Vol.No.55
No.29
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
JANUARY 15, 2018
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1
3 rd Annual Renal Symposium and 13 th Renal Clinical Conference
Special Prayers: January 14 - 20, 2018 Anaesthesia : Dr. Sajan Philip George and Staff Dr. Tony Thomson Chandy and Staff Dr. Ramamani M. and Staff Dr. Raj Sahajanandan and Staff Dr. Ekta Rai and Staff Operation Theatre: Dr. Gahukamble Abhay Deodas and Staff Mrs. Florence Segaran and Staff SICU & HDU : Dr. Subramani K. and Staff Dr. Premila Lee and Staff Christian Assemblies in India
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The event started with prayer at 8.30 am and felicitations by Dr. Biju George, Dr. Anna Pulimood, Dr. Joy Mammen, Professor Chakko Korula Jacob and Professor V. Tamilarasi. The event witnessed over 180 delegates from various parts of India, including adult and paediatric nephrologists, medical and paediatric consultants and trainees, intensivists, physiologists, clinical pharmacists and interns.
The international faculty were Professor Kamel S. Kamel from St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto and Professor George T. John from Brisbane. The national faculty included former Heads of the d e p a r t m e n t P r o f e s s o r. C h a k k o K o r u l a J a c o b a n d P r o f e s s o r V. Tamilarasi, Professor Vimala Ammal and Professor Susan Uthup from Tr i v a n d r u m , Professor N. Gopalakrishnan and Professor Edwin Fernando from Chennai, Professor Mohan Rajapurkar from Nadiad, Professor Abhijit Taraphder from Kolkata, Amit Gupta from Lucknow, Dr. Rajasekara Chakravarthy from Hyderabad, Dr. Suman Lata from Delhi. The intramural faculty were Professor Nihal Thomas from the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic disorders; Professor Kishore Pichamuthu from MICU and Dr. Smita Mary Matthai from the Central Electron Microscopy Unit.
Hospital: Tiruvalla Medical Mission, Sankeshwar Mission Hospital, Women's Hospital, Ambajipeta, Narsapur Christian Hospital and others Sunday Services : January 21, 2018 6.00 pm : Scudder Auditorium Mr. Durai Jasper (AHS Baccalaureate Service) 6.30 pm : Hospital Chapel Prof. Isaac Prashanth 5.00 pm : Friendship Chapel, KPTR Campus Mr. Paul Ravikumar
There was a special session for the nephrology trainees and the post graduates led by Professor Kamel. He took a series of informative lectures and trained the post graduates on varying aspects of “electrolyte and acid-base physiology” followed by combined sessions by Dr. Mandeep and Dr. Neelaveni from General Pathology and Dr. Smita Mary Matthai. The event was awarded 20 CME credit points from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
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he 3 rd Annual Renal Symposium and the 13 th Renal Clinical Conference were held on 5 th and 6th of January 2018 on the topic “Fluid, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Disturbances and Acute Kidney Injury”. The objective of the symposium was to provide a comprehensive, yet practical approach to evaluation and management of these disorders through an emphasis on a strong conceptual background, liberally illustrated with case vignettes. The Renal Clinical conference aimed at providing training for the nephrology trainees by allowing them to present cases and interact in active discussion with the faculty and delegates.
Council Members: Dr. P.C. Cherian Adv. Raju M. Koshy
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Workshop on “Peritoneal Dialysis - Trends and Updates" The Departments of Medical Surgical Specialty Nursing III and Continuing Nursing Education & Research of College of Nursing conducted a workshop on ‘Peritoneal Dialysis – Trends and Updates’ on 7th December 2017. The workshop began with prayer and devotion by Rev. Rainard Pearson followed by felicitations by Dr. Selva Titus, Dean, College of Nursing, and Dr. Santosh Varughese, Acting Head, Department of Nephrology and Dr. Premila Lee, Nursing Superintendent. Mrs.Anbu.S.Kumar, Head of Medical Surgical Nursing Specialty III welcomed the gathering. Mrs. Reena George, the organizing Secretary gave an overview of the programme and Dr.Vinitha Ravindran, Professor and head of CNE Department offered the vote of thanks. The workshop was organized in honour of Mrs. Anbu S.Kumar who is superannuating after 13 years of contribution and leadership as Head of the Department of Medical Surgical Specialty Nursing III. The CNE was organized to create awareness regarding the prevalence and increase of Chronic Kidney Disease nationally and worldwide owing to the growing percentage of population suffering from Diabetes and Hypertension. 20-30% of patients with ESRD in India are not initiated on any form of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) due to inaccessibility to health care facility or financial constraints. Popularity for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) is gaining momentum in India since it does not require vascular access or a health care facility and can be performed by patients or their family member in their own homes. The sessions that followed were intended to improve the clinical knowledge and competence of nurses in performing Peritoneal Dialysis and in training patients and family members for the same. Mrs.Usha Jacob and Mrs. Shirley Angeline Christy, PD Nurse Educators demonstrated PD exchange and the related procedures.
Upcoming Event The Departments of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology and Cytogenetics will be conducting the CMC Annual Symposium 2018 - 'Changing Paradigms in the Practice of Pathology' from 1 st to 3 rd February, 2018 at Scudder Auditorium, Bagayam, Vellore. Please visit the website http://www.cmcannualsymposium.com for further details. Registration forms for staff and students are available on the CMC intranet. The symposium secretariat may be contacted at cmcsymposium2018@cmcvellore.ac.in
Mr. A. Baktha Jayasingh, Accounts Officer, Accounts Department retired on 30th December, 2017 after 32 years of dedicated service to the institution. His wife Mrs. Mercy Jeyasingh is a Charge Nurse at Ida Scudder Ward and they are blessed with a son Mr. Immanuel Jebasingh. CMC community is thankful for his years of dedicated service and wishes him a blessed retirement.
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Retirement
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Obituaries • Dr. Felix Kelly Prakasam (Batch of 1965) on 26th December, 2017. • Dr. Gertrude Eunice Joshua (Batch of 1947) on 3rd January, 2018. • Mrs. Baby Saroja, mother of Mr. P. Manohar, Accounts Officer, CHAD, mother-in-law of Mrs.Vani Manohar, CHTC Canteen and sister of Mr. B.V. Venkatesan (Retd. Manager, Admin.) on 5 th January, 2018. • Mr. K. George, father of Dr. Rachel George Chandy, Professor, Gyn. Oncology, father-in-law of Dr. George Chandy, former Director, grandfather of Dr. Gina Chandy, (Batch of 2004) Asst. Prof. Accident & Emergency Medicine and Dr. Ashish Chandy (Batch of 2009) on 9th January, 2018. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved members of the families at this time of grief and loss.
Situations Vac ant 1(a) Senior Resident Gr.III with MD / DNB (Medicine / Paediatrics) for the Department of Haematology Salary : As per institutional rules. Age limit : < 35 years. Accommodation provided (Partly furnished, depending on availability). 1(b) Assistant Professor Gr.I with DM / DNB (Haematology) for the Department of Haematology Salary : As per institutional rules. Age limit : < 35 years. Accommodation provided (Partly furnished, depending on availability). 2. Senior Resident Gr.III with MD / DNB (Obst. & Gynae.) for the Reproductive Medicine Unit Age limit : <40 years. Salary : As per institutional rules. Accommodation provided (Partly furnished, depending on availability). 3. Senior Resident Gr.III with MD / DNB (General Medicine) for the Department of General Medicine-III Age limit : <40 years. Salary : As per institutional rules. Accommodation provided (Subject to availability). Apply with bio-data, certificates and testimonial copies with contact phone number, e-mail ID and full address to the Principal, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore - 632 002 or by e-mail princi@cmcvellore.ac.in on or before January 25, 2018 for items 1(a), 1(b) and January 27, 2018 for items 2 and 3. 4. Junior Research Fellow for the Department of Haematology Job Code: 1226 Qualification: M.Sc. / M.Tech in Life Sciences with CSIR / UGC / DBT / ICMR NET qualification. Mode of appointment: Project mode. Salary : As per fellowship guidelines. Accommodation not provided. Candidates should download their application from this website : (www.cmchaematology.org/careers.php) and send the completed applications by soft copy (Email to: haemedu@cmcvellore.ac.in) or by hard copy address to the Principal, Christian Medical College, Bagayam, Vellore-632 002, Tamil Nadu on or before February 05, 2018 for Item 4. Note: Please mention the job Code in the application form. The application without Job code will not be accepted. 5. Technician Trainee for the Department of Clinical Microbiology. (Male Candidates will be given preference). Qualifications : Higher Secondary with Science subjects. Stipend : As per institutional rules. Age limit : 30 years. Job description : To work in the Microbiology Laboratory as Trainee for one year.
7. Staff III Medical Lab. Technician (Project) for the Department of Clinical Microbiology Qualifications: H.Sc. (+2) with two years Diploma in Medical Lab. Technician (CMAI) with minimum of 6 months of Laboratory experience. Salary scale : As per institutional rules. Age limit : 30 years. Accommodation not provided. Job description : To work in project in the Department of Clinical Microbiology. Applications to be done only through online application system. Please log in to http://www.cmch-vellore.edu Link: “Vacancies”. Note : Only online applications will be accepted; Hard copies will not be accepted. Applications will close on January 22, 2018 for Item 5 and January 29, 2018 for Items 6 and 7. CMC PROMOTIONS OFFICE E-mail ID: cmc.promotionsoffice@cmcvellore.ac.in
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6. Staff III Prosthetist and Orthotist (Project) for CMC Vellore Chittoor Campus (Only female candidates need to apply). Qualifications: H.Sc. (+2) with 2 years Diploma in Prosthetics & Orthotics from Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) recognized institution. Salary scale : As per institutional rules. Age limit : 35 years. Accommodation not provided. Job description : To work in CMC Vellore Chittoor Campus on project mode.
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