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Late Naseema Fareed Memorial Lecture held at Kanachur College of Physiotherapy

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Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

Kanachur College of Physiotherapy & Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre in association with U.T Fareed Foundation (R) organized Late Naseema Fareed Memorial Lecture on May 12, 13 here.

As a part of the event, two-day free international workshops on topics “CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ICU” & “CHEST X-RAY INTERPRETATIONS” were also held by Dr. Meryl Joe Colaco, HOD , Medeor Hospital, Dubai and Dr. A. Raguram Chandar, Senior Resident, Department of Radiology , Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru .  

In an official press statement the hospital added the event was organised for eighth consecutive year for Interns and PG’s from different colleges across Mangalore.

The inaugural function was held on 12th May 2022 at 9.30 AM at 3rd Floor Auditorium, Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre, Mangaluru.

The Workshop was attended by Interns and PG students from Kanachur College of Physiotherapy, Dr. M V Shetty College of Physiotherapy, Yenepoya Physiotherapy College, Father Muller’s College of Physiotherapy, Karavali College of Physiotherapy, and Nethaji College of Physiotherapy.

Haji U.K Monu, Chairman, Kanachur Islamic Education Trust(R), Mangaluru, Abdul Rahiman. Director, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. Vaishali, Chairman, Board of Studies, UG Physiotherapy and Academic Council Member, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Dr. Meryl Joe Colaco, HOD, Medeor Hospital, Dubai, Dr. Harish Shetty, Medical Superintendent, Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre, Dr. H S Virupaksha, Dean, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. Rohan Monis, Chief Administrative Medical Officer, Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre, Dr. Reshma, Associate Professor, Kanachur College of Physiotherapy were present on the stage during the inaugural event.

Dr. Reshma, welcomed the Guests and Delegates. Haji U.K Monu, Chairman, Kanachur Islamic Education Trust(R), inaugurated the 2 Days free international workshop by watering plant and delivered inaugural address.

Dr. Vaishali, Chairman, Board of Studies, UG Physiotherapy and Academic Council Member, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, addressed the students about the importance of the workshop being held. 

Abdul Rahiman, Director, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, address the students about the workshop. Dr. Meryl Joe Colaco, delivered the keynote address. Dr. Rohan Monis, Chief Administrative Medical Officer, Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre, also briefed the importance of Physiotherapy in ICU. 

Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Rakshith Bangera K, Associate Professor, Kanachur College of Physiotherapy.

source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karavali / Vartha Bharati / May 12th, 2022

Dr. Fathima Raeesa awarded best outgoing student in MD Radiodiagnosis at KMC Mangalore

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Mangalore, KARNATAKA :

Mangaluru: 

Dr Fathima Raeesa was awarded ‘Prapulla S Hegde Memorial Endowment’ Gold medal for the Best outgoing Post Graduate student in M.D Radiodiagnosis for the year 2021 at the  ‘College Day and Awards ceremony’ held on 13th May 2022 in TMA Pai International convention center. This award has been instituted by Dr H.S Ballal, Former Vice Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Dr Fathima Raeesa currently is working as a Senior Resident in the Department of Radiodiagnosis, KMC Mangalore. Dr Raeesa completed her schooling from Doha, Qatar. She is the daughter of Mr Mumtaz Hussain and Mrs Ishrath Jahan Khan, residents of Qatar. Mr Hussain is an Entrepreneur in Qatar. She is married to Dr Safwan Ahmed, Consultant Neurologist, who is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore.

Dr Santosh Rai, HOD Radiodiagnosis, KMC Mangalore, received the award from Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M.D. Venkatesh, Vice chancellor of MAHE, on behalf of Dr Raeesa, as she was out of station.

source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karavali / Vartha Bharati / May 13th, 2022

Indian doctor performs 1st pediatric stem cell transplant in UAE

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Kannur, KERALA / Abu Dhabi, UAE :

Dr Zainul Aabideen, with his patient, a 5-year-old Ugandan girl.
Dr Zainul Aabideen, with his patient, a 5-year-old Ugandan girl.

Abu Dhabi/Thiruvananthapuram :

A Malayali doctor in Abu Dhabi wrote himself into record books when he performed the first pediatric stem cell bone marrow transplant in the UAE.

Dr Zainul Aabideen, a native of Kannur in Kerala, presently Head of the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Burjeel Medical City successfully performed the advanced allogeneic procedure on a five-year-old girl from Uganda with sickle cell disease.

Billed as the first such surgery done in the UAE, the patient’s 10-year-old sister donated her bone marrow for the transplant treatment at Burjeel Medical City, a flagship hospital of VPS Healthcare.

Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder, which results in an abnormality in the hemoglobin found in red blood cells, causing them to become sickle-shaped and leading to several complications including anemia, swelling in the hands and feet, frequent pain, acute chest syndrome, and sometimes stroke.

Prior to the treatment, the child has been regularly admitted to the hospital due to complications arising from her disease since birth.

“As this was a life-threatening condition, the only curative option was bone marrow transplantation. Before this procedure, the patient suffered a lot. The entire care team here at the hospital and the child’s parents are delighted that the transplant will relieve this pain from her life,” said Zainul Aabideen, who headed a team of highly specialised doctors, including a pediatric intensive care team, for the procedure.

The patient has responded well to the treatment and will be discharged in a few days after a five-week stay at the hospital.

Earlier, pediatric patients in the UAE who had to undergo allogeneic stem cell bone marrow transplants travelled to the US, the UK, India, and other European countries.

Zainul Aabideen, completed his MBBS from Calicut University in Kerala and a post-graduate degree in Pediatrics from the University of Mumbai.

He then moved to the United Kingdom to specialise and undertake further training in pediatric hematology, pediatric oncology, and pediatric bone marrow transplantation in various hospitals in the UK.

source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz / Home> Health / by awazthevoice.in / April 20th, 2022

Award for surgeon

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KERALA :

He received the award from AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria

Kozhikode

Thoracic surgeon Nasser Yusuf has bagged the prestigious A.S. Paintal-RC Jain Memorial Chest Oration Award instituted by the National College of Chest Physicians.

He received the honour from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Director Randeep Guleria during the national conference on pulmonary diseases hosted between March 31 and April 3 in Varanasi.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Kerala / by Staff Reporter / April 06th, 2022

ET Businesswoman of the Year 2021: Samina Hamied – The woman who carries forward a storied legacy, seeking profit, but never at the cost of values

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Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

Hamied has successfully steered Cipla on an accelerated growth path with a focus on boosting margins, without diluting the core values it stood for.

Synopsis

“I am humbled and honoured to receive the ET’s Businesswoman of the Year Award. This recognition belongs to each and every one of our 25,000 employees who stand with Cipla, putting patients’ interests before their own and upholding our purpose of Caring for Life,” Hamied, executive vice-chairperson, Cipla, told ET.

Samina Hamied represents a rich legacy. Her grandfather, KA Hamied, a freedom fighter and nationalist, founded Cipla in 1935, making it one of India’s oldest pharmaceutical companies. Her uncle Yusuf Hamied is the doyen of Indian pharma known globally for making affordable generic AIDS drugs accessible to millions of patients in Africa and other low- and middle-income countries.

“I am humbled and honoured to receive the ET’s Businesswoman of the Year Award. This recognition belongs to each and every one of our 25,000 employees who stand with Cipla, putting patients’ interests before their own and upholding our purpose of Caring for Life,” Hamied, executive vice-chairperson, Cipla, told ET.

Hamied has successfully steered Cipla on an accelerated growth path with a focus on boosting margins, without diluting the core values it stood for.

Both as executive director from July 2015 and as executive vice-chairperson from September 2016, Hamied has been instrumental in driving the company’s transformation from a traditional low-cost drug manufacturer to one with a young professional management and an aggressive approach towards inorganic expansion. Under her, Cipla also restructured its business and has also initiated cost-optimisation measures.

She spearheaded Cipla’s entry into the US market with strategic acquisitions of two generic companies, InvaGen Pharma and Exelan Pharma, for $550 million in 2015.

From FY15 to FY21, Cipla’s US revenue grew close to five times. US business contributed one-fifth of the total revenue in FY21.

Cipla’s revenue from operations grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 7% in the last 5 years to Rs 19,160 crore in FY21. Ebitda margin and net profit rose 12% CAGR in the last 5 years to 22.5% and Rs 2,405 crore, respectively, in FY21.

During Covid, Cipla launched antivirals, antibody cocktails, testing kits, masks and sanitizers. Cipla’s India business grew 15% year-on-year to Rs 7,736 crore.

Hamied focuses on board and governance issues, furthering Cipla’s global partnerships, shaping its corporate culture and hiring the right talent.

source: http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / Home> English edition> Business News> Industry> Healthcare-Biotech> Healthcare / by ET Bureau / March 28th, 2022

Aster CMI hospital and IISc. to launch artificial intelligence lab in Bengaluru

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KERALA / KARNATAKA/ UAE :

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The lab has been set up to build cutting edge AI products in the healthcare domain, and bridge the gap between clinical medicine and technology by training healthcare professionals in AI

To understand disease patterns and improve treatment outcomes using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, Aster CMI Hospital has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) to launch an AI lab.

The lab has been set up to build cutting edge AI products in the healthcare domain, and bridge the gap between clinical medicine and technology by training healthcare professionals in AI.

The lab was launched by Azad Moopen, founder Chairman and Managing Director, Aster DM Healthcare; Lokesh B., Consultant Neurology at the hospital; and Phaneendra K Yalavarthy, Professor of Medical Imaging, Department of Computational and Data Sciences, IISc.

Aster CMI will work with Prof. Phaneendra K Yalavarthy and his team on ‘Development of Deep Learning Methods for Automated Tracking and Segmentation of Nerves in Ultrasound Images’.  

Sriram Ganapathy, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc. has been collaborating on ‘Automatic Acute Stroke Symptom Detection Using Mobile Health Technologies’ and also on audio analytics in neurological disorders. Aster CMI believes that these initial projects have a direct impact on the current clinical practice in neurosciences.

At the launch, Dr Moopen said, “With the use of AI, doctors and medical providers will now be able to deliver more accurate diagnosis in the fastest possible time, which can aid the treatment journey. Also, AI would be a big leap towards predictive and proactive data analytics, which will improve preventive care recommendations for patients. We are glad to partner with IISc.”

Prof. Phaneendra K Yalavarthy, who has been instrumental in setting up the lab by providing the computational infrastructure and expertise, said, “AI-powered medical technologies have been rapidly evolving and have become powerful adjunct tools in clinical practice. The broad spectrum of digital medicine, especially to enable the 4P model of medicine (Predictive, Preventive, Personalised, and Participatory) involves natural collaboration between academic institutions and medical institutions.”

He said this artificial intelligence lab is a collaborative effort to develop these AI technologies in the hospital settings such that the translation to clinic will be seamless. “The initial focus of this collaborative lab will be in neurology and will later be expanded to other clinical specialities. We are thankful to Aster CMI for providing space to establish this lab in their hospital to enable co-development of some of these AI technologies for healthcare. This collaborative lab will enable the development of highly impactful research and technologies with a focus on translation to the bedside,” he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by The Hindu Bureau / Bengaluru – March 19th, 2022

‘Hope Registry’ to help kidney patients

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Kozhikode , KERALA :

A “Hope Registry” has been set up to help people who are in need of kidney transplant but unable to get it due to various reasons.

Fr. Davis Chiramel, found, Kidney Federation of India, is the chief patron of the registry. According to Jawad Ahmed, administrator, many people are forced to depend on dialysis because they are unable to do the transplant owing to lack of matching kidneys or other reasons.

The registry wishes to help these people due to swap transplant method. Both donors and receivers need to register their details. If the donors are incompatible with the recipients, their kidneys are exchanged with another pair. It is like a chain which continues till the first recipient gets a matching kidney. Fr. Chiramel said in a release that this was a legally accepted procedure and it was a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country. It was expected to stop social evils such as organ trade, he said.

Dr. Jawad said that the registration would be free and the cooperation of nephrologists in all the hospitals was being sought.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Kerala / by Special Correspondent / March 10th, 2022

Madrasa’s hospital a boon for a village near Ajmer

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Oontra Village (Ajmer District), RAJASTHAN :

Dawat-ul-Haq Hospital established by a madrasa in Ajmer district’s Oontra village. | Photo Credit: de31hospital ANKITA

It is providing healthcare at nominal prices to people of all religion

Making a humble contribution to the institutional deliveries of women, a first-of-its-kind hospital established by a madrasa in Ajmer district’s Oontra village has started providing health services in a rural area which lacks basic medical facilities. The 40-bed hospital, built with zakat and other charity funds on the madrasa premises, was formally inaugurated on December 19.

Idara Dawat-ul-Haq, which has started the hospital to cater to the needs of rural population, has been imparting religious education since 1998 and had registered itself with the State government’s Education Department for running multiple schools in 2009-10. One of the schools has since been upgraded to senior secondary level.

The Islamic seminary boasts of a strength of 4,600 students, including girlsThe hospital is the latest addition to the institution’s work for benefiting the villagers.

Idara Dawat-ul-Haq’s head Maulana Mohammed Ayub Qasmi told The Hindu that the initiative for institutional deliveries in the hospital had turned out to be a blessing for the women in the region, who were deprived of medical care during pregnancy and childbirth in the absence of an adequate health infrastructure. The hospital has conducted half-a-dozen institutional deliveries within its first two weeks.

The hospital, which also holds the distinction of being the first medical facility established by a madrasa in Rajasthan, has set an example of communal harmony, as it offers health care at nominal prices to the people belonging to all religions, castes and creed. The emergency, ambulance and medical store facilities are available round the clock.

With a population of 6,000, Oontra, situated 26 km away from Ajmer, has a primary health centre that only refers the patients to bigger hospitals in the nearby Kishangarh town and the district headquarter. The Dawat-ul-Haq hospital, which has installed 16 of the 40 sanctioned beds, has two full time doctors, including a gynaecologist, eight nursing personnel and other paramedical staff.

Anshu Shiv Kumar of Kaipara village, who was advised a Caesarean delivery by the doctors in Ajmer, was the second to undergo normal delivery in the hospital. Shareefa Khatoon of Oontra village said her grandson was born here with full medical care and her daughter-in-law was doing fine.

Kirti Mehta, Nursing Officer in Ajmer’s Jawaharlal Nehru Government Hospital, who has been instrumental in planning and executing the medical facility project at the seminary, said it would help reduce the high infant and maternal mortality rates in the region.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Other States / by Mohammed Iqbal / Oontra (Ajmer), January 01st, 2022

AMU Faculty Member Patents ‘Automatic Carriage Stopper’

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Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH :

Aligarh:

All lathe machine operators, constantly worried about the fly out accidents during the machining operation can now rest easier as Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Associate Professor from the University Polytechnic; Mr Shamshad Ali has invented an ‘Automatic Carriage Stopper’ which will reduce the chances of accidents.

The invention has been patented recently by the Patent Office, Government of India.

“The carriage stopper can be installed as a utility tool clamped on the lathe machine bed with a station ratchet system. It will be used as a multi stage stopper mechanism for turning application”, said Mr Shamshad.

He pointed out that the purpose of the invention is to reduce the likelihood of accidents, improve productivity, reduce product cost, lessen the rejection rate during manufacturing process and decrease the mental and physical fatigues of the operator.

Explaining how the invention will work, Mr Shamshad said: “The ‘Automatic Carriage Stopper’ will open the split nut in conventional lathe machines automatically to disengage the power source from the carriage, resulting in the carriage stop at desired position”.

“Similarly carriage movement through the feed rod will also be stopped automatically by using the ‘Automatic Carriage Stopper’. This auto carriage stopper can be used for any conventional lathe machine without any change in its design and it is easy to manufacture, maintain and operate at a low cost”, he added.

Mr Shamshad has invented the auto carriage stopper with his students, Suhail Ahmad.    

source: http://www.amu.ac.in / Aligarh Muslim University / Home> Public Relations Office / February 08th, 2022

Vijayapura student gets first rank in Karnataka in unani exams

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Vijayapura, KARNATAKA :

Unani examinations were held by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)  

Unani examinations were held by the RGUHS

Students of the SECAB Luqman Unani Medical College in Vijayapura have got encouraging results in the unani examinations held by the RGUHS. As many as five students have got State-level ranks.

Among degree students, Farah Khatoon Parvez Ahmed got the first rank with 81.67% marks, Khan Batul Mazar got the 7th rank with 79.94% marks and Aseema Mahin got 8th rank with 79.83% marks.

Among post-graduate students, Salma Choush stood second in Karnataka in medicine with 66.83% marks, and Saba Parveen Alam got the third rank in OBG discipline with 70.45% marks.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Belagavi – January 31st, 2022