On 4th April 2014 a general Health Awareness
Programme was conducted by Woodstock high School Sombarey, West Sikkim. The
programme was to create general awareness among student about the good health
and inculcate in them the positive attitude towards life. The programme
was conducted with the help of medical staff from primary Health Center Sombarey
comprising pharmacist Mr. Anil Pradhan,
dentist Ms. Priyanka Pradhan and nurse Ms. Medina Lepcha. The
programme started with the welcome speech by Ms. Kingchok Bhutia followed by
Sir B.B. Chettri and others.
During the programme about 152 students was informed about
the value and importance of balanced diet, precaution from dog bite and rabies,
adolescent and stress, dental and oral hygiene.
At the end the Principal Mr. Indra Rai ended the program with stressed that one
should value their own health . He mentioned the growing habit of junk food,
fast food and computer games has lessen
the activities of today’s student and
has developed depression which lead to suicidal
tendencies in future for which such health awareness programme can play
a vital role .
