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respect for emergency medicine will not happen overnight. some of the developing countries having been fighting this was for a while and it is still an everyday battle to make other specialities respect us for what we do. patience and perseverence is the key.

the society itself cannot afford to have too many splinters amongst us. at the moment i see that that are multiple societies representing emergency medicine in india. there needs to be a coming together of persons/institutions for the larger good of emergency medicine in india.

arunkumar ganesan.