Vol.No.54. No.18
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
OCTOBER 31, 2016
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Golden Jubilee commemoration of Department of Clinical Virology
Special Prayers:October 30-November 05, 2016 Principal's Office : Dr. Anna B. Pulimood and Staff Medical Students (SA President) : Mr. Shantanu Nayak Allied Health Students OPTSA President : Ms. Grace Gill ASHA President : Mr. Mathew Jebaraj Wardens
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he Department of Clinical Virology is a state-of-the-art National Resource Centre, responding to investigation of many viral infections – Hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E), Dengue, Influenza, HIV, herpes viruses and HPV. It began its Golden Jubilee Celebration on 12th October, 2016. The department is a NABL accredited laboratory since 2011. It is one of the few Virology laboratories associated with a medical college, offering the largest repertoires of diagnostic assays.
The Department was started as an enterovirus laboratory in 1966, as an initiative by Dr. Jacob Chandy, then Principal, and Dr. Telford Work of Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta. It was established and headed for two years by Dr. Roger Feldman of CDC and subsequently Dr. T. Jacob John took charge
in 1968, making it India’s first diagnostic virology laboratory. Some landmark initiatives of the laboratory include documentation of very low efficacy of oral polio vaccine, leading to the design and field test of ‘Pulse vaccination’ in 1981, and resulting in a polio-free Vellore in 1982 and 1983. Pulse polio immunisation was eventually adopted nationally, for polio eradication. In 1972, donor blood screening for HBV was established for the first time in the developing world. In 1986, HIV infection was detected again for the first time in India, in samples from commercial sex workers. By 1988, routine donor blood screening for HIV was established. The diagnostic virology laboratory became an independent Department of Clinical Virology in 1995 and expanded its diagnostic services immensely with the establishment of molecular tests in 1996. Continued on Page 2
Men's Hostel
: Dr. Vaibhav Londhe
Women's Hostel
: Dr. Anuradha Bose
DJ Hostel
: Mr. Andrew Babu
Fitch Hostel
: Ms. Sushila Russell
CMC Alumni Association: Dr. Prathap Tharyan Registrar's Office : Dr. Regi Oommen Medical Education Unit : Dr. Minnie Faith Continuing Medical Education: Dr. Tony Abraham Bioethics
: Dr. Kuryan George
Distance Education:Dr. Jachin Velavan Sunday Services : November 06, 2016 6.00 pm
: Scudder Auditorium Rev. P. Rainard Pearson
6.30 pm
: Hospital Chapel Rev. Ananthi A. Mary
We welcome: Mr. Samuel Ravi Chand J., Clinical Instructor-II, Department of Transfusion Medicine & Immunohaematology, on his return from sabbatical leave.
In commemoration of World Diabetes Day, the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism organised a Cookery Competition on 24th September, 2016, on the theme ‘Healthy Meal Box for 12-year-old School-Going Children’. The event, which took place at Darling Residency, Vellore. At the core of managing diabetes, is a healthy eating habit, which begins at home.
Given that childhood obesity is a strong contributor to diabetes, the Cooking Competition fulfilled its dual objective of creating awareness among homemakers, as well as encouraging their creativity. Diabetic diet does not mean living in deprivation, but is rather about wary food choices - most notably, limiting carbohydrates and cutting out sugars for a lifetime.
CMC Newsline
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism observes World Diabetes Day
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