women.
Speaking on the occassion, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Commissioner J. Nivas said as part of the MoU, a pilot project will be taken up in Visakhapatnam district where 100 gynaecologists would be given training on medical management of heavy menstrual bleeding. The gynaecologists would then pass on the knowledge to healthcare practitioners at the ground-level who will raise awareness among women.
