August 20, 2019
Swimming Gala – Middle School
The sun shone bright as the children of Middle School, got ready to showcase their swimming skills in the SFHS Annual Swimming Gala –2019 which was held on 13th August. The Inter-House contest saw the participants compete in 25m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 25m breaststroke 25m backstroke and relay events on a day full of enthusiasm.
The atmosphere was highly charged with the audience cheering gleefully for members of their respective houses and breaking into spontaneous applause for all the winning participants. They were encouraged by their respective house prefects, captains and the audience.
The relay was won by the Agni House in the girl’s category and the Terra House in the boy’s category. It was an exciting event, where children were awarded medals for winning in their respective categories. Apart from winning, the event also led to inculcating team spirit, instilling the virtues of perseverance, as well as, sportsmanship.
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August 9, 2019
Diploma Student Develops Innovative App for Instant Advice to Diabetics
Adavya Bhutani, a student of Strawberry Fields High School, studying the IB Diploma Programme has developed a unique app that comes as a relief to patients suffering from diabetes. GlucoDoc- Mobile based platform that enables patients who suffer from diabetes to get instantaneous feedback on abnormal blood sugar levels from their treating doctor. It replaces the need for traditional hospital visits and facilitates faster communication that can be the turning point in case of emergencies. The app also lets patients securely save their active medications and blood sugar reports. The app is currently launched in India on the google play store and has 100+ users.
The plan going forward is to get feedback from the users and use that in conjunction with other engagement metrics to improve the app.Furthermore, Adavya is also looking into developing an AI algorithm and assigning a severity index to every report to reduce the latency even more. Additionally, new features such as medication reminders and weekly doctor tips coupled with interface and design improvements like displaying past glucose reports in a timeline could be the key to attracting more users and doctors on the platform.
He further added, when he saw the patients facing complications in monitoring their blood sugar level on regular basis, inspired him to design the app to assist the patients and the physicians. According to WHO, 69.2 million people in India suffer from diabetes which is the highest across the world, and this number is expected to reach 98 million by 2030. Patients need careful and frequent monitoring of blood sugar levels and almost always require immediate change to medications and diet to prevent any complications. When he realized that a lot of people were stressed out and taking inappropriate doses because of not being able to connect with the doctor right away, he decided to work on an application that could potentially bridge this gap and be more convenient to use
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