India never had it better.Some adventurous stakeholders may go far as to say
” the World never had it better “

Then there would be human rights’ activists and non- romantic staid statisticians negating it – so much poverty,injustice,unrest,disease…  

Damn these narrow minds.They have lost the ability to celebrate.They make love like the ostrich does – heads buried in the mattress !

I am a shameless and unrelenting optimist when I see India of today.The economy is booming and contrary to the Harshad era of wheeling dealing and artificial markets, today is the day of fundamental strength.I do not derive my view from any deep study of economics or of the books of the erudite.My Bible is what my eye sees around.Harivansh Rai Bacchan has a pithy sentence in one of his poems and he speaks of realism.He says he does not believe in future,afterlife,rituals…..his God is the present and his temple is the present moment.

Last December we were touring the remote areas of Jaisalmer and it was a welcome change to see the town after some 20 years ( I had a one year stay in that town in the early eighties and I went to a taat – patti school ). What a delight to see the last man in the last line ( the camel consort ) talking of boring well in his farm,a phone and I saw electricity with my own eyes.

This is the India of today.

These are the Sons of Fortune.

They are born in the lap of luxury and may the laps become cushier still.

I am not for debating the merits and pitfalls of modernization.I am for enjoying the honeymoon as long as it lasts.And I am sure, with the fine governance we have and the global attitude that sorrounds us, this is a honeymoon to stay for a lifetime.

No longer do I look to the West for the cordless phone purchase.No longer do I eye laptops with ‘wish I too could..’Adidas,Nike,Pizza Hut,Wriggleys….Cool !

Now do you not find a trace of juvenile aspiration in my piece.Am I not flagrantly eyeing the visible and consumerist face of modernization.

I am simply making the point that it is the natural history of economic evolution,and of the closely linked social one too, that it shall first taste the juicy and easy to get economic consumables and then mature into a holistically evolved one.

I am celebrating my first step.

It is also great that our B School  graduates are turning down offers from overseas. It is also great that these people are attracting the top of the rung placements and beating the white at his own game.BPO is not just a favourable time difference and a low paid employee.While Gaurav plans to make his mark in his music CD company, his colleague shall move from selling idlis to a catering chain.It is majorly a hard working and intelligent workforce.

Is it not the best time for us that we can reinvent and reinvest our burdensome population as a huge workforce ?

The point I am trying t o make is that we never had it better and now is the time to “say with pride I am an Indian.”

The tailpiece is that we are saddled now with a great responsibility.Not to get swayed away by the good tidings and the goodies.

The braggart optimist that I am, I can say with certainty that we, as parents and our sons( and daughters) of fortune shall rise to the occasion and make the longest lasting best out of it.

Long live India.

Ashutosh Jindal

Editor – Pedia Media

( Dedicated to the memory of my father.He could not see this favourite day of his.He was vehement in his belief and predicted  this face of Ajeya Bhaarat)  

 

PLEASE   WRITE   TO   US AND FOR    US

Dear Friend of the Academy  

We are happy indeed to bring out the promised second issue of Pedia Media and to do so in time.

We had announced to run Pedia Media as a monthly and to roll it out in the first week of every month.The last came on March 4.Here we go !

q       JAIPUR PLANS GOING ELECTRONIC

q       JAIPUR IAP’s WEBSITE

We are planning to set up a website of Jaipur IAP .I have tentatively blocked these two names : iapjaipur.com and iapjaipur.org

We invite your suggestions and comments and your valuable contribution shall naturally be solicited.

It is planned that it shall serve as :

q       Pedia Media shall run its electronic version on this Site

q       Provide you news and activities fresh from oven

q       A platform for liaison with I A P Mumbai

q       Till date only Bangalore,Kerala,Chattisgarh and Surat have their sites.If not first, let us atleast be in the first few.

q       A platform for inviting advertisements from potential organizations

q       To get you latest information from the Web. Our team shall try and glean matter from the Web and post it for your convenience

We have worked out the cost of implementation and may work out to something to the tune of Rs 7000 – 8000 / - ( some 2500 for registration and some 5000 for hosting) to begin with.I shall see if I can gather the courage to do the hosting work myself ( or else enrol someone on a friendly basis ) and save the Academy the 5000 rupees.I shall of course need active enrolment of our members and am sure of this forthcoming.

q       STATE / LOCAL CHAPTER OF IAP –CMEG AT JAIPUR :

As an extension of this idea, Dr C P Bansal of Gwalior, Secretary of the Computer and Medical Electronics Group ( CMEG ) of the IAP has been in contact with me and we have come to a level of :

q       establishing a State Chapter of the CMEG at Jaipur

q        we have got in touch with the Secretary General of I A P Mumbai,Dr Deepak Ugra and he is likely to be present for the event.

q         to organize a CME on Computers in Pediatric Practice

q        we may co invite software vendors to demonstrate their capabilities

q       PAGE 3 CELEBRITIES :

·         Dr Yashpaul : A chapter on Adolescent Immunization was published in a publication of Jaypee Brothers – Recent Advances in Pediatrics, Special Volume # 17. Dr Priya Marwah was a contributor alongwith Dr Yashpaul.

• Dr Lalit Bharadia – A relative new comer to Jaipur has an MD,DNB,PDCC ( SGPGI Lko) to his credit. What goes more to his credit is that he has contributed a chapter in the Textbook of Pediatric Nutrition edited by Dr Suraj Gupte. The chapter in entitled ‘ Nutrition in Liver Disease’.
  

• Dr Narendra Rungta attended the International Conference on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine at Brussels,Belgium from March 21 to 24,2006

q       WE INVITE YOU TO WRITE :

Please do write to us and we shall find you space in Pedia Media.It is an open forum and intended to be a mouthpiece for all members.Some day I may get tired with my monologue.And so may you too !

  q       MONTHLY CLINICAL MEETS:

The Pediatric Clinics of Jaipur had their two meetings on March 9 ( Bird Flu, Las Vegas Hotel,Khandelwal Labs) and March 17
( Bacteriotherapy,Country Inn Hotel,Sanofi Aventis ).

We had put to vote the possible timing of the next meet.One pharmaceutical ( Wockhardt ) had proposed 25^th of March as the next meet and we had gone as far as finalizing even the menu.Based on your feedback of not appreciating three meets in a month,we postponed this one and we may have this is April or May 2006.

Maybe we will now have a rush of these Clinics.

We take your vote on the periodicity of these.Would you like them more often than once a month ?

q       FUTURE MEETINGS :

We have been in consult with several other Pharmaceuticals (Alkem, Serum Institute,GSK,Merck,Chiron Panacea,Zuventus ) and they all seem to be keen on participation April /May onwards.

q       PALS COURSE :

Based upon the feedback of several members during the ICSSM Course,we are looking at a PALS Course.The requirement is minimum 25 students.Please get together and let us know.We shall stay in touch with the organizers and honour your request as soon as you are ready.

q       MEMBERS ‘  DIRECTORY:

Dr BM Raturi has taken up the responsibility and you shall keep hearing from him off and on in this regard.

This activity will always be woefully linked to poor membership of Pediatricians.The more the merrier.

Anyway, we have now made up our minds to go ahead at what ever level we are.New members are always welcome but one may not wait for them sine die.

Several addresses and phone numbers have changed since the database was developed. This has led to some undelivered mails and some colleagues not getting information.

Please send in your details like updated addresses, telephone numbers,mobile number, email address, passport sized colored photograph (for Directory),date of birth and marriage,spouse’s details and the rest.A form is attached for the purpose. This may be handed over to any executive member.

Even if you are a member already – please send in the completed form so that we may update our data. Please xerox for extra copies.

  q       CONTRIBUTION FROM I A P MUMBAI :

The Central Office has sent us a remittance of Rs 3000/= for the Jaipur Branch as an administrative and facility allowance out of the 6 new life members they have received from Jaipur.A welcome kickback !

  q    MEETINGS ATTENDED BY I A P OFFICE BEARERS :

q       Capacity Building Workshop on Adolescent Health,Contraceptives and Anemia under the IMA at Hotel Jaipur Palace in February 2006.The President and Secretary were the delegates.

q     State Planning Workshop on Pulse Polio Immunization at Collectorate with the Jaipur Collector on March 03,2006.The Secretary attended the session.

  q       PRACTISING PEDIATRICIANS’ QUIZ :

The Central IAP encourages all local Branches to hold this Quiz once annually.We are required to do so sometime before July end this year.It is followed by Zonal and National levels.Dr Alok Gupta has experience as a  Coordinator and we shall get back to you with a final date.

  q       SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES WORKSHOP:

We have got a sanction for funds and speakers from IAP Mumbai.Sometime soon we may get the act together.Dr Alok Gupta is a National Coordinator and we may call upon his experience 

  q       JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND IAP  GET TOGETHER :

It is planned to hold these activities locally and Johnson & Johnson is participating logistically and financially.This has come from Central Office.

Parent Education Program on 14^th May 2006.A Pre Primary School has been selected and our team shall conduct teaching sessions there and provide guidance.

IAP Refresher Course on Mother & Child Health for Nurses in June – November 2006

A suitable venue is being homed in on and then we shall finalize the dates.Please get back if you wish to offer you Centre towards it.

  q       IAP PRESIDENTIAL ACTION PLAN 2006 :

IAP has designated certain days and weeks of the year as activity slots.We naturally feel socially responsible to play a proactive part.The list follows and so do some proposals.Please come forward with suggestions and plans from your side to make these events useful.

29 th July 2006 and around              ORS Week and ORS Day – Theme : Comprehensive
                                                  Management of Diarrhea

1^st August 2006                             Teenage Day

1-7^th August 2006                         World Breastfeeding Week

14^th November 2006 and around       IAP Child & Adolescent Health Week

You may participate in any of these following ways and IAP shall be delighted to acknowledge your participation,including good coverage in the Press.Please use your resources to aid IAP in our collective mission for children.

o        Press releases with information

o        School lectures / video/slide shows

o        Circulation of information material including pamphlets,leaflets and whatever more

o        Talks on Television,Radio

o        Organizing Drawing Competitions,Fancy Dress Contests and the like

To set the ball rolling, I am proposing  enclosing some  sample pamphlets for use on these Theme Days and Weeks.

o        Circulate in your place of Practice

o        Circulate in your Hospital

o        Circulate in a School,Hostel,Organization,Office of your choice

Please get to us for possibility of a reimbursement of cost of Xerox if you can get sizeable number of copies circulated.You could always utilize a sponsor for help.

IAP Mumbai is also  charting out a roadmap for the whole year of 2006 and the activities are  in burst and sustained  mode both.This is a part of the IAP Presidential Plan 2006.This will give us a whole year of hectic activity and participation.

·         IMNCI

·         District Support

·         National HIV & AIDS Roadmap

·         IAP NNF Consultative Meeting
on Neonatal health

·         Rational Management of Acute Diarrhea

·         Management Protocols of Malnourished Children

·         ASKIAP Program

·         Rationalizing the Management of  RTIs

·         IAP PHO PPH

·         IAP CMEG Software

·         IAP Sub Specialty Books

·         National Consensus Meeting
on important health issues

·         IAP Nurse’s Training Project

·         Parvarish – Parents’ Education Programs

·         IAP Immunization Updates

·         IAP CME for Family Physicians

·         IAP Health Policies 2006

·         IAP Safe Injection Practice &
Safe Waste Disposal

·         IAP Influenza Rota Boards

·         IAP Research Methodology Workshop

Any of you who keeps an active interest in any of these may come forward for taking a lead role in inviting the resources and speakers from IAP.

q       ISCCM CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS-HOTEL CLARKS AMER -APRIL 6-9

Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Jaipur Chapter organized a National Conference on Critical Care Medicine , a Fundamental Critical Care Course (FCCS) and Workshops on Pediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine from 6-9 April 2006 at Hotel Clarks Amer. The session on 8^th of April was almost exclusively Pediatric.Rungta Hospital was instrumental in organizing it . IAP Jaipur were notional co-sponsors.

Some 28-30 Pediatricians,including Residents participated and the sessions were lively and very informative.

It was exciting indeed to see sessions starting sharp at 8:00 am and the workshops and lectures going on till 6 pm. The President and Secretary were Chairpersons to some sessions and endorsed the participation of IAP.Dr Ashok Kasliwal was Convenor to some sessions.

We must congratulate Dr Narendra Rungta for the fine event and wish more Pediatricians involve themselves in future.

q       I A P MEMBERSHIP AMOUNT BEING DOUBLED SOON :

It saddens us to note that out of the some 300 Pediatricians in Jaipur, we have only some 130 on our rolls. This may translate to under 50 %. Do you feel comfortable about it? We do not. Meanwhile, it may interest you to know that the Executive has proposed a significant increase in membership amount as below and this shall get implemented soon, subject to approval of GBM.Non members will naturally not find a place in the Members’ Directory 

    Life Member                 from Rs 1000/=                 to           Rs 2000/

    Associate Member         from Rs 100/=                  to           Rs 200/

     Ordinary Member          from Rs 60/=                    to           Rs 100/=

Please use the attached Membership Form for your own self and disseminate to non-members. Each member make one ! – this is the motto that any Association thrives on.

q       WELCOMING NEWER MEMBERS :

All is not so sad on the membership front. We have succeeded in enrolling more members.A total of 12 new members have been inducted . 10 are Life Members and 1 Associate Life.

But we are greedy still !

1.     Dr N N Purohit

2.     Dr Meera Purohit

3.     Dr Madhu Mathur

4.     Dr Rupesh Masand

5.     Dr Ashwani Mathur (associate)

6.     Dr Girish Sharma

7.     Dr Pawan Sharma

8.     Dr Sushma Lala

9.     Dr Ramesh Purohit

10. Dr Mukesh Sarna

11. Dr Parmeshwari Mishra

12. Dr Anshu Mathur (asso life)