Sixteen patients with gastric cicatrization due to ingestion of corrosive agents were treated over a 7 year period at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) Hospital, Pondicheny. Fifteen patients developed gastric outlet obstruction due to ingestion of corrosives, while another had midgas‐tric stenosis due to formalin intake. An asSociated oesophageal stricture was present in 62.5% of the cases. Partial gastrectomy was found to be the most satisfactory procedure and carried out in 60% of the cases. Pyloroplasty done in one patient was found inadequate within 1 year of surgery. Gastrojejunostomy carried out in two patients was asSociated with prolonged hospitalization due to malfunction of the anastomotic site.

Background: Poor feeding practices are a major threat to social and economic development. Studies have demonstrated adverse consequences of inappropriate feeding practices on growth, development & survival of infants and children. Indian and global data have shown that exclusive breast feeding during first six months is associated with optimal infant growth and low morbidity. Breast feeding practices in rural communities are shaped by their beliefs, which are influenced by social, cultural and economic factors. Objectives: To study the infant feeding practices among mothers in the rural field practice area and to assess the nutritional status of the infants and children. Methodology: A community based descriptive study conducted in the rural field practice area among mothers of infants aged 12-23 months. Study period June 2013 to May 2014. The size of the sample is 347.Results & Conclusions: 13% of infants were given pre-lacteal feeds. 96.5% children were fed with colostrum. 99.2% of the children were breastfed, 82.2% were initiated breast feeding within one hour after delivery. Only 19.89% were breast fed exclusively for up to 6 months, 61.7% of the mothers practiced breast feeding on demand and 70.1% of mothers started complementary feeds before the age of 6 months.

Background: In1951, India became the 1st country in the world to launch family planning programme. Since then approaches for reducing population growth have taken a variety of forms but with a little success. According to National Population policy2000 the TFR to be achieved by 2010 was 2.1.Objectives: To study the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding family planning among the married women attending the urban health training centre of Narayana medical college, Nellore. Methodology: The study is conducted over a period of 3 months from Oct.2016 -Dec.2016 on 170 married women attending UHTC, NMC, Nellore and who were willing to be interviewed. The study tool is a pre-designed, semi-structured questionnaire. Data collected will be entered in MS-Excel and analysed using SPSS version 22.0. Results: Among the 170 married women the results were as follows: 50% were in the age group of 20 -29 years, 22.4% were illiterates. 75.3%women were home makers. 38.8% were married below the age of 18 years. While 67% of the women completed their families, 51.2% had 1 living son. 69% were aware of family planning. Almost 52% said decisions regarding family planning were made by husband & in-laws. There was significant association between awareness regarding family planning with age of the women, caste, education and occupation of the women, and also age at marriage and age at 1st delivery. Conclusion: awareness regarding family planning should be improved. Women should be given free hand regarding decisions concerning family planning.

Introduction: Cancer has become one of the ten leading causes of death in India. It is estimated that there are nearly 2 -2.5 million cancer cases at any point of time. Cancers of oral cavity and lungs in males and cervix and breast in females account for over 50%of all cancer deaths in India. Objectives: 1.To study the socio-demographic profile of patients attending a district level cancer hospital. 2. To study the pattern of cancers in male and female study subjects and their risk factors. Material & Methods: A cross-sectional hospital based study was conducted between October2014 -December2014 among 125 patients attending a district level cancer hospital, who were diagnosed and were undergoing treatment for different types of cancers. A pre-designed, semi-structured questionnaire was administered and details regarding their sociodemographic profile, exposure to risk factors, types of cancers, staging and treatment modalities were recorded. Data was entered and analysed using SPSS software21.0 version. Proportions and chi-square calculated to study the different study variables. Results: Out of the125 study subjects, 76.8% were females and 23.2% were males. 60.8% of the study subjects were in the age group of 41-60 years followed by 20.8% in the 6 1-80 years age group. In males, the leading cause of cancer was stomach (24%) and in the females54% suffered from breast cancer.