I learnt the allure of a second love and did so in time. Lucky for me.

 For close to a decade and a half I chased my profession and did so blindly. I clothed it in devotion,   dedication, mission, zeal, career furtherance…..

Love, they say, is blind.

I feel it is the fool in love who is blind.

My father ( God bless his soul. He is no more ) oversaw me with an expression spanning a bewildering range of emotions. Amusement, distrust, dismay, forgiving…………and disgust.

Then one fine day providence made me just kick it all.

I now learnt the value of going out socially, reading and reading like a maniac, listening to choicest Hindustani classical music. I savour every note, swirl every inflection, rise and fall with the music. I get clutched in the Gandharv orgasm.

I now have cognac with my ears !

Please, all of you, develop a hobby and then follow it with as much passion as you follow your profession.

For, when the profession ceases to satiate your soul, none else may come to rescue your higher consciousness.

The Time magazine has a nice punch line – Understanding comes with  TIME !

The time has come for all of us. No matter whether you are a decade older or a decade younger. For you may have just a few more decades to go.

Pamper your hobby more than you may pamper the profession. Shower all affection and gifts on the second love and see the magic !

And also be sure, when you are in trouble yourself, none may come to ask about your welfare. None for the lost sleep, missed  meals, missed holidays.  

Laxmi must be earned. More importantly, you have to learn the skill of its bhog . Only then are you a complete man.  

ASHUTOSH JINDAL

     Editor    

Dear Friend of the Academy  

We are happy indeed to bring out the promised fourth issue of Pedia Media 
a bit late this time albeit   

We had announced to run Pedia Media as a monthly. The last one came in   
May 
2006.Here we go !  

q       I A P JAIPUR’S WEBSITE  –  www.iapjaipur.org

The proposed site is now up.It is still quite incomplete and one wonders when we shall be able to say it is complete. The dynamicity of websites perhaps precludes this.

Refinement,updation and ensuring currency of content takes time and we hope you shall allot us some time to do so. We have engaged M/S Technoedge,Jaipur  for the Site development and maintenance.

This process is sure to get greatly facilitated through your active involvement.If you can not contribute much by means of content,please do us the favour of giving feedback and comments .

    Your specific contribution is needed in the following areas:

q    Please send in your completed data so that we may have a completely    current and accurate database of members

q    Preferably do it on the site so that updation is instant.

q    Please do send in a photograph ( recent,coloured,passport ) either through e  mail or by post.You may be left out on the site if you do not.Surely,you do not want to be the odd one out.

q     Please send in your recent achievements by email

q     An ever standing request.Please do send in material for publication either in   
 Pedia Media or online.

We have also planned that CDs of the slideshow of various speakers in the CMEs be loaded on the site for your convenience.

If you have some similar powerpoint presentations or other material,please come forward.

I A P Jaipur Secretariat has engaged a full time computer data entry operator and web professional to keep the Site as current and alive as we may.

q       MONTHLY CLINICAL MEETS:

The Pediatric Clinics of Jaipur had their last meeting on 17^th  of June 2006 at Hotel Welcomgroup Mansingh Towers,Jaipur and was organized by VHB Life Scineces.

The topic was Chronic Hepatitis B and Role of Hepatitis B  Immunoglobulin. Dr S K Yachha , Professor and Head of Pediatric Gastroenterology,SGPGI,Lucknow was the guest speaker. He made his signature scintillating performance and unfolded pearls as a magician would.

We engaged his attention at another pre CME session at SDMH Conference hall in the early evening and he covered three topics : Wilson Disease,Celiac Disease and Neonatal Cholestasis Syndrome. This was well attended by Consultants and Residents and Senior Residents.

The second session was on Varicella and was taken up by Dr Raju C Shah,

( from Ahmedabad ) Past President of I A P and he brought out  the fine points in this apparently benign disease.

Dr R K Agrawal from Udaipur was a guest faculty and chaired both the sessions.

The local Co Chairpersons were Dr Sitaraman and Dr Rajeev Bansal.

The night session went on for a marathon 3 hours and we went on to cocktails and dinner at some 11:30 pm.  

GSK ( Vaccine Division ) and Wockhardt are actively involved in  decision making and we may announce the next CME soon.  

q        BOOKS &  PUBLICATIONS :

A chapter entitled "Some Ethical Issues Arising from Polio Eradication Programmes in India", by Dr.Yash Paul is being published in 'Ethics and Infectious Disease', by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., U.K. 
 
There are 34 authors, Dr. Yash Paul is the only contributor from India. The book will be released in  July, 2006.

q       CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION:

Dr Sitaraman attended a one week Inter Country Trainer of Trainers Workshop on Essential Newborn Care at Myanmar.

q       CME ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE – DELHI – JULY 2006 :

The Delhi Chapter of I A P Subspecialty Chapter of Infectious Disease is holding a National CME on 29-30 July 2006 on its specialty topic.For details contact either the Secretary or  Dr Shyam Kukreja at Delhi ( 09810007074).    

q       QUIZ  FOR PRACTICING PEDIATRICIANS :

A Quiz for Pediatricians in Practice was held at the JMA Hall on 1^st of July 2006.

The winning team comprised Drs S P Sethi and  Lalit Bharadia. The runners up were Drs Rajiv Jain and Anurag Sharma.

We wish them all the best for the winning team moving on to the State Round at the next State Conference.

Dr Sitaraman was the Quiz Master and Dr Alok Gupta was the Scorer.  

q       WORKSHOP ON ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION – 4^Th December 2005 :

q       I A P MEMBERSHIP AMOUNT HAS BEEN RAISED :

It saddens us to note that out of the some 300 Pediatricians in Jaipur, we have only  153 on our rolls. This may translate to under 50 %.

You may recall that we had announced in the past some issues of Pedia Media that a proposal for increasing the membership fee is on. The GBM held on 1^st of July 2006 has now approved a fee revision. It was proposed to double the fee across all categories but they were considerate enough to effect a 1.5 times hike.

The Executive Body has been given the discretion to decide the time frame. It has been decided to give all potential members a last chance till 15^th of August 2006 at current charges.

The revised charged shall be :

                    Life Member             from Rs 1000/=                  to       Rs 1500/=

           Annual Member         from Rs 100/=                   to       Rs  150/=

           Resident                  from Rs 60/=                     to       Rs  100/=

q       WELCOMING NEWER MEMBERS :

q       Dr Nitin Saxena                           q        Dr Rajkumar Behl

q         Dr H R Meena                             q        Dr Mohd Iliyas

q        Dr Hariom Rawat                         q         Dr Rajat Gupta (annual)

q        Dr Gurpreet Singh (annual)        q         Dr Neha Agrawal (annual)

q         Dr K K Yadav                              q         Dr Anil Sharma  

q         Dr Ashish Agrawal  

We extend them all a cordial welcome to our Academy and wish they shall be as useful to the Academy as they may derive benefit from the fellowship.Membership Certificates will be handed over in a formal ceremony soon.

q       CENTRAL I A P MEMBERSHIP SOLICITED :

It is a standing instruction from I A P Mumbai that all local Branch members should also become members of the Central Office.  

This is better seen as your obligation to your apex Association and gets you these obvious privileges :

o        Information and notices of all important meetings

o        Privileges of discounts and other services at Conferences

o        Voting rights in national level elections

  q       PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS:   

Dr Alok Gupta has been appointed on the Editorial Board of the  Asian Journal of Pediatric Practice.

q       PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF – WE ARE YOUR MOUTHORGAN :

You may be either :     

q       Shifting

q       Changing your phone numbers

q       Changing your office / Hospital attachment

q       Writing a Book/Article/Chapter

q       Attending a Conference/Workshop/Advanced Training within India or

abroad

In all these cases, we are interested in keeping in touch.We are also interested that most of us would like to know more about each other.Just drop us a line and we shall keep the rest posted.

q       WORLD ORS DAY / WEEK: ( 29^th July and 1^st week August 2006)

I A P Jaipur participates in the Presidential Action Plan 2006 in taking up this mammoth national task forward. Your contribution is solicited and all possible support from us is forthcoming. Please do take up some activity in your areas of influence and let us know.

We are planning to deliver a lecture and presentation for parents and children at Central Academy School,Tonk Road.

q       TEENAGE DAY :

Happy reading and much more to come next.

Yours in I A P always  

Dr Ashutosh Jindal

Secretary

Editor Pedia Media  

Pedia Media Editorial Committee:  

EDITOR :                                              Dr Ashutosh Jindal

PATRON :                                             Dr Shakuntala Saxena

MENTOR :                                             Dr G C Bothra

ADVISOR:                                             Dr  B K Jain

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS                          Dr Ashok Kasliwal, Dr Usha Acharya

EDITORIAL BOARD:                                 Dr D Shivpuri,Dr J Singh,Dr S Sitaraman,Dr   
          Rajeev Bansal,Dr S D Sharma, Dr B M Raturi,
          Dr Alok Gupta, Dr Ramesh Sethia, Dr Sanjay
          Arya .

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS                     Dr AM Kamdar,Dr Sushil Sanghi,Dr H S Bhasin,
                                                          Dr S Kulshreshtha, Dr Ashok Gupta,Dr Anil
                                                          Khatri,Dr AA Pathan,Dr AJ Mehta,Dr Kuldeep  
                                                          Sahai

Declaration : Pedia Media – A Newsletter of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Jaipur, is an official periodical publication from the I A P Jaipur Branch and is circulated free of cost to members at a no profit basis.The Secretary of I A P Jaipur, Dr Ashutosh Jindal is the Editor.Address for Correspondence : Dr Jindal’s Child Clinic, 400 Vasundhara Colony,Tonk Road,Jaipur 302 018 . Phones : 0141-2700778/79 ,Fax : 0141-2700778  Mobile : 98290-51050 ,

 e mail  drjindal@datainfosys.net , drjindal@iapjaipur.org

q I A P Pediatric Drug Formulary & CDRom 2005 :

The I A P has published Pediatric Drug Formulary & CDRom and both are available at Rs.350/- (Rs.300/-for book and Rs.50/- handling and courier / postal charge ). The same may be obtained from the Central IAP Office on payment by a crossed bank draft drawn in favour of “Indian Academy of Peditrics” payable at Mumbai.

q   The Society Provides :

l          Facilities to students, Scholars and Institutions for the study of or Research in
          Pediatrics in 
          any of its aspects by way of scholarship, fellowships, grants, endowments, etc.

Either through itself or in cooperation with other bodies or person: fellowships, prizes, certifi-cates, and conduct such tests, examinations or other scrutiny as may be prescribed  from time to time.

Free of cost or at subsized cost its official journals, books, periodicals or publications on             pediatrics and allied subjects which the Society thinks is desirable for the promotio of its objects.

Opportunity to its member to participate in Conferences, Lectures, Meetings, Seminars, Symp-osia, Workshops, Continuing Medical Education Programs, etc.

Opportunity to become members of its Branches/Subspecialty                                   Chapters/Groups/Cells/Committees.

q   Affiliations :  

l          International Pediatric  Association (IPA)

l   International Society of Tropical Pediatrics (ISTP)

l        American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

l        Association of Pediatric Societies of the Southeast Asian Resion (APSSEAR)

l        Asian Society for Pediatrics Infectious Disease (ASPID)

l        Pediatric Association of SAARC (PAS)

q   Categories of membership :  

(1) Student Member : Applicant who has passed M.B.B.S. and doing Post Graduation. Allows the applicant to enroll himself/herself at 50% of the prevailing rate of life membership at the time of addmission and the balance 50% to be paid within 4 years or earlier. On making full payment he/she will be entitled to change the “Student” membership category to either “Associate Life” OR “Life” depending on the graduation/post graduation status.

(2) Associate OR Associate Life Member : Applicant who has passed M.B.B.S. only, have an option to became annual member i.e. “Associate” Member  (renewable every year) OR “Associate Life” Member by paying life membership amount in full once only.

(3) Ordinary OR Life Member : Applicant holding M.B.B.S. and post Graduation (Such as D.C.H., M.D.(Ped.), D.N.B. (Ped) or any other degree recognized by the Executive Board Of  IAP as equivalent ) are eligible to  “Ordinary” Member  (renewable every year) OR  “ Life” Member by paying life membership amount in full once only.

q   How To Apply for Membership  :

Application should be made on a prescribed form. Along with the application for membership of IAP, xerox copies of the following documents should be submitted

(i)         Xerox copies of the M.B.B.S. & Post Graduation Certificates as (as per degrees listed by your application).

            (ii)        Xerox copies of the degrees registration certificates with State Medical Council
                        Of India (as the case may be).

(iii)       Certificate from the HOD stating that the applicant is the bonafideof his/her Medical  College (if the application is for “student” Membership).

q   Membership Fee

             The Membership Fee Structure is as Follows: