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After addressing 5000 students, teach-ers and paren ts at BVB Engineering Col-

lege at Hubliduring the inau-guration of Dr.RH Kulkarni me-morial lecturecomplex on 6Feb 2009 ,Dr. Kalam trav-elled for 1 hourand reachedLakshmeswar tointeract withthe students ofSm t. Kam ala & Shri Venkappa M AgadiCollege of Engineering & Technology,Lakshm esw ar. W hen he landed, hem et Dr. Solomon, w elcom ing him w ithfolded hands amidst of other personsin the queue. Seeing his humility, Dr.Kalam enquired in his usual inimitablestyle, W hat do you do? He replied,Sir, I am serving in a rural CSI hospital

in t he int erior Karnataka, a place called BetGeri, Gadag District and I attend 250 pa-tients everyday. Interested Dr. Kalam

said, that is th eplace I wouldlike to visit andsee. Dr. Solo-mon face be-comes brightand happilytold t hat Sir, ifyou visit thatinterior ruralarea, the ent irevillage will beblessed and

he said, sir i t is only 20 m inutes from thisplace. OH! Then I will come today eveningitself, Dr. Kalam indicated his interest tovisit that place. A happy rural doctor im-mediately rushed to the CSI Hospital forreceiving Dr. Kalam. After all the fun ctionsare over in the day tim e, Dr. Kalam drovestraight to t he CSI Hospital at Bet Geri. Cont inued o n Page 2

Rural health a life time Noble Mission

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30 years of dedicated service by Dr. Solomon has brought a new dimension to rural health

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1. I love my medical profession anoble m ission.

2. I will follow the motto Let my

care, remove the pain and bringsmiles.

3. I will be a lifelong learner, I willpractice what I learn and I willtrain my t eam t o be competent.

4. I will deliver quality care withhigh standards irrespective ofw hom I am treating.

5. I w ill not int roduce anydiagnostic pain.

6. If any patient is unhappy withmy treatment, I will find out thecauses and treat th e patient w ithutm ost care and free of cost.

7. I will work with integrity andsucceed wit h integrity.

8. I w ill cont inuously w ork forcomplete cure and socialacceptance of all leukoderma,HIV AIDS and lep rosy patient s.

9. I w ill m ake m y profession,

patient s my p assion and serviceto patients my obsession.

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Special gene causing cardiom yopat hy in Ind ian po pul atio n

Nature Genetics Journal has published online on 18 January 2009 about the findings of a twhich is present in over 50.5 million Indians. This gene is set to be r espoamong the Indian population when they re ached around 45 years of age. Kum ar a sa my Tha nga ra j of Cen tr e for Ce llula r a nd Mole cu- la r Biology, HyS Dhanda pany from Madurai Kamaraj Univers ity, Sakthivel Sadayappan fCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, Uexperts assembled her e should discuss the possibility of scr eening of thwhich have hear t patients. The family member s who have been found to strict vegetarian diet schedule along with aerobic exercises and meditation. A healthy life

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Glimpses of BESEL

Mission Hospit al

W hen w e landed t here, i t w as around 7 pm , large num ber of pat ients was w ait ingover there, hospital staff, doctors, patients and the local people has thronged the hospitalhearing th e new s that Dr. Kalam is visiting, and gave resound ing w elcome.

Dr. Solomon and th e team of do ctors gave a brief presentat ion about the vision andmission of the hospital. The Basel mission started in 1834 in Basel, Switzerland, sent its mis-sionaries to India. By 1901 th e M ission w as very active in nort h Karnataka. In t hose time splague and cholera epidemics had broken out, malaria and malnutrition took a heavy toll ofth e peop le and famine cond itions prevailed. In respon se to th is acute need fo r healthcare inth is region, the m ission established t he ho spital in Betgeri in 1902. For d ecades, the ho spital

served by the doctor missionaries, provided only healthcare that was available in thosetim es. The hospital had done trem endous service to t he poor as m ost of t he treatm ent w asdon e free of cost, funded by t he Basel mission. The Hospital is still fondly called t heGerman hospital by the local people, because of the German doctors who served here.The Hospital has an Orp hanage and a Polio Hom e.

The hospital was run mainly by doctor missionaries from Europe, till the early1970s. Once the missionary doctors left, the hospital was no longer funded by the missionand was expected to generate i ts own funds. I t was recommended for closure in the late1970s. An Indian Gynecologist, lady docto r wh o served from 1980-1985 helped in keepinth e hospital runn ing with her selfless services. Since then m any Indian doctor s have servedin t he hospital, som e as full tim e consultants and m any as part t ime consultant s. Dr. Solom onChelliah, afte r graduatio n, he w orked as M edical Officer in this hospital from 1980-83 anth en specialized in Gener al M edicine at C.M.C Vellor e, had joined t he ho spital as Physicianand M edical Superin tend ent in 1986, wh en ther e was no secondary care hospital in the re-gion. Rural people were still dying due to poo r obstetric care, poo r imm unization facilitiesnake bite s, suicidal poisoni ngs and inf ectio us diseases. This is th e tim e; the doct or s und erthe leadership by the Dr. Solomon decided to upgrade this hospital as a secondary hospitalwith good Intensive Care Unit with ventilator facility, In-patients facilities with both gener

and private w ards, X-Ray unit and Hemo -Dialysis unit, Neo-nat al unit . M odern ization olaborat ory, pharm acy and oper ation t heatre w ith f acilities for basic m inimal invasive surgerw as realized in a phased man ner over t he years.

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In the polio home hemet and in terac ted w i tharound 50 students whowere affected by Polio.Dr. Kalam promised to

arrange an FRO camp bythe Nizam inst i tute ofM edical sciences, Hy-derabad and DRDO, sothat specialists doctorswil l examine the polioaffected children andcarryout any surgicaltreatment if requiredbefore the f i tment of

FRO caliper s. All t he ch il-dren were welcomedthis announcement byDr. Kalam .

Children were standingin a queue to ask Dr.Kalam questions andasked number of ques-t ions with reference toChandr ayan M ission,nuclear deal, developedIndia where Dr. Kalamanswered them one byone.

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Dr. Kalam meets polio

aff ected st udents at

BESELThe challenge was how to do this, keeping the cost still affordable, so that it is not out ofreach for th e com m on m an. This objective of sett ing up a good second ary care cent re hasbeen m et to a large extent , in a phased m anner over the years. Dr. Solom on briefed thataround 250 patients are at t ended to on a typical day. Dr. Kalam went around the h ospitalw ards, m et th e patient s, and visited t he facilities of th e polio hom e.

The experience w as very unique. In the sense, in a rural area how th is hospital is pro -viding health-care to th e people w ith latest m edical facilities at a very less cost. The in-patien ts ward is having almo st 100% occupancy. The hospital has m anaged to keep t he costof t he treatm ent very less and yet im prove on it s infrastructur e. This is possible by:1. The Specialist consultatio n charges are kept at Rs. 25/ - for m ore than 20 years, m aking

an OPD consultation afford-able to even to the poorest .

2. The docto rs are expected towork, more than the usual 8hours and cover night duty asw ell when t he need arises.

3. The I.C.U bed charges are on lyRs.100/- and w hen other fa-cilities like M onito rs, Oxygen,Ventilators are required, extracharges are m ade.

4. Som e hospital staff act as m ul-

tipu rpo se w orkers, like th e x-ray technician also w orks as a registr ation cou nt er clerk.Dialysis techn ician also backs up an OT technician w hen n eeded .

5. All visiting specialists and superspecialists, w orking part time for the hospital areexpected to charge at a m inimu m, considering the economic background of t he pa-tient s. Since m any of these doct ors have established th eir name in the city due toplatform provided to them by the Hospital at t he beginning of th eir careers, they donot grudge their services to t he poo r.

6. Every docto r has to see th e patient in OPD and in-patients. Adm inistr ation is an add-on responsibility, w hich the doctor h as to perf orm in addition to t he clinical w ork.

7. The Hospital believes in thephilosophy, that one is a doc-tor first and then a specialist.All specialists also work asM edical Officers when t henee d arises.

8. A hospital run pharmacy andlaboratory generates incomefor the hospital, which is usedto subsidize patient care.

9. It is the general policy of thehospital, that the staff shouldbe paid w ell and th at no one should feel exploited.



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She wal ks wit h r aised

head,

With her eyes looking

st ra ight ,

She has her principles,

Unafraid of anybody!

She has a lof t y

And knowl edge based

pr ide ,

Such cult ured women ,

Don 't f a l t e r f r om the

chosen pat h.

She drives ignorance

away.

She we lcome s t he bl iss of

l i f e .

With learned mind,

This is t he Dhar ma

Of emerging woman.

Yes, this is the poetry

from the great poet

Bharathiar . We havewitnessed women com-

mandos armed with weap-

ons at VSSC, Thiruvanan-

thapuram dur ing the vis i t of

Dr. Kalam to VSSC as a

Chancellor of Indian Insti-

tute of Space science and

Technology (IIST) symboliz-

ing the spi r i t of the Bhara-

thiar s song.

All Women Quar t er

Guard of CISF is function-

ing at VSSC since 16 July

2008, wi thout break and

the mot ivat ion accorded

have led to the rise in mo-

rale of the women to very

high levels. This has given

an impetus to develop an-

other concept of All

Women Quick Reaction

Team by CISF team.

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Role of women in

arm ed forc es How is it possible, that too in a rural environment? It was because of the leadershipgiven by a well qualified M D doctor, w ho graduate d from CM C, Vellore, decided to stay atrur al place in Gadag district of rur al Karnataka for th e last 30 years and ded icated his life fo r rur al healthcare. He has not only pr ovided leadership, he has enriched t he health care facili-

t ies by the collect ion of t he l i t t le money from the patients and m ade the hospital serve withbet ter m edical facilities to t he poor at an afford able cost, many t imes free. The patient s arecoming to at tend previous day night , s tays there to get the treatment, everybody get theurban h ealthcare with out disappointment at affordable cost . He has made a difference in hislife.

W hile our cities boast of the m ost soph isticated tert iary health care infrastructu re, ourrur al people are still being denied the b asic primary and secondary health care. The need inour country is to have good, well equipped general hospitals in rural areas that can delivergood secondary h ealthcare wh ich is th e key, to an eff ective healthcare delivery system . Theabove mentioned principles have helped in the past; however, the Hospital today is a testi-m ony to th e people who responde d to a higher calling. A calling, to pro vide health carew here it is needed th e mo st. For t his m odel to b e successful and sustainable it m eans sacri-fices, dedication and above all an unwavering belief that one is making a difference in thelives of p eop le. - By V. PONRAJ



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During 2008, Dr. Kalam

part icipated in the HelpYour Body programme at

Mumbai. This programme

proposes to create

awareness among the

people about the meth-

ods to combat chronic

diseases through 20,000

doctors who wil l function

as spokesperson in a

zone. Simultaneously, 90

diagnostic centers across 47 cities are being established for providing free testing

for detecting chronic diseases. In addition, it is also proposed to enlist the support

of local communities for building momentum in this programme. While inaugurating

t he programme, Dr. Kalam had suggested t o change t he programme int o Help your

body and mind and made t he f ollow ing suggest ions for m aking the programme sus-

t ainable on long term basis:

1. Spreading t he habit of appropriate exercises for t he mind and body to the entire

populat ion.

2. Promoti ng conduct of periodic medical examination of al l t he individuals who

attain the age of 40 by the corporate sector for providing advice on healthy life

st yle int ervent ion.

3. Making causes and cures of chr onic di seases as a part of science educ ati on in

schools, so t hat Children can become health ambassadors for t he fam ilies.

4. Arranging the screening of rural cit izens on a periodic basis, so that t he citi zens

prone to chronic diseases can be provided with free treatment including nutri-

tion supplements.5. Organising examinat ion by physici ans and psychologists about t he st at us of

healt h both in rural and urban areas t hrough corporate social responsibili ty mis-

sion.

6. The success st ori es of Help your Body and Mind program me can be brought out

as short films by media specialists, so that it can touch the heart of community

wit h pract ical facts.

Since the Association of Physicians of India has over 14,000 members spread in the

different regions of the country, he suggested that each one of the member can

t ake up a regional mission of carryi ng out a programme Help your Body and Mind for

screening and educat ing the local cit izens on preventive healt hcare st rategies.

Hel p Yo u r Body a n d Mind

A 14 days capsule

course for Quick Reaction

Team and STF personnel is

in progress at VSSC with

effect f rom 16t h Feb to 28t h

Feb 2009. In bet ween the

Training program, they got

an opportuni ty to impar t

the t ra inees wi th pract ica l

t ra ining, dur ing the vis i t of

the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,

wherein the Women QRT

was deployed for his pro-

tect ion in the outer c i rc le

and convoy from 19t h to 21st

Feb 2009. The perform -

ance of the Women QRT

was highly appreciated and

their movements and dr i l l s

of mount ing & dismount ing,

swiftness and all round

visual security fully clad in

Bullet proof Jackets and

helmets wi th automat ic

weapons was really worth

mentioning. This incident

remained t he song of Bhara-thiar as ment ioned in the

beginning. V. Ponraj

Role of women in

armed forces

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I was studying the case of a person who had turned a new leaf in his lisented wit h the President's Awar d for the Best Self-Employed Personachievement in itself, his struggle was praise worthy as he has risen abbeing a leprosy patient. After 7 years of treatment in a Welfare and RehLeprosy Patients, he is fully cured and runs his own telephone booth attion. This model should be follow ed by other rehabilitat ion centers in ttreated leprosy patients feel normal to function in the society. I would sof DERMACON 2009 to wor k out specific strategies i n part nership w ith sthat the deformity and the associated social isolation feeling are removaffected patients.

While we are engaged in r ehabilitat ion we have also to ensure t hat no In this respect early detection of the disease is essential in order to avdamage and deformities. This will need survey of the population and deducate the population and particularly the general practitioners in the ghospitals about f acts, the signs and cure for leprosy. Multip le Drug Theraof the ant i-leprosy dr ugs such as rifampicin, clofazimine and dapsone haseffective treatment for the disease. I would suggest that the Leprologistsgies followed by many NGOs and recommend whether it can be applied igovernmental organizations working on l eprosy cure.Suggestions for the DERMOCON 2009 participants

When I look at the dermatologists, venereologists, and leprologists, follow ing suggestions which will be useful to the communit y at large:

1. All the organizations working on dermatology, venereology and leprand rehabilitation should have a joint mission for rehabilitation.2. Generating statistics about the number of people who have been cure

skin diseases in the country , their w ay of li fe, habitat status and educamay include whether the cured pati ents are living in isolated colonies.

3. It is essential to enlist the support of Philanthr opic plastic surgeons one day in a w eek for providing plastic surgery to cured patients free o

4. As the rehabilit ation action is progressing through surgical interventbe made about the type of education and occupational t raining needed

5. A voluntary movem ent may be started with print, advertising agencieto bring home to the society, how inhuman and unwarranted it is to aaffected, HIV, leprosy cured patients.

6. I visualize creati on of a beautiful cinema on skin, HIV and leprosy cpatients life similar to the picture Black which portrayed the storyally challenged girl.

7. Undertaking a pilot project of two years duration in Bangalore or anya starting point for eliminating discrimination and pr oviding rehabilitients. The lessons of the pilot project could be spread to other parts osecond phase.The eradication of skin diseases, HIV and leprosy among the people a

the cured patien ts socially and economically is a mult i-dimensional taskgrated appr oach from gov ernment institut ions, NGOs, medical institut ionrehabilit ation instituti ons, developm ent institutions and research institu

the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologis to work onsuch a mission with the motto Let my brain remove the pain of the sufdress during the inauguration of DERMACON 2009, 37th National Conference of I ndian Asstion of Dermatolog ists, Venereolog ists and Leperologi sts (IADVL) Banga

Towards a society free from all diseases and cancers of t he skin

APJ Abdul Kalam

Small Aim is a crime

APJ Abdul Kalam

Thursday, March 12, 2009

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