EM, SEMI & MCI: MD Emergency Medicine - When and How Initiated?
26-Sep-2011

The Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) recommends that the Medical Council of India (MCI) sit with it and other societies working in the sphere of EM to improve and upgrade standards of this specialty. MCI should retrospectively recognize the degrees granted to emergency physicians by various UGC recognized universities across the country. Training should be given to other specialists interested in Emergency Medicine with the help of existing emergency physicians.

Authors
Dr. V. P. Chandrasekaran
President, SEMI

Dr. T. S. Srinath
Joint Secretary, SEMI

- EMS India Page 31-33, July 2011 Issue Good Article!
To read full article, visit www.EMSIndia.in to download magazine
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Delhi Hospitals Lacking in Emergency Protocols
20-Sep-2011

Last week's Delhi High Court blast, which left 13 dead and around 90 injured, once again exposed one of the most glaring shortcomings of the capital's hospitals - Lack of a robust emergency response system.

- DelhiGo (Click here to read full article)

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Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency Medicine, MMHRC, Madurai
26-Aug-2011
Editors Desk

Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre (MMHRC) started the 1 year Postgraduate Diploma in Emergency Medicine (PGDEM) in July 2010. This course is conducted in affliation with Indian Medical Association (IMA), George Washington University USA and Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services (IIEMS).

The first batch of students graduated from the program this month. The convocation day was conducted on 31st July 2011 and the certificates were distributed to the 11 successful students of PGDEM.

Dr Narendranath Jena, Head of Accident & Emergency Medicine at MMHRC, is the course coordinator for PGDEM. Dr. Jena had completed his own certification in emergency medicine at the prestigious emergency department at Christian Medical College Vellore. He has been promoting emergency medicine in the city of Madurai for more than 3 years.

The convocation was attended by Dr. Ravishankar-National Secretary IMA, Dr. Natasha Powell-Faculty from George Washington University and Dr. George Abhram-Director IIEMS, in addition to the directors of MMHRC. Dr. Arul Rhaj-Chairman Commonwealth Health Profession Alliance was the chief guest of the occasion.

Dr. Arul Rhaj spoke about the importance of emergency medicine in todays life and expressed how this course can improve the patient outcome at the primary health care level. He stressed the need for general practitioners to take up this course to strengthen their emergency skills and treat their patients with confidence. Dr. Arul also spoke about the enormous job opportunities for those undergoing training in emergency medicine, as this specialty is in high demand and the number of trained doctors is negligible.

Visit the MMHRC Emergency Department Webpage

(Image part of album emailed to us from MMHRC, Madurai)


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EmergencyMedicine.in Mirror Site
23-Aug-2011
Tech Desk
WEBSITE DOWN!

Dear Readers,

We are currently experiencing technical problems with our primary servers in Mumbai. Our website was unreachable on multiple occasions since the past couple of weeks. Yesterday, the website was down again. Hence we have temporarily redirected all visitor traffic to our alternate server in US. This website which you are now viewing, is our backup mirror site. We are attempting to restore the original website to bring it back online.

However, we will still try and upload any news items coming from our Editors Desk. Assuring you of our best efforts!

- Tech Team, EmergencyMedicine.in

Update 26-Aug-2011
Our primary server is now back online, however we are going to continue using this mirror site as our primary website, until further notice. Full website access has been enabled and we will also bring the NEPI discussion forum online shortly.
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Masters in Emergency Medicine (MEM) Graduation at Max Hospitals New Delhi
17-Aug-2011
Editors Desk

The first batch of emergency medicine (EM) residents who underwent the 3 year Masters in Emergency Medicine (MEM) at Max Hospitals Delhi, completed their course this month. The course is accredited to the Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine (RRIEM) under the George Washington University, USA.

Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director at RRIEM,was present at a convocation ceremony held on 12th August 2011 at Max Hospital Auditorium, Saket, New Delhi. Dr. Tamorish Kole is the course director and Head of Department of Emergency Medicine at Max Hospitals.

15 emergency physicians who had enrolled in 2008, graduated from the program with all the deserved excitement.

This 3 year structured EM training is also conducted at 4 other institutes in India which include Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences at Calicut, Rabindranath Tagore Institute of Medical Sciences at Kolkota, Peerless Hospital at Kolkota and Moolchand Healthcare at Delhi.

The MEM residency locations are few of the many private hospitals in India which are generating locally trained & credentialed emergency physicians. MEM originated from an earlier program known as International Fellowship in Emergency Medicine (IFEM) which was of 2 years duration.

Read about Convocation at MIMS Calicut in August 2009
Read about Max Emergency Medicine Interest Group

Update!
Max Healthcare Confers Degrees on Its First Batch of EM Physicians
19-Sep-2011
Click here to read full article from Express Healthcare


(Image part of album emailed to us from Max)


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