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Dr. Hema Divakar Profile & Value
Senior Consultant Obsterician and Gynecologist , with over three decades of experience and expertise in women’s healthcare in India . Opinion Leader and Advocate for social and legal issues relating to women’s health and an expert in providing technical knowhow. She is a leading medical professional of India with a vision to improve the healthcare services ecosystem for the welfare of women. She has over the last Three decades, been a game changer in healthcare, establishing new benchmarks, standards and touching women’s lives in the process.
An accomplished specialist in the field of Obgyn care, she runs the Divakar’s speciality hospital in Bangalore. The hospital boasts of excellence in women’s healthcare matching world’s best standards
Committed towards continuous professional development; with a community service spirit who leads women health care institutes to support the development of healthcare services through national, local and state organizations particularly in India. Represented India at various international platforms.Presently she is the Ambassidar for the National professional organisation of obgyns to represent India at the International Forum of Obgyns.
Key Achievements
- Played a lead role in conducting outreach services including anemia detection and treatment, de-worming, menstrual hygiene, health awareness camps for 50,000 girls every year since the last ten years
- Coordinated efforts to extend community services to Primary Health Care Centers (PHC) in collaboration with State Government and Karuna Trust to fill up the lacunae in accessing health care facilities in rural India
- Plated an instrumental role in handling anemia in pregnancy which included study & operative research on use of intravenous iron sucrose
- Demonstrated ample knowledge, attitudes and practices with private sector providers for expanding awareness for HIV AIDS
- Pioneered in introducing Postpartum depression – new scoring system for Indian women
- Collaborated with Columbia University for community work for pre-ecclampsia care
- With Indian Institute of management to study the effects of Mid Day meal on scholastic performance
- Efficiently running a fellowship course in Ultrasonology and Perinatology for Indian college of O&G
- Diabetes care programmes with specialty course on Gestational diabetes
Success Overview
- National Technical Expert for Emergency Obstetric care programme
- Director for Standards and Quality Control
- Technical Expert on the Hospital Accreditation Committee
- Technical and training in-charge for skilled birth attendants
- Emergency obstetric care skill drills with JHPIEGO technical assistance for Helping Mothers survive
- Consultant for PSI – Population Services International
- Public private partnership with the government for managing primary health centers and an FRU (First Reference Unit) for maternal healthcare in Karnataka
- Strengthening the PPTTC programme and training private healthcare providers for HIV management in pregnancy
- Co-Chair FIGO GDM Working Group
Awards and Recognitions
- FIGO Women Achievers Award 2015 in recognition of international and domestic contribution to promote the development of science and scientific research in the fields of gynecology and obstetrics
- Recipient of ‘Life Time Achievement’ award from DIPSI
- Acknowledged with Lifetime Achievement Award by Karnataka State Gynecologists Association
- Recipient of ‘Life Time Achievement’ award from Bangalore Obgyn Society
- Hold the credential of receiving the Fellowship of Royal College of Obgyn from London
- Recipient of Global Award for Music Therapy, Medscape India award for outstanding service for women’s health and Distinguished Community Service Award by Prapancha
- Conferred with Citation and Award by State body for determination, commitment, creativity, humility and foresight
- Social enterpreunership award by USAIDS and MSD for MOTHERS
- ICONS OF HEALTHCARE AWARD AT SINGAPORE – leading womens healthcare hospital in india
