AIIMS Bibinagar launches community radio to take healthcare conversations beyond hospital walls
AIIMS Bibinagar has launched India's first AIIMS-run Community Radio Station to enhance public health communication. The station broadcasts health-related discussions and allows community interaction through segments like 'Dial a Doctor.' If successful in its initial trial period, the station aims to expand its reach and programming hours significantly.
- ▪The community radio station broadcasts on 89.6 FM within a 10-kilometre radius of Bibinagar.
- ▪Currently, it operates for one hour daily, with plans to increase to five hours a day.
- ▪Listeners can engage with health professionals through interactive segments like 'Dial a Doctor' and 'Dial a Nurse.'
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Around 3 p.m. at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Bibinagar, as outpatient departments begin to empty and the day’s clinical rush starts to fade, a different kind of consultation begins. And this one does not happen inside wards or clinics, but over the airwaves. Tune in to 89.6 FM, and doctors can be heard speaking not to a waiting room, but to an entire community.AIIMS-Bibinagar has launched the country’s first AIIMS-run Community Radio Station (CRS), a platform aimed at transforming how public health information is shared and consumed. The community radio station began its trial run on Monday, with AIIMS-Bibinagar director Amita Agarwal inaugurating the facility.For listeners, the entry point is simple: a radio dial turned to 89.6 FM.
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