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National Symposium on Medical Informatics & CME on Hospital Information System was held at Bioinformatics Centre, JBTDRC & Dept. of Biochemistry, MGIMS, Sevagram during September 6-7, 2004. In the inaugural function on 6^th, Dr. B. C. Harinath Co-ordinator, gave introduction and informed that the objective of this Symposium & CME was to enrich the awareness of Medical Teachers & PG Students towards the automated Patient Information System and acquire special skills in communication.

Dean Dr. (Mrs.) P. Narang welcomed the participants and Secretary Ms. Suma Subbanna presided over the function and released CD on Database on JBTDRC Research Publications and Souvenir & Abstracts. Dr. O. P. Sharma, President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest and enlightened on Computerized Patients’ Record.

Other eminent Guest speakers Dr. Dileep Bhale, Consultant Sonologist, Hingoli,    Dr. N. G. Rao, International Advisor, Bioinformatics & Telemedicine, Secunderabad,
Dr. P. Gautam, Coordinator, BIC, Chennai, Mr. Vinay Pande, Sr. Programmer, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr. A.K. Attri, Professor & Head, Surgery, GMC, Chandigarh, Dr. S.N. Sarabadhikari, Assoc Prof & Head, AIMS, Kochi, Mr. K. Kumaran, BIC, Pondicherry, Dr. A.R. Aroor, Prof & Head, Biochemistry, KIMSHRC, Bangalore, Dr. Hem Chandra, Medical Superintendent, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Dr. Shripad Deshpande, Professor & Head, Physiology, BHU, Varanasi, Dr. P.S. Khandekar, Coordinator, BIC, Pune, Dr. Monika Gupta, Assoc Professor, Pathology, PMC, Karamsad, Gujarat, Mr. Rajneesh Chaudhary, Univ of Hull & National Health, UK, Mr. B. Prasad, Computer Centre, SVIMS, Tirupati, Prof. Abhijit Mukherji, Principal, B.C. Roy College, Durgapur delivered Guest Lectures on Evidence Based Medicine, e- Health, Shared Knowledge Bases for Clinicians, Current Trends in Medical Informatics, Multimedia Patients Education, Healthcare Technology: The Need for Indian Standards, Vaccine Development – A Bioinformatics Approach, Proteomics and Bioinformatics in Laboratory Medicine: Utility for Diagnosis and Drug Design, Problem Solving Through System Approach – HIS a Core Element, Paper Writing as an Art of Scientific Communication, Medical Informatics : A Case  Study Tuberculosis, Telepathology, Cardiac Informatics, Role of Hospital Management Information System in Tertiary Care Hospital, Computer in Medicine followed by Demonstration of software (Smart-Card) made in IIT and Software developed at BIC namely FilaDB, TbDB, ObSoft, GynSoft & PsySoft for recording & retrieval of patients information related to Filariasis, Tuberculosis, Obs & Gynae and Psychiatry patients was also conducted.

Dr. N.C. Jain, Dy. Director General, ICMR, New Delhi conducted a special session of Biomedical Communication covering the topic, Indian Journals in Global Databases: Choosing the Right Journal for Biomedical Publication.

Overall emphasis of the proceedings of the Symposium & CME was on Medical Informatics & automated Hospital Information System, which we are keen to have at Kasturba Hospital. The Guest Speakers (17) & Delegates (40) have come from different states namely Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, M.P., Gujarat, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Hariyana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, W. Bengal,U. K.

Interactive session followed by concluding session was held on September 7, 2023 where Dr. N. G. Rao, International Advisor, Bioinformatics & Telemedicine, Secunderabad Chaired the session with the panel members Dr. O.P. Sharma, President, IAMI, Chandigarh, Dr. N.C. Jain, DDG, ICMR, New Delhi, Dr. Dileep Bhale, Consultant Sonologist, Hingoli and Dr. B. C. Harinath, Organising Chairman, MED INFO Symposium & CME - 2004.

During the Panel Discussion, Dr. O. P. Sharma proposed one year Diploma Course in Medical Informatics. He also mentioned that we should encourage development of Healthcare software for our specific requirements which may be approved by IAMI and distributed / supplied to the users.

Dr. N. C. Jain proposed that 3 month Medical Informatics curriculum may be included in MBBS syllabus.

It was also recommended by Dr. N. C. Jain & Dr. D. Bhale that a Distance learning programme for Diploma on Medical Informatics be started under guidance of IAMI. 

Dr. Satish Kumar, Organising Secretary, MED INFO Symposium & CME - 2004 proposed vote of thanks.       

Visitors:

• 15-07-2004, Shri. Bhavarlal Jain, Chairman, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Jalgaon

• 15-07-2004, Dr. Choudhary, Cardiologist, Jalgaon

• 21-09-2004, Dr. K. B. Sharma, President, Indian Association of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Chandigarh

• 21-09-2004, Dr. Lee W Riley, School of Public Health, Warren Hall, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Research Trainings & Project work:

·        Mr. Anand from Centre of Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai has been staying at this Centre since July 24th, 2004 for the evaluation of DNA vaccines in Jird model as a part of the ongoing DBT funded collaboration research project.

·        Dr. Vandana Dikshit,  Research Associate, Department of Biotechnology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior visited the Centre during September 13th & 19th, 2004 and  worked on the evaluation of the effect dioxycycline on wulbachia, a symbiotic endobacterium in Mf & L3 larvae of B. Malayi.

Participation in Meetings / Conference / Symposia:
Dr. B. C. Harinath

• Attended the meeting of Scientific Advisory Group to the Division of Basic Medical Sciences, ICMR, New Delhi on August 5th, 2004.
  

• Attended the Immunology Foundation Trustees’ meeting as special invitee on August 6th, 2004.
  

• Attended the 5th Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting of LEPRA India - Blue Peter Research Centre, Hyderabad, on August 20th, 2004.
  

• Delivered a Guest lecture on ‘SEVA TB ES-31 Antigen – A Tuberculous Serine Protease for Immunodiagnosis of Pulmonary & Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis’ at  International CME on laboratory techniques and their utility in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, MGIMS, Sevagram on September 20, 2004.

Dr. M.V.R. Reddy

• Participated in Office bearer meeting of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI) at Gudgaon, Hariyana on July 10, 2004.

• Participated in Project Review Meeting of Task Force on Medical Biotechnology, diagnostics & vaccines at DBT, Delhi on August 19th, 2004 and presented the Annual Progress report on the ongoing project “Development of DNA vaccine for lymphatic filariasis” (In collaboration with Anna University, Chennai).

• Participated as Resource person in UGC Refresher course on Applied Microbiology and delivered guest lectures on “Enzyme immunoassay for infectious diseases: our experiences in development of filarial test” and “Towards filarial vaccine development: Identification of immunoprotective antigens”  at Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalam, Tirupati on August 20, 2004.

Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni visited Kaifak Medicare, Mumbai for the demonstration & supply of filaria diagnostic kit during July 22nd to 24th, 2004

Mr. Niraj Shende attended International CME on laboratory techniques and their utility in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and presented a poster on ‘Detection of free and immune complexed serine protease and its antibody in the patients of tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection’ at Xth Annual Maharashtra Chapter Conference of IAMM at MGIMS, Sevagram during 20th to 23rd September 2004.

Dr. Santa Saha (Roy) attended International CME on laboratory techniques and their utility in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and presented a poster on ‘Immunization studies for production of antibodies for mycobacterial excretory secretory proteins’ at Xth Annual Maharashtra Chapter Conference of IAMM at MGIMS, Sevagram during 20th to 23rd Sept, 2004.

 Research Publications:

Bhandary YP, Krithika KN, Kulkarni S, Reddy MVR, Harinath BC. Analysis of seroreactivity of different endemic populations of bancroftian  filariasis with field MF isolates and Brugia malayi antigens. Biomedical Research 2004; 15(2): 142-149.

Gupta S, Kumar S, Harinath BC. Mycobacterium tuberculosis excretory secretory (ES) protein antigens of interest in diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of disease development. J. MGIMS, 2004 Sept.; 9(ii): 16-21. Review.  

Others:

            Blood samples collected from Malvan (Sindhudurg) area, Maharashtra supplied by Government Medical College, Miraj were screened to check the filarial transmission in that area.

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