King Edward Memorial Hospital - Departments: Department of Social Service

Social Service

Activities

Visits :

More than two hundred collateral visits are made in person by the M.S.W.s of Social Service Department, for the purpose of treatment and rehabilitation.

Educational :

Health Exhibitions, Street Plays, Clinical Meetings of Social Service Department holding case presentations and group work presentations, Lectures, Guest Lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Film Shows etc.
It is observed that often illiterate people findsit difficult to get the message through exhibition posters or write ups. Hence, more street plays are performed on various health related topics.

Participation in Teaching Programmes :

Social work students from College of Social work from Mumbai/outside Mumbai.
Medical students.
Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy students.
Nursing.
Interns.
N.S.S. students.
Para professional.
Volunteers.

Seminar/Workshop :

A seminar on Psychological Social and Ethical Issues of Adoption.
"Review of Burns Cases" based on case studies.
"Role of Professional Medical Social Worker in the Hospital setting".

Publication :

For the first time a Handbook on " MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK" published by Social Service Department of KEM Hospital. The handbook is used as a text by the teaching institutes of Social work; Institute for Hospital Management; Bombay Municipal Corporation for the purpose of policy making for Professional Social Workers; as role model by Voluntary organizations.