Dr Sarvejeet Singh
ENT care hospital in Delhi-NCR, India
Biography
Dr Sarvejeet Singh has studied Masters of Surgery (ENT) from University of Delhi, India. He currently heads ENT care hospital in Delhi-NCR, India. He has special interests in Microscopic Ear and Endoscopic Nasal Surgeries and has organised Delhi medical Council accredited temporal Bone dissection workshop and Cadaveric FESS Dissection Workshop along with Lady hardinge Medical College, Delhi
Dr Singh is a renowned National Faculty of ENT for Preparation of various entrance/ Licencing exams since 2008. His online teaching platform “ENT App by Dr Sarvejeet Singh” and Live Lectures “Conceptual ENT Classes” are the most followed lectures by MBBS Students preparing for exams in India.
Dr Singh has also been associated with various social projects such as “Shruti: an initiative for hearing” and "Lifeline Express", world's first hospital train through which he helps the poor and needy people.
Abstract
More than 360 million people live with disabling hearing loss. India is estimated to have a hearing-disabled population of 63 million. Middle ear infection is an important but preventable causative factor. “Shruti” programme was launched with the vision to provide low-cost otology care including awareness, screening, diagnosis, and treatment to the underserved in densely populated, low-income urban and rural settlements by leveraging medical technology, telecommunication and frugal innovation. It is a hallmark example of health system innovation, serving dual objects of social impact and business viability simultaneously.
With an ENT surgeon as the central point of care, the programs are operationalized through trained community health workers (CHW) equipped with a specially developed Ear screening device Known as “ENTraview device”. A WHO based field evaluation helps them to identify population with diminished hearing. Patients with a positive provisional diagnosis are routed to the point of care for receiving low-cost treatment, including advanced diagnosis, medicines, audiometric tests and surgical interventions. A telemedicine application transmits images of the patient’s middle ear via a smart phone to the Shruti programme staff and an ENT surgeon via a smart phone. Any complex infections and hearing loss diagnosed are referred to an ENT surgeon for treatment and potential surgery. Shruti Program is currently operational across seven self-funded cities across India. Currently more than 2,70,000 people have been screened under this programme. Over 25% of screened population needs some form of ear care, about 8% need a combination of medical and surgical intervention and 3-5 % population need hearing aids.