Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College is actively organizing and participating in various extension activities and outreach programs to promote the health of neighborhood Community and to sensitize the students towards community health needs.
Institute organizes Free health check-up camps on regular basis with the aim of providing the effective essential & specialized medical services to poor communities living in rural and urban areas. Health care services to the under privileged and needy population is provided by Rural and Urban health centre which creates a positive impact in developing student community relationship. Screening camps like Pap smear examination are organized regularly for Carcinoma cervix screening in rural as well as urban areas in tune with the national policies.
Field visits in rural areas of students organized by Community Medicine, gives medical students a first-hand experience of the living conditions of the people,thus learn to provide health education for promotion of health and prevention of illness, by maintaining hygiene, sanitation, timely immunization and family planning Under family adoption program, every student is allotted at least five families to establish rapport, understand their health and related factors and improve the health care of the family and community which will help in achieving universal health coverage.
Institute has Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved blood bank with facility for various blood components. Blood donation camps are organized regularly mostly in rural areas collaboration with Government and Non-Government organizations. This helps to strengthen the sense of empathy, compassion, sense of commitment and ethical responsibility among donors and students.
Celebrations of various National and International days like World Tuberculosis day to increase the awareness in students about devastating health, social and economic consequences of Tuberculosis. World Vitiligo Day celebration helps to build the awareness amongst students to reduce social stigma for vitiligo. World environment day by planting trees, avoiding the use of plastic and emphasizing water and energy conservation. Institute encourages reuse of paper, use of bicycles, water recycling, and tree plantation to ensure pollution-free campus.
Awareness programs for encouraging community people for body and organ donation are organized. The students actively participate in conducting such programmes which increases the awareness about the importance of organ donation and the legal provisions related to it. Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan is observed every year for motivation of every citizen to take efforts towards the betterment of environment,
Institute takes initiative in organizing many activities like breastfeeding week, for antenatal and postnatal beneficiaries, Suicide Prevention, stress Management Program, alcoholism awareness, internet addiction disorder and mental health issues for School and college Students. By participation in these programs students become aware about such social issues.
Patients receive free treatment under "Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana-(MPJAY)". Other social services provided by the institute are, Annapurna Yojana” for free food for indoor patients, Free vaccination to Under-five children etc.
All these mentioned activities have a positive impact on the students, to nurture them as citizens with moral, ethical and social values so as to provide service to the society.