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Volume : XXXIX No. 3 March, 2003 Editor-in-Chief Dr. R. Sambasiva Rao Editor Dr.R.Anil Kumar Professor JIPMER, Pondicherry - 6
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Volume : XXXIX No. 3 March, 2003 Editor-in-Chief Dr. R. Sambasiva Rao Editor Dr.R.Anil Kumar Professor JIPMER, Pondicherry - 6
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A three days workshop on "External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS)" for Medical officers and technicians from 5-7 th March 2003 was held in the Department of Microbiology, JIPMER, Pondicherry in collaboration with State Aids Control Society, Pondicherry. Dr. S.C. Parija, Professor and Head, Dept. of Microbiology was the course coordinator.The objective of the workshop was to have a reorientation programme for Medical officers and Technicians of Blood bank Services in Union Territory of Pondicherry regarding various aspects of HIV infection. This was achieved through a series of lectures delivered by faculty members of JIPMER drawn from various specialties like Microbiology, Medicine, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Preventive and Social Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A practical demonstration and hands-on-training in ELISA and immunocomb techniques for antibody detection was also given. The participants were given coded serum samples as part of EQAS, which were to be tested in their respective laboratories. The list of participants included Medical officers and Technicians from the Union Territory of Pondicherry i.e. Voluntary Counselling & Testing Centre and Blood bank of JIPMER, General Hospital, Pondicherry, STD Control Programme, Pondicherry, Blood bank Karaikal and Mahe.
INTERACTIVE SESSION ON MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Dr. K. Satyamoorthy, Professor and Head of Biotechnology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal was invited as visiting Professor to the Department of Pharmacology. He conducted a 3-day interactive session on Molecular biology from 17th–19th March 2003 at JIPMER. The first day session comprised of different types of blotting which included methods for performing Northern and Southern blotting techniques, genetic suppressor elements in melanoma, DNA extraction and sequencing methods and the designing of primers for PCR using databases primarily the NCBI website. On the second day Dr. Satyamoorthy spoke about different methods of identification of mutations by using different methods like SSCP-single strand conformational polymorphism; DGGE- denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, and other PCR based methods. He subsequently gave a seminar on proteomics and micro arrays. On the same day afternoon, he gave a lecture on quantitative PCR followed by PCR clinics in which common problems while doing PCR were discussed. On the third day, he did a practical demonstration of quantization of DNA by Agarose gel electrophoresis using ethidium bromide. In the afternoon he demonstrated the use of computer databases to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms-popularly referred to as In Silico Technology. During the month of March 2003 the Entrance Examination for admission to P.G. Courses session 2003 was conducted on 16th March. 3991 candidates appeared for the examination. 270 candidates were called on 21st March 2003 for counseling 50 candidates were selected out for the 54 seats to be fill up by this Institute 44 candidates have joined the course as on 1st April, 2003.
Professor Amit Banerjee, Professor of Cardio vascular Thoracic Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi visited the Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery JIPMER as visiting professor during the period March 24 to 28, 2003. He held clinical case discussions, topic reviews, and ward rounds with the post graduate MCh students. He video-graphically demonstrated Modified Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation to the faculty and Post graduates of the department. He performed and demonstrated Intra operative ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in case Undergoing Mitral Valve replacement under cardio pulmonary bypass. He also gave a guest lecture under the auspices of the JIPMER Scientific society on the topic "Evolution of Prosthetic Heart Valve-An Odyssey of Five decades and Beyond" on 27th March 2003 at Pasteur Theatre. D EPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATIONA workshop on "Hospital Contingency Plan for Management of Mass Casualties" organized by the Directorate of Health Service, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, was conducted by the following core faculty (Disaster Response Training) of the Department of Medical Education, JIPMER on 7th and 8th March 2003: Dr. K.R. Sethuraman, Director-Professor & H/D of Medical Education Dr. K.A. Narayan, Prof. & H/D of P&SM. Dr. Dinker Pai, Professor of Surgery The two-day workshop was inaugurated by Shri. Hemachandran, Secretary Health and Development Commissioner of Andaman & Nicobar Administration. He highlighted the proposal to link up A&N with JIPMER for Continuing Medical Education through tele-education and for tele-medicine. Dr. (Mrs.) Namitha Md. Ali, Director of Health Services welcomed the gathering and spoke of the relevance of the 2-day workshop. Day-1 featured a talk on "Disaster – an overview of psycho-social factors’, ‘simulation – games’ and ‘case studies’. They were highly appreciated by the participants and were found to be very relevant, interesting, inter active and informative. On day-2, there were introductory talks on "Training in Mass Casualties" and "Elements of a Hospital Contingency Plan". After a short group game on "Co-ordination, Co-operation", the group was divided into three. They developed an outline of the following:
The Director of Health Services, A&N, Dr. Namita Mohd. Ali chaired the plenary session and plenary session and appreciated the group’s motivation and good work. She also requested for further inputs from JIPMER to strengthen their ability to cope with any mass casualty situation. The feed back from all the participants was highly encouraging. D EPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGYDr. S.C. Parija Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, JIPMER delivered a talk on ‘Malaria in India – Epidemiology and Diagnosis’ in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry chapter meeting at CMC Vellore on 1.3.2003. The meeting was also attended by Dr. S. Sujatha, Associate Prof. of Microbiology, Dr. Annie B. Khyriem, Senior Resident, Dr. Rakhi Biswas and Dr. Suriya Kumar, P.G. Residents of the Department of Microbiology JIPMER. D EPARTMENT OF PLASTIC SURGERYDr. Karoon Agrawal, Professor & Head, Department of Plastic Surgery, attended the 2nd Annual Meeting and International Update of Indian Society of Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies at Chennai, from 7-9th March 2003. He delivered a lecture entitled "Vomerine Flap in Palatoplasty Revisited". Dr. Agrawal moderated the operative workshop and chaired a free paper session on "Orthodontics in Cleft Patients". D EPARTMENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGYDr. Habeebullah, Professor & Head participated in two case discussions – (a) Mass in abdomen – (b) Bad obstetric history with previous caesarean section and delivered a guest lecture on "HIV and pregnancy" in the CME programme for postgraduates held at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore on 8.3.2003. Dr. Soundararaghavan, Professor also participated in the CME programme. He delivered a Guest Lecture on Urinary Stress Continence and took part in two case discussions – (1) a case of cardiac disease in pregnancy and (2) a case of urinary fistula during the CME programme held at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore on 8.3.2003. Dr. A.Bupathy, Professor participated in a CME Training programme on Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques" conducted at Villupuram by the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare service, Villupuram on 1.3.2003. 1. Dr. K.R. Sethuraman as Director-Professor - 4.3.20032. Dr. P. Nalini as Director-Professor - 4.3.20033. Dr. N. Siddaraju as Professor of Pathology - 5.4.20024. Dr. P. Rajendran as Chief Social Scientist - 1.10.2002
The following staff have retired from the institute: Shri. E. Selvaraj Fernandaz, Lab. Assistant, (Superannuation), 31.3.2003 Mrs. C. Venkatasubbamma, Lab. Technician, (Superannuation), 31.3.2003 Shri. V. Vaithianathan, Sr. Safaiwala, (Invalid Pension), 11.2.2003. The staff and students convey their gratitude for the contribution made by them to the development of JIPMER. We wish them all the best in their future endeavours.
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