Vol.No.53. No.26
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
DECEMBER 28, 2015
NEW YEAR MESSAGE Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5 : 1 - 5
Moulting is a biological phenomenon seen in nature. The seasonal shedding of old foliage giving way to a new batch of leaves and flowers is an expression of renewal. It is a normal, natural phenomenon. Many animal species shed their outer skin to emerge bigger and better at periodic intervals. The larva gives way to the pupa and the pupa to the butterfly. Even we, human beings, unknowingly discard flakes of our old skin and accept new layers from below. There is truth in the oxymoron that renewal is a constant change enshrined in nature and programmed by God. There is no escape to renewal. Renewal happens not only in organic tissues but also in the geo-physical realm. Every night gives way to a new day. Every spring is followed by summer. Every winter is followed by spring. Every old year will gracefully move over for another New Year. Likewise, 2015 is handing over the baton to 2016. It has run for a year and may have slowed down towards the last few months. A wee bit tired and brow-beaten by the setbacks of natural disasters towards the end. The incoming year 2016, is taking the baton with a ‘josh’ ready to inject the required momentum . There are three things that come with the New Year. New Beginnings - the new year provides us an opportunity to make new resolutions and find new directions in many aspects of our life. Some may resolve to work harder towards their career goals. Some may decide to be more organized in their prayer routines. There may be many other resolutions but the most important of all, in my opinion , is new beginnings in relationships. 2016 may be a good year to renew friendships, mend broken ones and establish new rapport. It is in doing so we will be more effective and successful. New Momentum – So much needs to be done. The demand of work keeps increasing. The expectation of people for honest, ethical healthcare is escalating by the day. Not enough rooms are there in our inn. By God’s grace, we have made significant progress
Special Prayers :December 27, 2015-January 02, 2016 Psychiatry :
Dr. Mary Anju Kuruvilla and staff Dr. Deepa Ramaswamy and staff Dr. Anna Tharyan and staff Dr. Manoranjitham and staff
YWCA Canteen : Mrs. Shyamala Chittaranjan and staff Men Interns Quarters Warden : Dr. Rajiv Michael and staff Lady Interns Quarters Warden : Dr. Selvamani and staff ELS Book Shop : Mr. K. Jose and staff Central Bank of India Post Office (College and Hospital) Karpagam Co-operative Store Sunday Services
: January 03, 2016
6.00 pm
: Scudder Auditorium Rev. Dr. Finney Alexander
6.30 pm
: Hospital Chapel Rev. P. Rainard Pearson
Obituaries : Dr. Virendra Kumar Henry, father of Dr. Anil Kumar Henry (Batch of 1984) on December 21, 2015. Dr. Mong Stephen Chowdhury (Batch of 1984) on December 23, 2015 in Bangladesh. Mr. V. Kamalanathan, retired Senior Secretary Gr. I, Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences on December 25, 2015. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families at this time of grief and loss.
in our capacity building in Kannigapuram and Chittoor. We need to pack that progress with new energy . A cohesion of ideas converging into combined action towards a single point agenda – capacity building. We need to row the boat in synchrony with God at the rudder. New Life – every night when we go to bed, we are not sure whether we will wake up. Each new day is a gift, every New Year is bumper gift from God to make “ His Kingdom come on earth , as it is in Heaven”. He has placed us on earth for a purpose, and we need to keep discovering that as we go along. God expects us to do the tasks we are trained for with diligence. He wants us to use our skills to help people. This New Year we must ask God to come down and help us do our difficult jobs, “that they may have life , and life in abundance”. The New Year day is no different from any other day in its geo-physical sequence. For those who are lonely, unwell and displaced this may be just another day, no different from the other. But we can make it special by the way we usher it in. With hope, excitement, celebration and prayer. How can we make it different for those who are less fortunate is the question we must carry as we step into the New Year with our watch-night candles. "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me Let there be hope in us, enough for all to see Let there be a prayer not only said, but lived Let there be God’s grace sufficient for you and me" Sunil Chandy Director 15 TION 20 AY CELEBRA FOUNDER'S D 2015 CELEBRATION DA The 145th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Ida S. Scudder, our beloved founder, was celebrated on December 9. It was a day to reflect on the courage, faith and vision of our founder and to re-dedicate ourselves to the work that she so ably began. The commemoration began with a Thanksgiving Service in the Hospital Chapel. Dr. Lionel Gnanaraj, former Medical Superintendent and former Head of Urology gave an inspiring message on the occasion. Later that evening a meeting was held in the New Examination Hall at 4 pm. 89 staff members who retired during the year were honoured for their dedicated service to the institution and for carrying on the vision of Dr. Ida. 48 members of the staff were also honoured with Exemplary Service Awards for their integrity, courage and service beyond the call of duty. Dr. Aravindan Nair, former Professor and Head of Endocrine Surgery was the Chief Guest for the occasion and he emphasized on the uniqueness of our institution in his address. Dr. Aravindan Nair and Dr. Sheila Nair, former Professor and Head of General Pathology presented the certificates to the retired staff and also the following special awards: Dr. Thomas Koshi Award to Mr. Kumar A.S. (Radiology) , Best Hospital Attendant - Mr. K. Vedapuri (Medical ICU) and the Best Hospital Housekeeping Attendant - Mrs. Y. Meeramma (Q-Block). Mrs. J.B. Hima won Dr. Ida B. Scudder Essay as well as Mr. John Sehar Memorial Essay Competition (English). Mr. M. Muthuvel (RUHSA) won the Mr. John Sehar Memorial Essay (Tamil). The Founder’s Day Sports Awards were also presented on the occasion by Dr. Balaganesan, Physical Director. Mrs. Glory Josuva, retired Secretary, Neurological Sciences responded on behalf of the retired staff. CME - AN UPD ATE IN ORTHOP AEDICS The Department of Orthopaedics conducted a CME on Update in Orthopaedics primarily targeting the postgraduates on 10th October 2015 in the C.K. Job Hall. The CME was convened by intramural faculties. The topics were scheduled so that the GP’s would benefit by increasing their practical knowledge and help in day to day work. In tumour, “How not to miss a tumour diagnosis and its management” was presented by Dr. V.T.K. Titus. Dr. Thilak explained about initial management of compound fractures, Dr. Kenny talked about low back pain, Dr. Venkatesh spoke about recent advances in management of TB Spine, Dr. Manasseh spoke about hip fractures in Geriatric patients, Dr. Anil Oommen explained about management of knee osteoarthritis and Dr. Abhay Gahukamble presented common disorders in Paediatric Orthopaedics. The CME which proved to be an academic feast, was awarded 5 credit points from Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, and was attended by more than 155 participants.
TIONS TULA CONGRA TULATIONS CONGRATULA Dr. Siddhartha N. Chakravarthy, Assistant Professor of Endocrine Surgery has been awarded “Prof. S. Vittal Best Paper Award” for the paper “Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in palpable thyroid nodules (>1cm) in adults” at the 75th Annual Conference of Association Surgeons of India held at Gurgaon on December 17, 2015. Dr. Rajeshwari Basavana won the second prize for Oral Presentation "Serological characterization of autoantibodies in autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and its implications."- a study from tertiary care centre from South India. National Quiz for postgraduates in Transfusion Medicine: first prize: Dr. Ancy Susan John and Dr. Rajeswari Basavana; second prize: Dr. Anupama and Dr. Ashish Dhoot at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for Transfusion Medicine. TIONAL LEVEL S YMPOSIUM CUM W ORKSHOP NA NATIONAL The Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, under the leadership of Professor Debashish Danda, for the first time in the country, conducted a two-day event on December 11 and 12, 2015 to honour the leaders in Indian Rheumatology, who were instrumental in advancing this higher specialty in India. Stalwart physicians like Brig (Dr.) N.D. Menon, Professor Manjusri Mitra, Dr. S.D. Deodhar, Dr. S.S. Aggrawal, Dr. S. Sachdev and Dr. M.M. Desai had introduced the concept of Rheumatology and Immunology as separate specialty. Dr. V.R. Joshi, Professor A.N. Malaviya, Professor Sukumar Mukherjee, Professor A.N. Chandrasekharan and Dr. Prakash Pispati carried their good work further, contributing immensely in various capacities to the growth of the specialty and are considered the founding fathers of Rheumatology in India. Along with this event a new award for a distinguished teacher in Rheumatology in India was instituted and the first recipient of this award was Professor Ramnath Misra, current Head of Clinical Immunology at the SGPGIMS, Lucknow. The event started on evening of December 11, 2015 with an inauguration function, attended by the Director, Dr. Sunil Chandy as the Chief Guest and the Medical Superintendent Dr. C.E. Eapen as the Guest of Honour. This was followed by a Symposium and Workshop on Nail fold video capillaroscopy, which is a relatively new diagnostic tool in the specialty, used for early diagnosis of various connective tissue diseases. Dr. Ariene Herrick, University of Manchester, UK (video talk), Dr. Vivek Vasdev, R & R Army Hospital and Dr. Arul Rajamurugan, Madurai Medical College, were the main speakers and patrons for the workshop. The morning session on December 12, started with posthumous remembrance of six departed leaders, followed by honouring of the five founding fathers of Indian Rheumatology. Following the reading of the citation by one of their close associates / students, they were honoured with presentation of a shawl, gold medal, plaque and citation scroll. Dr. Sunil Chandy, Dr. C.E. Eapen, Dr. Anand Zachariah, Head of Medicine Department, Dr. T. Jacob John, former Head, Department of Virology and Vice-Principal, Dr. Satish Solomon from CMC Vellore were among the prominent dignitaries present. Subsequently, all the leaders shared their experiences and hardships endured to pave the way for Rheumatology to be established as a specialty in itself in the “Words of Wisdom” symposium. Later in the day, scientific programme on recent advances included symposiums on biologics and biosimilar Debate and the distinguished teacher in Indian Rheumatology oration. More than 100 participants, including senior rheumatologists, professors, heads of departments, trainees and young practicing rheumatologists from various parts of the country attended the event. CLINIC AL VIR OL OG Y W ORKSHOP CLINICAL OLOG OGY WORKSHOP Department of Clinical Virology organized the “First Hands-on Workshop in Viral Diagnostics” from December 7 to12. The workshop was aimed at imparting knowledge and training for candidates in the common viral diseases in our population, diagnostic significance of various markers and to give hands-on experience in various techniques. Since it was a hands-on workshop the participant number was restricted to 16. Microbiology postgraduates from eight different medical colleges including our final year PG registrars participated and were given hands-on training in ELISA, rapid tests, isolation of viruses by cell culture and embryonated egg innoculation, immunofluorescence and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of different viral markers. There were sessions on trouble shooting of different assays with importance given to quality assurance in the laboratory and clinico virological case discussions. Demonstration of electron microscopy for the participants was shown by the Wellcome Research Laboratory. The workshop was awarded 30 credit points by the Centre for Accreditation, the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. The feedback from the candidates was very encouraging.
RETIREMENT Mr. Edwin S., Sel.Gr.MRT-II retired from services on December 10, 2015. Mr. Edwin joined as clerk in the Department of Medical Records in the year 1983 under General Superintendent. In 1994, he was transferred under Medical Superintendent as Graduate Medical Records Technician (MRT). He has got various promotions and reached Sel.Gr.MRT II at the time of retirement. During this period he worked efficiently in all areas he was posted. His wife, Mrs. Mercy Stella Bai is working as Sr.Sel.Gr.II Medical Lab. Technician in the Department of Transfusion Medicine. His daughter has completed her Diploma in Nursing and his son, Mr. Samuel has completed Diploma in Nursing and is doing his bond in CMC. CMC thanks him for his many years of dedicated services to the institution and wishes him a blessed retired life. AIGN Y BL OOD DONOR C AMP AR UNT V OL AMPAIGN ARY UNTAR OLUNT A voluntary blood donor campaign was conducted within the institution in an attempt to encourage our staff and students to become repeat voluntary donors. More than 150 units were collected over the Founder’s day week with camps in RUHSA on December 7, 2015 Main Hospital on December 8 to 10, College Campus on December 11 and Eye Hospital Campus on December 15. A donor appreciation meeting was held in the C.K. Job Hall on December 18, where the voluntary donors were felicitated. The Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology wishes to thank our voluntary blood donors who helped us sustain the service to our patients. GIFT DISTRIBUTION T O CLASS IV EMPL O YEES Distribution of gifts to our Class IV employees during Christmas season is a tradition since Dr. Ida Scudder’s days. In tune with this tradition gifts were distributed to 1200 Class IV employees on December 11, 2015. Dr. Dolly Daniel, Associate Director and Mr. Sunny Kuruvilla, Deputy General Superintendent gave away the first few gifts. The function was organized by the Personnel Department. SITU ATIONS V A C ANT SITUA VA 1. Staff II (AHS) Optometrist(Project)/Gradaute Technician Trainee(Project) for the Centre for Stem Cell Research (a) Staff II (AHS) Optometrist (Project). Qualifications : Bachelor of Optometry. Age limit : 35 years. (b) Graduate Technician Trainee (Project). Qualifications : B.Sc. (Life Science). Age limit : 30 years. Salary scale / Consolidated pay :As per institutional rules. Job description : To work in a stem cell research project involving corneal tissue harvesting, organ culture, transparency measurements and histopathology. 2. Social Worker Gr.V (Project) for the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology Qualifications : M.A. Sociology or M.S.W. Age limit : 35 years. Only female candidates need to apply. Salary scale : As per institutional rules. Job description : Pre & post treatment counselling for cancer patients. 3. Social Worker Gr.V (Project) for the Department of Transfusion Medicine & Immunohaematology Qualifications : M.A. Sociology or M.S.W. Salary scale : As per institutional rules. Job description : Donor counselling and Donor motivation under Blood Bank. Age limit : 35 years. 4. Staff II AHS Medical Lab. Technician for the Department of Transfusion Medicine Qualifications : B.Sc. (MLT ) from recognized university only need to apply. Age limit : 35 years. Salary scale : As per institutional rules. Job description : Blood Bank Technical work, Assist in conducting EQAS. Application form available at www.cmch-vellore.edu Link : “Administration”. Icon : “M.S.Office” Note : Applications without the Application Form of the Office of the Medical Superintendent will not be accepted.
Apply with biodata, photograph, telephone number, certificates and testimonial copies to the Medical Superintendent, Christian Medical College, Vellore -632 004 on or before January 04, 2016 for item 1(a), 1(b) and January 11, 2016 for items 2, 3 and 4. CMC Employee Co-operative society’s 64th General body meeting will be held at 4.40 pm on January 4, Monday 2016, in Kuttumbiah Hall, ASHA Building.