Healers' Paradise

Pentavalent Vaccine in Immunization Programme

2011-12-21T17:34:00.000+05:30

Read here about the new Pentavalent Vaccine introduced today in Tamil Nadu in the Universal Immunisation Programme:

Pentavalent Vaccine is a boon to the children

Protect the poor children with Pentavalent vaccine

Birth of our Madurai Medical College

2011-09-07T23:44:00.002+05:30

View here Inauguration ceremony of our Madurai Medical College:

Genetic cure with the Glow Dog!

2011-07-31T07:42:00.002+05:30

Read here about the genetic to treat diseases with the Glowing dog!

Treating human illnesses with the Glowing Dog!

Advanced Research Lab - ICMR approval!

2011-07-31T07:24:00.002+05:30

Read here about ICMR's approval for setting up an advanced research laboratory at our Madurai Medical College:

Advanced Research Laboratory at Madurai Medical College approval by ICMR

Batch-mates in Poovar get together

2011-06-18T22:31:00.003+05:30

View here the pictures of our Batch-mates at Poovar get - together in 2004. See our Dr.Murugadas appear in all of them:

Batch-mates in group

Batch-mates posing for group photo

Batch-mates in events

Winners with smiling faces

WHO classifies Mobile Phone as Carcinogen!

2011-06-12T13:59:00.003+05:30

Read here about WHO classification of Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields as possibly Carcinogenic to Humans:

The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radio-frequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer , associated with wireless phone use.

The IARC Monograph Working Group discussed the possibility that these exposures might induce long‐term health effects, in particular an increased risk for cancer. This has relevance for public health, particularly for users of mobile phones, as the number of users is large and growing, particularly among young adults and children.

Results

The evidence was reviewed critically, and overall evaluated as being limited among users of wireless telephones for glioma and acoustic neuroma, and inadequate to draw conclusions for other types of cancers. The evidence from the occupational and environmental exposures mentioned above was similarly judged inadequate. The Working Group did not quantitate the risk; however, one study of past cell phone use (up to the year 2004), showed a 40% increased risk for gliomas in the highest category of heavy users (reported average: 30 minutes per day over a 10‐year period).

Conclusions

Dr Jonathan Samet (University of Southern California, USA), overall Chairman of the Working Group, indicated that "the evidence, while still accumulating, is strong enough to support a conclusion and the 2B classification. The conclusion means that there could be some risk, and therefore we need to keep a close watch for a link between cell phones and cancer risk."

"Given the potential consequences for public health of this classification and findings," said IARC Director Christopher Wild, "it is important that additional research be conducted into the long‐ term, heavy use of mobile phones. Pending the availability of such information, it is important to take pragmatic measures to reduce exposure such as hands‐free devices or texting. "

Magic of sunshine!

2011-06-05T00:24:00.002+05:30

By clicking on the link find here how Vitamin D generated by sun light enhances the sperm motility towards egg:

Sunshine Linked to fatherhood

Get-together photos - Mahabalipuram

2011-05-29T13:57:00.004+05:30

View here photos of our Batch-mates' Get-together at Mahabalipuram:

Resort

Registration

Batch-mates

Teaching Fraternities' opinions - 1978 Magazine

2011-05-07T22:42:00.010+05:30

Here we continue appreciation of our 1978 College Magazine and its contents. Read here the opinions on Medical education, Medical profession and ragging that were shared in the magazine by then teaching fraternities.

Dr.Vembar, Professor of Pharmocology, on Medical examinations:
"The oral is a complimentary to the written examination and the student can improve and improvise on his written performance. The internal examiner acts as a coordinator. And as the medical student has his orals from his first year he must get used to it psychologically and must be free from any fear for it. ....
The present day examinations are more a test for memory and not for knowledge. The best thing again is to opt for an internal assessment based on a series of objective written performance of a candidate during the course"
- from 'Know an Examiner' of the magazine.

Dr.K.Balakrishnan, Professor of Surgery, advises PGs:
'.....What is required for a surgical degree is not extra intelligence but a steady constant work. It requires application and that knowledge only put me in good stead'
- from 'A SURGEON'S POINT OF VIEW' of the magazine.

Dr.Vijayaraghavan, S.P.M. Professor, on profession:
"... One thing is that I don't like private practice. I don't like putting up a clinic, waiting for the patients, and talking to satisfy them, collecting money from them and all those things. Another thing is the preventive aspect; implementation of various national health programmes for the good of the public is more interesting to me. So, I opted myself for the public health side."
- from 'The S.P.M. Professor talks...' of the magazine.

Dr.N.Krishnamoorthy, Ophthalmologist, on ragging:
'.... Ragging is the best way the juniors can be introduced into the new environment. "They may not be knowing what is happening outside" It happened in our batch. One of the freshers fell ill and only a senior student who ragged him the previous day took him to the hospital in the dead of night, brought him by cycle - rickshaw spending his own money.'
- from 'KALVIGURU & KAMAGURU ......' of the magazine.

Exam for Indian Medical Graduate status & PG course

2011-04-14T18:13:00.009+05:30

Recently, President of Medical Council of India, Dr.Sarin has proposed to conduct licentiate exams after internship of MBBS students for qualifying to the Indian Medical Graduate status (IMG). It is said that this exam will give more weightage in ranking for PG courses, and thus will lead to scrapping of the existing PG entrance exams. By 2017 one could see this exam made mandatory. Read the following for further details and other plans of MCI regarding PG courses:
MCI to introduce exam for MBBS graduates to qualify for degree - (1)

MCI to introduce exam for MBBS graduates to qualify for degree - (2)

MCI plans to scrap PG exam - (1)

MCI plans to scrap PG exam - (2)

Entertainers in 1978 College Magazine

2011-03-27T13:03:00.005+05:30

Our 1978 College Magazine contains also pictures of entertainers. View them here:

Demise of Chief - Dr.C.Kalidas

2011-03-12T18:10:00.003+05:30

It is informed hereby that our Madurai Medical College Surgical Unit ex-Chief, Dr.C.Kalidas expired.

Our Teachers in College Magazine 1978 - Dr.R.S.

2011-02-20T00:10:00.005+05:30

Dr.R.Subramaniam

What our teachers have told about medical students and medical education in our College Magazine 1978? Read on here the excerpts from the discussion with Dr.R.Subramaniam:

(Introducing about the teacher) ... Ever clad in snow white sleeves and trousers, he is someone we look up to, to realise the vastness of Medicine. He has his own way of getting about tutoring his students.

(Replying to the question) Can you give us your bio-data?

I passed my BSC in 1950 ... joined in Stanley Medical College, in 1950 June. Failed in medicine in '55; became an additional student; passed out in Dec. 1955. ...joined MD in 1957. ...So the stigma of an additional was hanging over my head till I finished MD. ... in 69-promoted as an associate professor ...I utilised the time to refurbish myself with more knowledge of Medicine and Teaching, from journals etc. ... and became an additional professor in 1975 and professor of therapeutics in 1977, as I am now continuing.

(Replying to the question about additionals writing medal exams)
Do you think such intelligence is there in April batch?

Look now, in the beginning itself I told you that not all those who fail are fools. (He was pretty angry when he said that .....) They are students, even better. In the first two batches of additional students I handled I produced six post-graduates...
- from the article, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR . . .

Batch-mates' Service in College - 1978 College Magazine

2011-02-06T00:47:00.005+05:30

Our Batch-mates rendered services even at our College. View them here in pictures that had been recorded in our 1978 College Magazine:

Blood Donors Club Secretary

- from the article, 'A Pint of Blood, Please!'

Selvaraj Manoharan,
N.S.S. Secretary

Children care

Letter writing
-from the article, 'Social Service & N.S.S.'

Chandramouli,
Fine Arts Secretary seen with Dean

Fine Arts Group Batch-mates, Muthusamy,
Murugesa Duraisingam & Jeyaraj
- from the article, 'Fine Arts and Insults'

About woes of Additionals in 1978 College Magazine

2011-01-24T23:33:00.005+05:30

Excerpts from ‘The Sky Above - The Mud Below’ of our 1978 College Magazine about ‘additionals’:

‘Amidst our lighted corridors there are dark passages. Among the laughing faces there are some hurt looks. For example the medical student is not academically better off than an engineering college student. His curriculum does not allow for human failing and natural calamities, in that he cannot carry the subjects in which he has failed to the next academic year.’

‘They are suffering a lot. They have lost all their drive for life and sustain their hope with very little practicality. They are like the sick children who must be nursed separately.’

‘Unless the problem of additionals is taken up seriously, there will grow a large population of these students with psychological undertones and political overlay.’

College Magazine 1978 - Administrators and Editor

2010-12-19T00:00:00.007+05:30

Dean

Editor with Dean

Chairman

                                                        Gen Sec

                                                                                  - To be continued

Legend for the Cartoon - 1978 College Magazine

2010-12-11T18:33:00.006+05:30

Excerpts from ‘Legend for the cartoon in the fly leaf’ of our College Magazine 1978:

‘The first block houses eagles over its terrace and hunting is strictly prohibited here. Trespassers and omelette-lovers will be prosecuted. You get a free view of any play or dance in the Gandhi Museum stadium,’

‘The extension counter of IOB, sees a lot of turnover and the Madurai Medico has always a savings account of Rs.5 only, and this is one of the few banks not touched by robbers.’

‘In the library straining the brains of our students, some students rest their brains and they sleep over the books. It is also a large recreation room in between classes; there are as many mosquitoes as there are books but fewer girls at any time of the day.’

‘The third block adjacent to the L.H. houses the animal house above the III floor, which hosts no pet animals. But what thrives there has a veterinary officer to take care of them. But it will be surprising that many students have not known its existence and fewer have crossed its entrance. When research abounds in our college in future we might have monkeys here but never an elephant. They are becoming extinct, you know.’

- Cartoon and content by Sridhar.

- To be continued.

College Magazine 1978 - Designs and Editors

2010-11-28T22:45:00.003+05:30

The other day our College magazine of 1978 was traced out and found to be replete with our batch-mates' articles and pictures. As each of its pages were opened past memories became the recent memories making live the past! Here are some pictures from it to make us feel younger once more. Feel the past as present!

Front Cover

Inner Design

Dedication

- To be continued.

About Intra-nasal Swine Flu vaccine

2010-11-20T07:21:00.004+05:30

As you know a painless vaccine for the prevention of Swine Flu by intra-nasal route has been introduced in India and approved by Tamil Nadu Government. An excerpt from an article about it has been given below:
‘The vaccine is approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for usage by any individual above three years of age, except pregnant women’

Read more here about the vaccine in this article:
Intra-nasal Vaccine for the prevention of H1N1

Our Batch-mate and Rangoli!

2010-11-14T08:26:00.007+05:30

All of us are reminded about one of our batch-mates whenever we see a Rangoli displayed. You find below his own portrait shaped by himself and also an excerpt from his letter about his other arts.

“The Line Drawing that I have mailed to you is a photoshoped image of my photograph; it’s not my original Work. I have downloaded many Photoshop Apps. from Apple Store. I transform my photographs using those Apps. in my iPhone itself and I mail them through my iPhone. I have given-up doing Rangoli, Painting and Drift Wood Sculpture, long back. Even my wife and my son do not believe if I show them my original works done in our college days! I resort to digital technology in my Artistic works. In recent days I'm interested in Digital Arts. I do have softwares for Real Time Painting and also for Sculpting in cyberspace.”
Passionately yours,
MD.Singam.

2010 Batch Meet Games

2010-11-06T18:37:00.003+05:30

Game Participants

Batch-mates cheering Participants

Demise of Batch-mate

2010-11-03T23:07:00.002+05:30

It is informed hereby that our batch-mate, Dr.Murugadas expired on 31st October 2010.

'Nallamaana Thamilagam' to prevent NCDs!

2010-10-27T23:55:00.004+05:30

Non-Communicable diseases have now become more common. A programme called 'Nallamaana Thamilagam' will be initiated by Tamil Nadu Government in the first week of November 2010. With it, it is aimed to improve the health status if rural population in Tamil Nadu by reducing the risk factors associated with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). It is also hoped that it will increase the awareness about the risk factors and adopting healthy lifestyles to prevent the NCDs.
"Enn Score Enna?!"
(Media advt. slogan)

Mosquitoes to check Dengue and Malaria!

2010-10-22T22:38:00.003+05:30

News from a daily:
For tackling Dengue menace, Genetically modified male mosquitoes (GMMs) are to be released in our environment.

Excerpt::
"The GMMs will copulate with the female (Aedes and Anopheles) mosquitoes and cause the larvae to die due to the presence of killer genes. This will make them(Aedes and Anopheles) refractory to transmit Dengue virus and Plasmodium," said Dr.B.K.Tyagi, Director in-charge, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), at Madurai.

Note this:
Malaysian Government would be releasing about 2000 GMMs this year. Read more about it here:
Malaysia to carry out GM mosquito trial
Malaysia adopts GM mosquito

Our College Medical Exhibition

2010-10-17T22:36:00.002+05:30

Here is a news from our College published in a daily:

Madurai Medical College medical exhibition will be held from 12th to 17th November, 2010. It is named as "Syncytium." Latest techniques and trends in Medicine and Surgery are to be highlighted in it. It is conducted after a gap of six years.

Identify our College portion!

2010-10-11T18:22:00.003+05:30

Can you identify the portion of our Madurai Medical College and the place from which the photo has been clicked? Reply in 'Comments' section.

News about vaccine against Pneumococcus

2010-10-06T21:51:00.007+05:30

Read news about the launch of a new vaccine to prevent Pneumococcal diseases in infants and children.

Excerpt:
‘The World Health Organization (WHO) has sought the inclusion of Prevenar in the National Immunization Programmes of developing countries as a high priority especially where under five mortality is more than 50 per 1,000 live births or where more than 50,000 children die annually. In India’

Click here to read all the news --> Pneumococcal vaccine

Batch-mates promoted!

2010-10-04T18:10:00.004+05:30

Congratulations to our Batch-mates who have been now promoted as Joint Directors of Medical & Rural Health Services in the Tamilnadu Government Medical Services! They are:
Dr.Azikannammal
Dr.Raju
Dr.Gnanavel

A batch meet organizer's letter

2010-10-02T18:05:00.002+05:30

Read here a response mail from Dr.Ramesh on behalf of the Organizers of the Batch Meet:

Dear friends
Thanks for all your mails appreciating our efforts. But our efforts would have been in vain, but for all your active participation, enthusiasm and tolerance
I am happy to be a part of the organizing team of the Mahabalipuram meet. . I thank all the participants and their family on behalf of the organizing team
Dr.Ramesh

Appreciation from our Batch-mate afar!

2010-10-02T17:58:00.003+05:30

Read here an appreciation mail from our Batch-mate afar:

Dear All,

Many have written poems regarding our batch meet at Mahabalipuram. I am not expert but only one word is enough simply "SUPERB". All the credits go to organizers especially for keeping all of us busy and tightly engaged from the time we meet till we all leave. So I thank all of our batch mates to be so kind and loving to me still though I have not met for 16 years and many after 20 years. But still I miss so many of closemates like Banu Sirajiya, Dilshad, Rukmini, Parvathavardini, Manjula, Lalitha, Parvathi, Gomathi, Jebamani, Jaffar, Kumar, Usha, etc. I wish they all have to take interest to come and meet us.

I thank personally Dr.TSC, Manicks, Jeyaram, Ramesh, Lakshmi, Selvamani and Balanagammal to keep the stay pleasant in Chariot Beach Resort.

With love to all
Avanthi

Appreciation by Batch-mate's Spouse

2010-10-02T06:14:00.006+05:30

Dear all,
   I’m Dr.Subbulakshmi (Padma to Baloo's friends).
The two days batch meet was very nice and the most striking feature which i noticed was the equal enthusiasm, freedom, cheerfulness and happiness among the girls of your batch which I think would not be there in any batch, and which made me give this mail and the main reason which makes me attend the meet..
Hats off to madurai medicos 1973.
    With regards
Dr. Subbulakshmi
   W/O Dr. N. Balasubramanian

1973 Batch meet - 2010 at Maamallapuram

2010-10-01T07:19:00.003+05:30

1973 Batch meet - 2010

Avid participants looking on

Batch meet organizers

Invitation card of Batch Meet 2010

2010-10-01T07:03:00.004+05:30

Emblem

Invitation card

Invitation card 2nd page

Birth of the blog - Healers' Paradise!

2010-09-18T23:32:00.000+05:30

Today this blog, Healers' Paradise has been started. It is the unique and exclusive blog for sharing the experience, expertise, thoughts, views and feelings between all of us. It is dedicated today, 18th September 2010 for the service of 1973 Batch-mates of Madurai Medical College, Madurai!