Life for AllBimonthly Newsletter of the Christian Medical Association of India Issue 148 July - August 2010

From the General Secretary...D E V O T I O N The Key to Success

in Life

The author of the Book of Proverbs expresses the concern a father would have toward his children. To attain wisdom one has to submit to the instructions of parents and teachers. The reward is wisdom and honour (Prov. 4:1-9).

Parental teaching is natural even to animals but as God’s people, we are expected to impart much more to our children. They are given to parents on loan by the Creator (Ps. 127:3-4). We have to teach them God’s wisdom and truth, especially the fear of the Lord (Prov. 1:7; 9:10; Ps. 34:11).

In ancient India’s educational system it was common for the sishyas (learners) to reside at the ashram (residential school) and learn from the guru (master) till they attained maturity. Wherever Jesus went, his disciples followed him.

Today, however, education is merely a necessity for economic prosperity. The guru has lost control over the sishyas. This leaves every learner with questions such as: ‘Do I love to be taught?’ ‘Do I love to be corrected?’ ‘Do I appreciate those who tell me how it ought to be done?’ ‘Am I willing to alter long established views and habits to grow in the knowledge and truth of God!’ To these the prudent will say ‘yes’ (Prov. 13:18) but the sluggish will hate rebuke (Prov. 12:1). In order to acquire gnana (wisdom), one has to accept God’s representatives who teach the Lord’s way. For such, acceptance, material and spiritual riches are promised (Prov. 22:4). The key is to accept and appreciate instructions because there is so much to do as Jesus’ disciples.

Rev J D David RajanPresbyter, CSI KCD, Bangalore

The months of June, July and August have been busy. After meetings from 21-26 June in Bangalore and Vellore regarding CMAI’s Central Education Board, Medical Records and Laboratory Training Committees, the CAMS

Executive Committee and AHP Executive and the Vellore Council, I travelled from 3-10 July for the ICMDA conference at Uruguay. The conference was well attended, inspirational and thought provoking. Special highlights were the morning devotions by Dr Pablo Martinez of Spain, and keynote addresses by the author, Philip Yancy. A new team of ICMDA office bearers was elected: Dr Kevin Vaughan, UK, as President, Dr Mrs Jean Kagla , Kenya, as Vice President and I as treasurer. I am especially glad to inform you that Dr Vinod Shah was appointed full-time CEO of the ICMDA, and will take over in early 2011. Our congratulations and prayers are with him as he prepares for this new responsibility.

At IGNOU, we had the Convenors’ meeting on 17 July and the Joint Advisory Committee meeting on 3 August at which we agreed on early release of the prepared material, examination pattern and Equivalence Committee for lateral entry.

After the EHA board meetings at Delhi on 6&7 August, I was in Guwahati from 8-10 August for the Nurses League-Assam Government consultation on strengthening government ANM and GNM training. The next week was the CMAI annual meetings of the Community Health Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, Communications Advisory Committee and the General Body. The meetings were fruitful, with reviews of the good work done in the past year and plans for the future.

The following week, I was at Bangalore on 20 August, Miraj on 27th and Padhar on 28th & 29th. At Bangalore, the steering group of the NCCI-CMAI ESHA initiative reviewed work on mainstreaming HIV & AIDS in five sectors of the Church’s ministry: schools, Church life, theological colleges, development sector and hospitals. At the Miraj Medical Centre Board, we discussed the proposed medical college for which all state permissions have been received, and MCI inspection has been applied for. Please uphold this effort in your prayers. At Miraj, and during the medical students’ conference at Padhar, we also inaugurated the CMAI “Prayas” initiative, which provides financial assistance for cancer treatment, supported by HelpAge India. The trip also was my first in a Volvo “sleeper bus”; 15 hours from Miraj to Nagpur!

Please also pray for two significant upcoming consultations: of Dip N B training institutions at Bangalore on 19 October and on sponsorship at Delhi from 2- 3 November.

Dr Vijay Aruldas General Secretary

Remember, you may choose your sin, but you cannot choose the consequences. - Jenny Sanford

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From the sections...Doctors

CMAI News

Dr John ThomasSecretary, Doctors' Section

john.thomas@cmai.org

Seminar on Orientation of NABL Accreditation for Clinical LaboratoriesCMAI, with the support of NABL, organised a seminar on Orientation of NABL Accreditation for Clinical Laboratories on 30 July 2010 at MOSCH, Kolenchery, Kerala, with 75 participants.

Mr Anil Relia, Director, NABL, inaugu-rated the Seminar. Rt Rev Dr K G Daniel, CSI Bishop-East Kerala Diocese, wel-comed the gathering and Rev M T Tharian, Regional Secretary, CMAI, concluded the Inaugural Session.

The technical sessions were covered by Dr Aparna Dhawan, Accreditation Officer, NABL; Dr Thuppil Venkatesh, Principal Advisor, QCI and Dr K V Ragi, Sr Quality Manager, DDRC Piramal Group.

The seminar concluded with a panel discussion.

Dear friends,

Greetings in Jesus’ matchless name!

Being “faithful in little things”, in other words being faithful with what is presently assigned to us, is expected of us followers of Christ Jesus. We can rightly and for sure expect rewards from God our Father when we are FAITHFUL in little things.

It’s been a time of planning the CMAI Central India Students’ Conference 2010 which we plan to continue as an annual event in Central India – this time it was in Padhar Hospital, Betul district, MP on 28 & 29 August with Dr George Chandy, Dr Vinod Shah and Dr Victor Choudhrie as resource persons.

As you are aware, the CMAI National Conference for Doctors, 2010, is to be held between 18-20 November in Kottayam district, Kerala, near the backwaters – don’t miss this!

I also spent valuable time at the Institute of Palliative Medicine in Calicut, Kerala, where the 1-year Fellowship in Palliative Medicine is going on. There is a suggestion to have a similar program in geriatric medicine to address the ever growing need for providing care to the elderly in our country. We value your inputs and suggestions towards bringing this to fruition.

The Doctors’ Regional Sectional Secretaries will be conducting regional retreats or workshops in their respective regions before the end of 2010. Please contact them for more information.

The best possible thing one can do is to train and equip new leaders for the future of our many mission institutions.

We thank you our members all over the country for your roles in CMAI and urge you to think creatively and get actively involved so that together we can take the mission of CMAI forward.

In Christ

IPM – CMAI 1-year Fellowship in Palliative Care The new batch for the 1-year Fellowship in Palliative Care (distance education) has started at the Institute of Palliative Care, Calicut, with about 20 students – including dentists, an anaesthesiologist, a general surgeon and other senior and junior doctors who have a special interest in palliative care. IPM Calicut has full-fledged training programmes going

on, with good facilities and accommodation for students and faculty.

Dr John Thomas, CMAI, attended 3 days of the initial contact classes for the 1-year Fellowship in Palliative Medicine. He had a meeting with Dr Rajashree, who co-ordinates the program in Calicut, and discussed how to move forward involving more centres, especially in Northern India.

Institutions and individuals wanting to be trained in palliative care can contact Dr John

Thomas (email:john.thomas@cmai.org) or Dr Ronald Lalthanmawia (email: ronald.l@cmai.org). The course has three contact sessions – the first contact session of 10 days is in August and the last contact session of 3 weeks is in July with another session of 2 weeks in between according to suitability.

Central India Visit Dr John Thomas, CMAI, visited Bhopal, Raipur and Nagpur and invited medical and dental students from different medical colleges through personal meetings with them. The leadership of Evangelical Mission Hospital, Tilda; Christian Hospital, Mungeli; doctors at Ambedkar Hospital, Raipur and many doctors and administrators extended valuable help on this visit.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Allied Health Professionals - 24 - 26 September 2010Administrators - 07 - 09 October 2010Pastors and Chaplains - 27 & 28 October 2010 Christian Doctors - 18 - 20 November 2010Nurses League - 25 - 27 November 2010 Look at our website www.cmai.org for more details.

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NursesFrom the sections...

CMAI News

Ms Jancy JohnsonSecretary, Nurses League

jancy.johnson@cmai.org

Bihar-Jharkhand Regional Retreat The Bihar-Jharkhand regional retreat was held on 22 and 23 July 2010 at Mohulpahari Christian Hospital (MCH). The theme was Sharing The Pain.

The retreat started with praise and devotion led Dr Subhakar Prasad of SDA Hospital, Ranchi, who is the Regional Sectional Secretary, CMAI Chaplains Section. This was fol-lowed by Welcome Address by Dr J Kisku (Med Superintendent, MCH). Mr S C Jha (Church Secretary, NELC) inaugurated the retreat. Rev Job Jayaraj delivered the theme message. The technical session was led by Mr Stephen Victor, who gave a lecture on Quality in Health Care.

Staff from Mohulpahari Christian Hospital, Dumka, SDA Mission Hospital, Ranchi, Barna-bas Hospital, Ranchi, YMCA Hospital, Ranchi, Theodori Mission Hospital, Chandrapura and St Luke’s Hospital, Hiranpur, attended the retreat.

In the afternoon, representatives of the hospitals shared their prayer concerns. This was followed by intercessory prayers. Then the Sections met separately for future planning. Later in the evening there was a cultural programme, performed by staff from the many hospitals.

CMAI-MNRE Workshop – 2The second in the series of MNRE workshops to introduce alternate technology applications leading to energy savings was held at Hotel Aby Palace, Chennai on 2 July 2010.

The following presentations were made:

1. Energy Saving Potential in Hospitals – Mr Stephen Victor Administrators Section, CMAI

2. Hospital Energy Efficiency: Current – Dr Koshy Cherail Status and Future Scope President Alliance for Energy Efficient Economy

3. Greening Healthcare Facilities – Mr Sathiaram Ram Managing Director, En3

4. Presentation on Implementation of – Mr Srinivasan ESCO in Holy Family Hospital Trans Solar Technologies 5. Options of Bio-gas as Renewable Energy – Mr R A Ramanujam HOD, Chemical Engg Dept, CLRI

6. Solar Thermal Options for Hospitals – Mr Jaganathan Planters Energy Network

Dear Members,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

We were invited by the Director of Regional Resource Centre for NRHM (Northeast India) to help strengthen nursing training in Assam. The first consultation was held on 9 & 10 August at Guwahati. God willing, we will be able to help other states of the Northeast in this way. This is recognition of the fact that we have been maintaining high standards in nursing education. It is high time we raised standards of those less fortunate than us.

A competent and motivated health workforce saves lives. It is important for strengthening the health care system of the country. However, many factors prevent nurses from becoming fully competent. One of these is the mushrooming of private nursing schools and colleges. For many institutions, the quality of nursing education is far below expected standards. The major reasons are lack of teachers, lack of affiliation to hospitals, inadequate exposure to clinical areas and lack of infrastructure. This has become a great concern for the country in general and the nursing fraternity in particular.

Taking this issue into consideration, the Nurses League of CMAI plans to start a skill enhancement programme to help young nurses in the country. The duration of the course is three months. The curriculum for this training has been prepared and we expect to start it by the beginning of 2011.

I would like to remind you of the forthcoming NL Conference from 25-27

November 2010 in Kerala. Please plan your leaves to attend this wonderful time of fellowship. You will be getting the brochures soon. Thank you for your prayers and support.

CMAI’s monitoring visit to local partners in GujaratTo assess the progress and variety of activities organised through the CHIN Phase II project, a visit was made to three districts in Gujarat namely Tapi, Baroda and Sabarkantha.

The local partner NGOs present there are do-ing good work in taking the message of NRHM entitlements to the communities through different modes of communication.

There is also very good support from the block and district health officials to ensure proper service delivery.

All the state partners will be attending a national level training in Bhubhaneshwar in September 2010.

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From the sections...

Mr Stephen VictorSecretary, Administrators Section

stephen.victor@cmai.org

Administrators

Dear Members,

Greetings from action packed Delhi, which has not seen a dull moment since the Commonwealth Games (CWG) were announced. There is a lot of excitement as the D-Day approaches. A core group, comprising of committed Christians, has planned to use this opportunity to share the message of the Gospel. Please uphold the entire event in your prayers.

Even as the CWG will be in progress in Delhi, in Shimla another event will take place which is more crucial and important for all members of our section. That is the National Conference of the Administrators Section which will be held from 7th (morning) to 9th (lunch) October 2010 at Christ Church, Ridge, Shimla. I request all sectional members to register and book tickets to Shimla in order to attend this conference.

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) Workshop was held in Chennai on 2 July 2010 at Abu Palace, Poonamallee High Road. The next workshop will be held in Mumbai. Two more workshops are being planned for Kerala and Kolkata / Shillong. Please contact me for more details.

I have sent a comprehensive question-naire to all member hospitals, in order to collect information on energy consumption, energy efficiency measures and renewable energy installations. Some have already returned completed forms, based on which we are proposing measures that could significantly reduce the cost of maintaining facilities. Please contact me if you would like to avail of this opportunity.

With best wishes and prayers for all of you,

Report of Consultation Meeting on Baseline Evaluation of Nursing Education, NortheastA 2-day consultation meeting on Baseline Evaluation of Nursing Training of Northeastern states was conducted between 9-10

August 2010 at Rural Resource Cen-tre, NRHM Guwahati. The meeting was organised by the Nurses League of CMAI along with the Director of Rural Resource Centre, NRHM, Guwahati. A team of eight – Dr Vijay Aruldas, General Secretary, CMAI; Mrs Lalitha Varghese, Secretary, BNESIB; Ms Mamta Soren, Secre-tary, MIBE; Mrs Shirley David, Chair-person, Nurses League; Mrs Selva Titus, Deputy Dean, College of Nursing, CMC Vellore; Mrs Mercy John, Principal, School of Nursing, Christian Hospital, Bissamcuttack, Orissa; Mrs Mercy Quila, Principal, School of Nursing, Christian Fellowship Hospital, Oddanchatram; Mrs Jancy Johnson, Secretary, Nurses League – participated.

Sixty participants from 22 nursing schools of Assam attended the meeting. The participants were Joint Director of Nursing, Assam and principals, vice-principals and tutors of different schools of nursing. The Hon’ble Chief Guest was Director, Health Services, Assam.

CMAI presented observations and analysis based on data collected from 16 nursing schools. The resource persons from CMAI made presentations on Master Plan, Clinical Rotation Plan and INC Policies. The participants worked in groups to learn how to make Master Plan and Clinical Rotation Plan, under the supervision of the CMAI resource persons.

Dr A C Baishya, Director, Regional Resource Centre for Northeast India, NRHM, said he hoped there would be an ongoing collaboration to help other Northeastern states as well.

Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Regional Conference The MP & Chhattisgarh regional conference was held at Dhamtari Christian Hospital from 13-14 August 2010; the theme was Sharing The Pain. There were 120 participants. The conference was inaugurated by the Bishop of the Mennonite Church in India, along with many local pastors. Dr P Joseph Emmanuel, Champa Christian Hospital, shared the word of God.

Then there were sessions and group discussions on problems faced by and improvements required in mission hospitals. Rev Job Jayaraj, CMAI, spoke on the conference theme. Mr Justin Jebakumar, CMAI, presented a technical session on the importance of quality in health care.

The following regional committee members were elected: Dr S K Chatterjee, Dhamtari Christian Hospital (Regional Secretary); Dr Satyendra Netam, DCH, (Secretary, Doctors Section); Mrs J S Masih, DCH (Secretary, Nurses League); Pastor Sandeep Parmarth, Padhar Hospital (Secretary, Chaplains Section); Mr Melon Harris, Evangelical Christian Hospital,

Tilda (Secretary, AHP Section); Mrs Vatsala Titus, Christian Hospital, Mungeli (Secretary, Administrators Section).

The conference was well-organised by DCH management and staff. Special thanks to Dr Satyendra Netam and Mr Spencer Lall for their hard work in promoting CMAI activities in this region.

CMAI News

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From the sections...

Allied Health Professionals

Mr A P BerrySecretary, AHP Section

ap.berry@cmai.org

Dear friends in His vineyard!

We are the chosen generation called to labour in His vineyard. Time runs very fast – many juniors have become seniors, seniors have retired and so on. Within the short time given to us, we are called by our master Jesus to accomplish the entire task set before us.

We are getting ready for the National Conference and I invite you all to participate. Do send in the filled in registration forms at the earliest. If you have not received the forms, please download the conference brochure from the CMAI website and send it to us after filling the details.

Many of you may remember that I asked you to send nominations for the Alan Cranmer award. Please search, select and send nominations of persons you find suitable for the same. He / she should have long service in any Allied Health field and should have achieved / contributed in their respective area.

We are now enrolling candidates for the IGNOU degree programmes. It is great to see more students enrolled this year as compared to last year. We are having a Tutors Orientation programme at Cochin in September. Recently all convenors came together for a meeting at IGNOU, designed the exam pattern and constituted sub-committees for paper setting, evaluating answer scripts and moderation. We have also decided to form an Equivalence Committee to work out criteria which will allow alumni of CMAI programmes and others to avail the opportunity of joining the Degree Programme through lateral entry. Please send your suggestions and ideas quickly.

Our challenges are many and I request your prayers to attain success. Let us show sincerity, loyalty and perseverance in the places where we have been put.

With prayerful wishes and regards,

Imaging Technology ConferenceMore than 400 imaging technologists including the staff and students of hospitals, medical colleges and Allied Health Training Centres from all over Tamil Nadu and neighbouring states participated in CITCON 2010, the first Imaging Technologists Conference organised by the De-partment of Radiology of the Christian Medical College, Vellore on 1 May 2010.

Emergency imaging was the theme of the conference. Dr Suresh David, Head, Emergency Department, CMC; Mr A P Berry, Secretary, Allied Health Professionals Section, CMAI and Ms Sheila Elangovan, Tutor, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, were the key speakers on the theme ‘The ICU patient’.

The conference is the first of its kind since the inception of the department in 1954. Dr Roshan S Livingstone, Assistant Professor, Imaging Physics, Department of Radiology, CMC was the person behind the Organising Committee.

Seminar on Legal Implications in Nursing Practice, KeralaCMAI’s Nurses League organised a 1-day seminar on Legal Implications in Nursing Practice at TRADA, Kottayam on 10 July 2010. Sixty people from 15 institutions participated. Rev M T Tharien, Regional Secretary, Kerala Region, and Mrs Ammini Isaac, Regional Sectional Secretary, Nurses League, Kerala Region, coordinated the programme. Dr Sr Mary Lucita, Director, School of Medical Education, Regional Centre, Angamaly, inaugurated the semi-nar. Dr Mariam Mathew, Principal, St James College of Nursing, Chalakudy, felicitated the delegates. Mr Samuel Abraham, Legal Advisor, CMC Vellore, was the resource person. Sr Joan Chunkapura, Director, TRADA, gave away the certificates. The seminar ended with a valedictory function.

ESHA Project Follow-up The follow-up of the Appreciative Inquiry Workshop of the ESHA project was conducted at Padhar Hospital, Mure Memorial Hospital, Lakhnadon Hospital, CSI Hospital Trichy, Presby-terian Hospital, Aizawl during April-August 2010. The follow-up 2-days’ workshops were held with different staff of the hospital as an implementation of the action plan made earlier.

The next step is have a national level workshop to learn from the experience and to focus on workplace policy for hospitals.

Rural / Tribal Women Health and Development ProjectCMAI and Padhar Hospital, MP, are to start the Rural / Tribal Women Health and Develop-ment Project with an aim to improve the economic condition of rural / tribal women, increase the level of awareness and literacy among them and an increase in access to health services working with the Community Health Department of the hospital.

As an initial process, there was a meeting with the Director and staff of the hospital, along with village visit and discus-sion with the project staff. At the meeting, it was decided that 10-12 villages would be chosen from the 71 selected villages based on the following criteria: IMR, MMR, level of women’s employment, level of education of women and children in the villages, poverty level etc. Information from the ongoing survey held by the hospital for implementation of a disability project was used for selection of the villages.

Development of baseline study tools will be done, after which the workers will be trained to conduct the study using PRA techniques.

CMAI News

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From the sections...

Chaplains

Rev Job JayarajSecretary, Chaplains Section

job.jayaraj@cmai.org

List of Members who have upgraded their

membership fees

The new CMAI life membership rates, applicable since April 2010, are Rs 2000 for Doctors and Rs 1000 for Members. We request you to upgrade your membership to current rates.We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who have voluntarily upgraded their membership fees to present rates:Dr Sunil M Caleb Miss P A Annamma Mrs Purabi Das Islam Dr Joyce Ponnaiya Dr Samuel SolomonDr Satish KuruvillaDr Sheela Kuruvilla

Dr S Purushothama ReddyMrs Punitha SunnyDr Mary Ramasamy Dr M C Mathew Dr George Jayaprakash Dr David Bhasker Rao Dr Anitha S Rao

Announcement

Dear friends,

Greetings to you in His precious name!

Friends, as mentioned in the previous issue of LFA, the Annual (1-month) Course will be held from 1-25 October at Karigiri Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. This will be followed by the Executive Committee meeting on the 26th, and the 8th National Conference on 27 & 28 October at Sneha Deepam Retreat Centre on the Vellore-Chennai Highway. Please prepare to attend the National Conference by registering your name along with the registration fee of Rs 500/- before 15 September. The flyer has already been sent to you by post.

I had the privilege of visiting a few CMAI member hospitals in Jharkhand in July. They are in need of doctors and other health care professionals to run the hospitals; in addition they also need financial support. Please pray for their needs. I also attended the Bihar & Jharkhand Regional Conference in July and the Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh Regional Conference in August.

The next discussion on the 2011 Healing Ministry theme is in September, when, with the theme chosen by the CMAI General Body, we will begin discussing the Bible Study, preparing the Order of Worship Service, and designing and printing the posters. Please remember all these efforts and those involved in this ministry. We request your continued cooperation with this ministry through your prayers and contributions.

Please pray for all the sectional activities.

Wish you God’s blessings as you prepare for various activities in your church / hospital in the days to come.

God be with you all till we meet.

RATIONAL DRUGS, CLIPBOARD, ADDICTION NEWS AND CARE BEYOND CURE GO ELECTRONIC

Rational Drugs, Clipboard, Addiction News and Care Beyond Cure have been well appreciated publications. In order to reach more people we will be sending them only by email from now on. However, if you would prefer to receive a printed version, please send a donation of Rs 100/- by DD to CMAI, Delhi, towards cost of publication and postage.

To receive these publications by email, please send a request by email with the following information – name, address & pin code, phone number, email id, membership number (if CMAI member). If the enve-lope in which you received these issues has the “Reader ID”, please send that to us. This may be sent to communication@cmai.org Please do write and let us know your preference. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you have changed your address, and discontinue mailing these publications to you.

To save paper we are also offering Life For All as an e-publication. Write to us with the above mentioned details for your copy.

Annual meetings of CMAIA series of CMAI’s annual meetings were held at the headquarters in New Delhi during this reporting period.

The Community Health Committee met on 18 August 2010

The Finance Committee met on 19 August 2010, from 10:30 am to 1 pm.

The Communications Advisory Committee also met the same day, from 3 to 6 pm.

The General Body meeting met on 20 & 21 August 2010 (Friday & Saturday)

ThankYou

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Dear Members,

Institutional Development Desk

Mr Justin JebakumarCoordinator, IDD

justin.jebakumar@cmai.org

COLLEGE OF NURSING Christian Medical College, Kagithappattarai Campus, Arcot Road

Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India (Five star rating by NAAC)

Website: http://home.cmcvellore.ac.in/admissions/admin.htmPhone no: 0091-0416-3077011 / 12 / 13

Applications are invited for the following courses commencing in May / August 2011:

Issue of application forms - 15 September 2010Last date for issuing application forms by post - 23 October 2010Last date for issuing application forms by hand - 30 October 2010Last date for receipt of completed applications - 30 October 2010

Send in your request to The Registrar, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College, Kagithappattarai Campus, Arcot Road, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India along with the crossed demand draft drawn in favour of CMC Vellore Association payable at State Bank of India, Vellore Town Branch, Code 1618. (Please visit the PG nursing admission page on the CMC website for more details and to download the application form.)

Aizawl Adventist HospitalMizoram

We are in need of a paediatrician MD OR DCH to work in Aizawl Adventist Hospital. Monthly salary - Rs 30,000/-Any interested person may contact:Dr Eileen Lalrinpuii Medical Director Aizawl Adventist Hospital Aizawl -796009MizoramPh: 0389-2343443, Mobile: 09436143503.

Human Resources / Announcement

SNo Courses Application fee

Registration fee for each

preference 1 M Sc Nursing Rs 750/- ($ 100) Rs 600/-($ 100)2 Post Basic B Sc Nursing Rs 750/- ($ 100) Rs 500/-*($ 75)3 Fellowship in Nursing Rs 750/- ($ 100) Rs 500/-($ 75)

4 Post Basic Diploma Programmes in Nursing

Rs 300/- ($ 60) Rs 300/-($ 60)*No preference

CMAI’s Allied Health Professionals Section announces the availability of scholarships through the Gillian Fairbairn and August India scholarship fund for deserving candidates who are studying in CMAI member institutions.The application forms are being sent to all tutors who are working in our hospitals.Last day of receiving application is 15 October 2010.For further details please contact: Mr A P Berry, Secretary, AHP Section, CMAI e-mail : ap.berry@cmail.org

Scholarship for Allied Health Students

Consignment ClearanceThis is to inform members that CASA will once again be able to provide assistance for clearance of donated equipments from US & UK provided they fall under the Indo-US & Indo-UK agreements. The consignment should reach Chennai and Mumbai ports after 1 December 2010 and before 31 March 2011.

For further details, please contact Mr Stephen Victor, CMAI at Email: stephen.victor@cmai.org Ph.: 011-2559991/2/3 or Mr Aloke Michyari, PRO, CASA at Email: casa@del6.vsnl.net.in, Ph.: 011-25731218 /19, 25730611 / 12, 25761579, 25767231

Rev Job Jayaraj and I had a fruitful visit to four of our member hospitals in Chhattisgarh region. Christian Fellowship Hospital, Ra-jnandgaon, part of the Ashram movement, was founded by Dr P A Abraham in the 1940s. In addition to hospital services, the hospital is actively involved in community health and development initiatives.

Our second visit was to Evangelical Mission Hospital, Tilda, where Dr Satyajit Jiwanmall is in charge. The team is doing exemplary work in a needy area of our country. Rev Job and I spoke with the staff during morning devotions.

At Christian Hospital, Mungeli, where Dr Teresa Henry was our host, many new things are happening. The hospital is building a cancer therapy unit supported by Government of Chhattisgarh.

There was an overwhelming response to the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Regional Conference held at Dhamtari Christian Hospital from 13-14 August 2010; there were more than 100 delegates. It was an occasion for great joy and learning where each hospital narrated its story and current status. The Bible studies were taken by Dr Joseph Emmanuel, Champa Christian Hospital, and Rev Job Jayaraj, CMAI. Dr Sunil Chatterjee has been elected the Regional Secretary of the MP and Chhat-tisgarh region.

CMAI has initiated the CEOs forum of CMAI member hospitals. The first CEO fo-rum meeting will be organised in Hyderabad on 11 September. Operation Blessing India, one of our member institutions, has agreed to host the meeting.

The NABH work continues and more institutions have expressed the desire to work towards this.

Do uphold us in your prayers.

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District Consultation MeetingCMAI Orissa organised 1-day district consultation meetings in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Nuapada, Balasore, Koraput and Rayagada districts of Orissa on 28, 29 & 30 June, 6 July and 10 & 14 August 2010 respectively. The objective of the meetings was sharing of baseline survey Participatory Need Assessment (PNA) findings and listing out of communication methods to minimise the identified communication gaps under CHIN for CHANGE project. The participants of the District Consultation Meeting were CDMO, ADMO, DPM, ASHA Coordinator, MEIO, DIPRO, CDPO, DSWO, Block Chairman, Zilla Parishad, PRIs, MOs, Ayush Doctor, ANM, AWW, ASHA, NGOs and media from the operational district and block. There were 216 participants. This event was captured by many local newspapers and appreciated by different stakeholders.

Roll out of Master Training on Facilitating Participatory Communication

CMAI News

A 2-day capacity building training on LFA and communication strategy for 2nd phase district NGO partners of CMAI was held from 19 – 20 July 2010 at Bhubhaneswar, Orissa. The capacity building training brought together 30 participants from 6 district NGO partners of Orissa. The main objectives of the training was to have common knowledge and understanding of CHIN for CHANGE project’s LFA & communication strategy, development of district level LFA, communication strategy

and participatory communication tools. During the session, participants were split into district-wise subgroups and assigned group exercises such as district developing, district level LFA in line with state and lead agency LFA of the project, communication strategy for different stakeholders. Participants would use this knowledge in the project. Moreover, participants at the training were able to increase their understanding of the process both theoretically and practically by developing

their district level LFA, communication strategy and participatory communication strategy based on state level project document. Dr Evangeline Dutta, Project Director, Mrs Julie Hembrom, Communication Specialist, and the CMAI Orissa project team facilitated the programme.

Capacity Building Training on LFA and Communication Strategy

A 3-day roll out of master training on Facilitating Participatory Communication / TOT was organised for the 2nd phase, 6 district partner NGOs of CMAI from 26 – 28 August 2010 at Utkal Jyoti, Cox Colony, Jharsuguda, Orissa. The objective of the TOT was to build the capacity and skill of district NGO partners on participatory communication and designing training programme for ASHA, ANM, PRI and CBO & FNGO using participatory communication tools and methods. District Facilitator, Block Link Worker and Program Head of 6 District NGO partners of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Nuapada, Rayagada, Koraput and Rayagada districts of Orissa participated. The participants were able to develop training agenda to address the PNA gaps for different stakeholders using appropriate participatory methodology. They were also provided inputs on how to facilitate community mobilisation and sensitisation activities in the field. There were 30 participants who developed their knowledge in facilitation of training programme at district and block level.

Baptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur, gets CM’s Award for Best Social ActionBaptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur, Assam, a unit of Emmanuel Hospital Association (New Delhi), started a children focused malaria control program in 2007 in Udalguri district of Assam, which was one of the worst affected by malaria. In 2009, a community-based rehabilitation was started for children with disabilities in the same district. A Hepatitis B awareness and safety initiative is also ongoing at Udalguri.

In recognition of the work in the district, the government has conferred the Chief Ministers Award for Best Social Action for 2009 to Baptist Christian Hospital. The District Commissioner nominated the community health program based on an independent evaluation of the work. The award was received by Mr Jeremiah Daimari, Project Manager, at the 15th August function at Udalguri.

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