Tirunelveli Medical College Alumni Association - Nellaimedicos

Dr.Dorai 1992 to 1998 Batch, letters to the editor

2012-01-14T17:23:00.001+05:30

From http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/article2799258.ece

A 50-year-old woman was brought in a state of septic shock to the hospital where I worked. An emergency surgery was performed and everyone was shocked to find a ripe coconut in her uterus. Enquiries revealed that the patient suffered from uterine prolapse and was treated by a quack in Kanyakumari. The coconut had held the uterus in position for some time but eventually created a life-threatening sepsis.

Similarly, using irritants like alum for treating piles and fistula; making a burn injury on the forearm with a heated coin for viral hepatitis; and pouring fish oil in the nose for bronchial asthma are some of the tricks of quacks. They exploit the ignorance of the common man. The switch from holistic to ‘evidence-based medicine' by allopathic doctors — confirming diagnoses after costly investigations to save themselves from legal action — has made health care costlier, which is the main reason for quacks flourishing.

P. Durai,

Tirunelveli

Message from Dr.Sampath, 1974 to 1980 Batch of TvMC

2011-11-22T00:41:00.002+05:30

Message from Dr.Sampath, 1974 to 1980 Batch of TvMC

I am Dr.Sampath of 1974 Batch-I am Trivandrum.Just happened to see this page and want to thank those who have really took the pain to make a page like this and appreciate them from the depth of my heart.I am in Trivandrum practicing on my own as well as a part of ISRO,Terumopenpal an MNC and Abhaya a charitable institution for the mentally handicapped and deranged.Wd like to include the photo of my batch mates. Love and regards to all those good old pals of mine from all the batches of my time.

Hello,I am Dr.Sampathof 1974 batch was a footballer sportsman and a musician of my time at campus.I just happened to see this page.An wonderful job and hats off to those dear souls who had took the pain to establish a page like this.I am at Trivandrum.What should I do to include the photo of my batchmates? Regards to all of you.

I belong to the 1974 Batch.I express my sincere thanks to all tose who took the pain to make a page like this. I really appreciate your work.i accidently found this when I was brouwsing for some this else. I am at Trivandrum. Love to all my batch mates and all who know me.

Dear Sir,

Please send your photos to bruno@nellaimedicos.com

Message from Dr.Nagarajan - 1965 to 1971 Batch- Reunion March 2012

2011-11-10T00:04:00.001+05:30

We are planning to have a reunion for 1st batch[1965-1971] students of TVMC. It will be held at Courtallum in early part of March 2012. For info. call me.U.S.phone 352 596 7815,[eMail- nagarajanvp@yahoo.com] You may also call.Dr.Balagurusamy 9842158257, Dr.E.M,Mohamed Ismail 9600095067,Dr.Amaladevi 9443928218. Posted by Nagarajan

Message from Dr.P.S.Narayanan (Octavians)

2011-11-10T00:03:00.000+05:30

hi , i am p. s.narayanan from 1st batch of tvmc (octavians).i would like to b in touch with all my tvmc friends.i am now in dubai since 1985 as a traumatologist.kindly tell me how to go about to do so.my mail id is drpsn@hotmail.com & mobile no is 00 971 50 6501200.i would b too happy if any tvmcian will pick up my link to go further. regards & best wishes dr.p.s.narayanan

A doctor? nay, a saviour

2011-09-25T10:10:00.002+05:30

From http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article2482366.ece

Medical teachers of yesteryear enjoyed a demigod status among students not merely for teaching skills but also for their inspiring personality. Clinical acumen, knowledge, experience, ethics, and demeanour in various proportions contributed to the charisma of the doyens. But the ability to inspire, an attribute of a good teacher, is not happening regularly these days. Hence, the intention to emulate has taken a beating. The concept of mentor and apprentice is not natural anymore and has to be enforced in a curriculum. I could not believe when I was told that Chief Minister Kamaraj, who came to the Government General Hospital, Madras (now Chennai), to meet Dr. Rathinavel Subramanian, waited until after he finished his class. Such stories are not only inspiring but epitomise the values of dignity and humility in great men.

A plethora of teachers

I was fortunate to be blessed with a plethora of inspiring teachers. I graduated from the Tirunelveli Medical College in Tamil Nadu in the late 1980s and we had a teacher Dr. Venugopal, fondly called by everyone VG. He must have inspired an entire generation of doctors who graduated from TVMC in the 1980s and 1990s. Dedication to the profession was so natural to him that he empathised with his patients.

I myself was a beneficiary of his empathy when I suffered from severe aphthous ulceration. Though a relatively minor ailment, the care he gave was amazing. The pleasure derived from healing others is enviable and incomparable. We have seen him giving money to very poor patients. The gesture was very natural and infectious. Such undocumented charity is essential for humanity to retain its sanity.

Once VG was heading a team of interns for a medical camp at a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camp. Minor ailments were treated and patients needing admission referred to the medical college hospital. The last patient was a child suffering from acute gastroenteritis (diarrhoea). As an intern was about to prescribe oral rehydration solution, VG came on the scene. He quickly noticed the Bitot's spots in the eyes (vitamin A deficiency) of the child. Immediately, he told us that the child needed hospitalisation and vitamin A injection as otherwise the child would lose vision due to keratomalacia.

In normal circumstances, the mother would have been advised to take the child to hospital for admission. But VG himself took the child and the mother with us in the hospital van in spite of lack of space. On our way back, we stopped for snacks and as expected, VG paid for our gastronomical indulgence. I was moved, when I saw VG buying some biscuit packets for the mother and the child in the van. When we reached the hospital VG caught hold of me and instructed me to take personal responsibility of admitting the child. He gave me money to buy vitamin A injection from the pharmacy and ensured that I myself gave the injection without fail. He anticipated non-availability of the drug in the hospital and hence asked me to buy from the pharmacy. Such a passionate and dedicated approach to patient care was awesome and is not to be seen these days.

I understand VG has superannuated and is now rendering service in a rural hospital. He has not been decorated with any award but any TVMC alumnus will vouch for the unsung hero, our mentor.

(The writer is Professor & Head, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, SRMC&RI, Porur, Chennai. His email id is: drsshankar@gmail.com)

Official Web Site of TvMC

2011-09-18T18:53:00.001+05:30

The Official Web Site of TvMC is right now at the Alpha Stage . . . . It will be fully functional in a short whilePlease visit Official Web Site of TvMC for further details

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, TvMC CME-“MEDICINE UPDATE-2011”

2011-09-10T11:26:00.001+05:30

The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R.MedicalUniversity

ASSOCIATION OFPHYSICIANS

TIRUNELVELI- CHAPTER

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, TvMC

CME-“MEDICINE UPDATE-2011”

18.09.11

Programme

08:00am to 09:00 am –Registration

09:00am to 09:30 am –Inauguration

Dr.M.S.Ashraf,Chairman, API. Tamilnadu Chapter.

SESSION A

09:30am to 10:10 am- Management of CardiacArrhythmias. .

Dr.Krishnakumar,.Cardiologist, Thiruvananthapuram

Chair Person: Dr.Rajan

10:15am to10:55 am- UTI in Clinical Practice

Dr.MuthusethupathiM.A., Nephrologist ,Chennai.

Chair Person: Dr Selvaraj

10:55am to 11:05 am- Tea Break

SESSION B

11.05am to 11:45 am- Current trends inManagement of Hemophilia management.

Dr. Dr. Cecil Ross MD, Bengaluru

Chair Person: Dr Kaniraj Peter

11:50am to 12:30 pm- Non-alcoholic SteatoHepatitis.

Dr.Padmanaban,Gastro-enterologist,Chennai

Chair Person: : Dr.Vairamuthuraju

12:35pm to 01:15 pm-Diseases peculiar to women and pregnancy.

Dr.Geetha , Kovai

Chair Person: Dr Ramola Janet

01:15pm to 02:00 pm- Lunch Break

SESSION C :

02:00pm to 02:40 pm- Clinical Approach to Coma.

Dr.Bala murugan,Neurologist,Salem

Chair Person: Dr Alagesan

02:45pm to 03:25 pm-Newer Oral Anti diabeticDrugs

Dr.Vadivel MuruganS.,Diabetologist ,Madurai

Chair Person: Dr A KSrinivasan

03:30pm to 04:15 pm- Thyroid Emergencies.

Dr.Arun Kannan, Endocrinologist,Madurai

Chair Person: Dr Nallamuthusamy.

For Registration contact

Dr Arumugapandian @ S Mohan M D 9443869846

Organising Secretary

Medicine Update-2011

A-139, Ist Street

Rahmathnagar-627011

InauguralFunction

MEDICINE UPDATE-2011

Invitation

TheTamilnadu Dr M G R Medical University,

TheOffice Bearers and members of API Tirunelveli Chapter , The Department of Medicine and The OrganizingCommittee of

‘MEDICINE Update-2011’

Cordially invite you for the Inauguralfunction at 09:00 AM on 18.09.2011at the Auditorium,Tirunelveli Medical College.

Dr MManoharan

(Dean,TvMC)

Will preside overthe function

Dr.MS Ashraf,

(Chairman, API.Tamilnadu Chapter.)

will be the Chief Guest and willinaugurate the Conference .

Dr. Jimla Balachandar

(Medical Superintendent,Tv.M.C. H)

will release the Souvenir. Dr.J.Rajkumar Edwin Dr.Geetharani

Chairman Organizing Chairman

API,Tirunelveli

Dr.V.Manakavalaperumal Dr.A.S.Mohan Organizing Treasurer, API,Tirunelveli Organizing Secretary ,API,Tirunelveli

Programme

09:00AM

Tamil Thai Vazhthu

Physician’s Prayer Dr Marchwin

Welcome Address Dr A S Mohan

Organizing Chairman’s Address Dr R.Geetharani

Dean’sAddress Dr M Manoharan

Chief Guest’S Address Dr M S Ashraf,

Lighting of Kuthuvilakku DrJimla Balachandran

Release of Souvenir

Presentation of Memento

Vote of Thanks Dr VManakavalaperumal

Sleep well, so that you will be awake at work

2011-07-15T16:55:00.000+05:30

From http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article2233678.ece

Sleep well, so that you will be awake at work

DR. P. DURAI

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Sleeping at the roadside is better than sleeping at the wheel. File photo: S. RAMESH KURUP

A vast majority of road accidents result from drivers falling asleep at the wheels. Naturally, the death toll for every undiagnosed OSA syndrome in drivers is directly proportional to the size of the vehicle he drives. Imagine the magnitude of destruction that will result if men at nuclear power plants, dynamite factories and other scientifically tempered industries have this disorder.

It is often customary to say that a patient is in sound sleep if he snores. But snoring sometimes reaches unacceptable decibels, vitiating the serene night ambience, forcing neighbours to shut windowpanes and family members to frown on you.

“Snorers are not good sleepers,” medical researchers have said recently. The global medical fraternity was not fully acquainted with sleep-disordered breathing and sleep studies until the early 1990s. However, for most medical colleges and doctors in the Indian subcontinent, it still remains an alien terminology, for all sleep-related research and infrastructure remain confined to a few corporate hospitals and training in sleep medicine remains well within the precincts of few pharmaceutical majors.

Snoring during sleep may be a sign, or the first alarm, of a dangerous phantom that is lying in the airway and trying to spread its fiery tentacles to the brain and the heart. The phantom is named obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).

What is this OSA? It is a condition where your upper airway (i.e., the pipe that connects your nose to your lungs) gets constricted during sleep, and airflow to the lungs is compromised. As a result, the patient puts an increased effort at breathing, gets agitated and wakes up frequently during sleep. The next day, he feels drowsy and confused, and is unable to concentrate. As the disease progresses, the urge to sleep during daytime while at work becomes irresistible. Gradually, these persons develop high blood pressure, resulting in damage to the brain and the heart.

In most instances, the patients themselves are not aware that the previous night was not peaceful. They regard themselves as good sleepers and sleep anywhere, for example, while in office, at a dinner feast, in a railway reservation queue, while waiting in a bank to deposit cash, etc., leading to a volley of errors — sometimes comical but mostly ending up in tragedies. Morbid obesity is pointed out as the main reason for all these deleterious events.

A vast majority of road accidents result from drivers falling asleep at the wheel. Naturally, the death toll for every undiagnosed OSA syndrome among drivers is directly proportional to the size of the vehicle one drives. Imagine the magnitude of destruction that will result if men at nuclear power plants, dynamite factories and other scientifically tempered industries have this disorder.

Several tragic events have occurred and are happening throughout the globe due to sleep disorders. A U.S. study estimates that roughly one in every 15 Americans is affected by at least a moderate degree of sleep apnoea. Sleep-related accidents comprise 15-20% of all motor vehicle crashes.

But in India we do not have any data relating to sleep apnoeas and related accidents. So it is high time we developed our own sleep labs in medical colleges and make it mandatory for men in high-risk areas to undergo sleep-study.

Medical and surgical management of OSA is really promising, but sadly about 80% of the patients are undiagnosed and untreated.

An appeal to men behind machines, men behind the wheel and those in the midst of scientifically critical junctures: try and find ways to fill your nights with peaceful sleep and help society for safe and secure days ahead.

(The writer is a postgraduate student in Thoracic Medicine, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. His email is: drpdorai@yahoo.com)

Tvmc 1991 to 1997 Batch get together Hotel Kodai international, Kodaikanal on Dec 30th

2011-06-22T07:34:00.000+05:30

Arul Vijaykumar (1991 to 1997 Batch) writes

Our Tvmc 91 batch get together is organized at Hotel Kodai international, Kodaikanal on Dec 30th.

Message from Mehraj Beevi 1991 to 1997 Batch

2011-05-04T23:22:00.001+05:30

Hai i am Mehraj Beevi still i am in the same college doing my MD (GM)pray for my success May is our Final Exam ... tx

Message from Dr.Tamilkothai 1987 to 1993 Batch

2011-05-04T23:21:00.001+05:30

Hi TVMCians
I am Dr.THAMILKOTHAI belonging to YUPPIE batch(1987-1993).I am really happy to see this website.I am presently working as an assistant professor O&G in our college.

TVMC Family Get together 2011 - 14/05/2011 Saturday - 1200 to 2100hrs

2011-03-30T01:41:00.002+05:30

TVMC Family Get together 2011
Are you ready to see your friends and get more gossips
about TVMC and NHS?
We are meeting soon
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Venue: Community Centre: Woodlands, Winthorpe,
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Date: 14/05/2011 Saturday
1200 to 2100hrs

Good food, entertainment for kids and family,
Games for boys and girls, Disco for everybody

GET READY, BLOCK YOUR DATES AND FURTHER DETAILS
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Phonetics and phone tricks... doctor's dilemma

2011-03-27T10:43:00.000+05:30

DR. G. RAMANUJAM

From : http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article1574365.ece

“Statutory warning: Getting prescriptions over phone is injurious to health.”

A phone call can become an acid test for one's language skill. Even though my wife doesn't rate my linguistic skills highly, I was thinking so. The first thing she does on receiving my romantic messages is to correct them. Of course, no man is hero to his wife.

Once, a school teacher received his wife's suicide note. It said, “As there is no love between you and me, I am going to commit suicide.” He immediately responded: “You should have written you and I, and not you and me. Me should be used as an object.”

Coming back to phone calls, so many times we are in a situation, having to spell some words on the phone. Be it our address, email ID, or website, spelling matters much.

Once I went through the ordeal of answering the customer centre of a bank. The honey-tongued girl asked me to spell almost every word. When I mentioned my degree as M.D, she asked for the spelling. When it comes to alpha-numerals like PAN, the confusion never ends. There is always the confusion whether it is zero or the letter O.

Just like for Radia-friendly politicians, a telephone conversation might become a nightmare for both the doctor and the patient.

Medical terms are neither tongue friendly nor telephone friendly. Many times, my relatives or friends would read a scan or laboratory report on the phone. Out of curiosity, they would spell every printed word, right from the scan centre's name to the reporting doctor's name. Of course, there would be terms like salphingo-oophoritis in between. By the time they finish reading, my hair would have grown two more inches. Nowadays, I ask them to e-mail them. Phone calls can never become a better alternative to personal appearances.

But there are things worse than this. As a doctor, I sometimes have to spell the names of drugs on the phone. I always discourage this practice. Of course, there is no remuneration for a phone consultation. It so happens that the drug that I have prescribed might not be available in the pharmacy and I could not be seen in person. Usually I ask the person to hand over the phone to a nearby pharmacist or doctor. Sometimes, you have no option other than spelling the names.

You cannot simply spell a drug name like “ASPRIN” and get away with it. The person at the other end usually wants to be very sure and immediately asks “A for?” or “P for?” It is only then I start experiencing word-finding difficulty. I have difficulty with at least 25 alphabets.

For some letters I use to think hard as if I were Samuel Johnson but only to remain clueless. Words with a silent first letter cause confusion like when I say “K for knight or T for tsunami.” Due to a lack of words, I sometimes give many phonetically funny statements like “B for bee” (a spelling bee question?) or “Q for queue.” Once a person asked, “W for what, sir?” I had to reply, “Yes! W for What!”

The final blow came one day. While I was spelling the name of a drug, I was searching for a word starting with the letter N. Neptune.. Nebula ..Nest.. not even ‘Nothing' came to mind. Suddenly, I said N for Nayanthara! The caller was an old religious man. I didn't know what he thought of me. But he never turned to me again. Maybe, he expected a Narayana from me or probably he is a Trisha fan!

In psychiatry, we use a test called ‘FAS' to test verbal fluency. It tests how many words a person can tell in one minute starting with these letters (F, A and S). I never dare to attempt it on myself.

With the advent of the mobile phone, now I have the option of sending an SMS. But, at times, I find my daughter's alphabet book handy. Never forget your basics!

(The writer's email is: ramsych@sify.com)

When doctor's prescription becomes injurious to health!

2011-03-27T10:42:00.000+05:30

DR. G. RAMANUJAM

From : http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article1574291.ece

In many of the celebrity writer Dan Brown's novels, the famous Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon would be summoned to decode a symbol, the meaning of which only he can unearth on earth. But he too will meet his Waterloo deciphering some of the doctors' prescriptions.

Why do doctors pre-scribble? Handwriting itself is on the verge of extinction. But we find that most of the prescriptions are handwritten if not hand-scribbled. A prescription usually has two parts. The first part contains some notes about the disease and the patient .Next come the names of drugs per se.

Doctors usually like to keep some facts about the patient secret even though the latter fully deserves to and, invariably, is curious to know them. Of course, the doctor and the patient never tell each other the whole truth.

Once I worked under a doctor a decade ago. He used to write something like EO or AOO in his prescriptions. Even after referring to many international medical journals, I was not able to decode them. So I dared to ask him and came to know that the secret code stands for his fees. Alphabets represent numbers and thus EO becomes Rs. 50 and AOO, Rs. 100.

Many times doctors write something mystically to mask their limitations. I have heard patients saying that they suffer from a serious disease called NYD fever or NYD chest pain while, in fact, NYD stands for Not Yet Diagnosed!

Regarding drugs, essentially they have to be written in capital letters and any ambiguity can create serious problems. Unfortunately, some write in such a way that only a particular pharmacist, usually attached to the same hospital, can understand the drug names pre-scribbled. Probably, the doctor might have a noble ambition of getting his name included in the Forbes list of billionaires.

Some are too busy to spend time on writing legibly. But that cannot be taken as an excuse when it causes damage to a patient's health. But some are habitual poor in handwriting and they can better switch to typewriting or hire a ghost writer. Once, a pharmacist, failing to understand the name of a particular drug, substituted it with another drug. On cross-checking with the doctor, the patient was informed that it was not the name of a drug but was his own.

All doctors might have the experience of being woken up in their sleep and scribbling something in a trance-like state. Such somnambulistic errors may cause the danger of sending the patient to unwakable sleep.

A study by The Royal College of General Practitioners found that 3-5 per cent of doctors' prescriptions contain errors mostly harmless (grade D) but sometimes lethal (grade A). Stringent guidelines have been laid down but they need to be followed more vigilantly.

Interestingly, a doctor wrote a romantic letter to his lady love. It was the pre-email era and hence was handwritten. The poor girl could not identify even a single word. But she was very clever that she went to a pharmacist and got the letter read though at the expense of their privacy.

There are many ways of taking care of a patient, and prescribing legibly is certainly one of them. Luckily, I just have to e-mail this article, instead of writing!

Message from Dr.Mohan Kumar 1983-1989 Batch

2011-03-04T15:56:00.001+05:30

Hai,
I am Mohan Kumar 83-89 batch. I feel very happy to see and go through these postings. Kudus to the earnest efforts of the moderators. Wishing you all good luck

Epidemic musicitis - Dr.G.Ramanujam in Hindu 02 Jan 2011

2011-01-02T18:57:00.000+05:30

From http://www.hindu.com/op/2011/01/02/stories/2011010250011200.htm

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Jan 02, 2011
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Epidemic musicitis

DR. G. RAMANUJAM

New Delhi was recently the epicentre of a crisis involving NDM-1 bacteria. In Chennai too, there is a seasonal serious infection that is grossly under-diagnosed. It is caused by a resistant bacterium, Musicobacter, which has two species Musicobacter Carnatica — which is more common — and M.Hindustania. The infection peaks in winter, especially December and January. Though it is epidemic in Chennai, sporadic cases can be found in other cities or countries. It is probably the only bacterium that spreads through ears.

The affected individuals show the following symptoms and signs:

Selective amnesia: The person forgets exactly the name of the raga in which the singer sings and recollects a list of related albeit wrong ragas (Rathipathi priya or Rashtra pathi priya?). Sometimes, long-term memory will be hyper-active. He may say “I heard GNB singing this in 1948 at Academy on a Sunday evening when it was raining heavily.”

Violent epileptic-fits like movements: These include shaky movements of the head associated with uttering of words like “ Sabash! Besh Besh!” even though the concert has not yet started and the sound system person is checking the mikes. Sometimes violent, jerky, highly irregular movements of hands collide with each other and also on one's (sometimes the next person's) own lap. These movements are erroneously called talams.

Acalculia (difficulty in calculating): The above said movements are sometimes associated with chaotic counting of fingers or even toes! It may occur even during an Aalapana. There is always a perfect mismatch between their counting and the singer's.

Voracious appetite: The affected individuals have voracious appetite. They visit the canteens soon after a varnam (usual opening number) is sung. Not visiting the canteen during the thani avarthanam (solo percussion) is considered a sin.

Hypersomnia (Increased sleep): They are found sleeping with a snore that perfectly synchronises with the shruthi box's ‘SA Pa SA'. This is commonly seen in morning lecture demonstrations like ‘Simmendhra madhyamam and its Sisters'.

Hearing disturbances: The infected people have severe hearing disturbances. On hearing a music they may ask, “Is it Seshagopalan?” while, in fact, the tape may be a violin recording.

Praecox performances: The individuals develop intense belief of delusional proportion that their offspring is a prodigy. On hearing them sing ‘Ba ba black sheep,' they immediately identify an M.S. lying dormant inside. They arrange for praecox (premature) performances of their children, sometimes known as Arangettram.

Podio philia: This denotes the intense craving for occupying the podium. This is common among the chief guests who invariably talks at length about the singer to the extent that the audience may not at all get a chance to hear him sing. Sometimes the podiophilic chief guest sings a few lines to show his knowledge or even make a few choreographic steps in a dance concert.

Hyper logia: This refers to increased speech or loquacity. The persons talk uninhibitedly, over a wide variety of subjects like CAG, CWG, and ECG, especially when the singer is at his peak.

Treatment: As the disease is self-limiting it settles by mid January only to recur next year. Since the severity is inversely related to music knowledge improving good music appreciation is the best prevention.

Annex: One symptom that has not been mentioned is Hypergraphia or increased writing wherein everybody (including psychiatrists) becomes a music critic and starts writing about music and concerts.

( The writer's email id is: ramsych@sify.com)

Dr.G.Ramamujam;s previous article in Hindu : For a doctor, everything is in a name

For a doctor, everything is in a name - Dr.Ramanugam (1993 -1999 Batch) Article in Hindu

2010-11-21T07:51:00.000+05:30

From http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article902026.ece

If you forget the patient's name, it is often taken as lack of concern for him.

Doctors are often expected to have a good memory. They memorise umpteen Greek and Latin terms like ‘pneumohydropericardium.' A doctor has to remember the names of at least 100 scientists given to the syndromes they discovered. They may range from names as easy as Down's tongue-twisters like the Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome.

Many scientists worked throughout their lifetime to describe syndromes which were named after them. With due respect to them, let us just see the lighter side of it.

Names haunt a medical student throughout. No day will dusk without a question about a named syndrome. Sometimes, your knowledge is measured in direct proportion to the number of names you know. Sometimes, the same person might have invented more than one disease. So the answer depends on whether you are appearing for the obstetrics or orthopaedics exam. It goes to the extent that a student wishes that he were born two or three centuries before so that only a few names needed to be remembered just like a history student's wish to have been born a millennium earlier!

To rub salt into the wound, almost all names are completely alien to our tongues, which are familiar to Ramaswamys and Subramaniams. There exist unique ways of pronouncing those names. (We even pronounce Shakespeare as ‘Jagapriyar' in an Indological way). I have heard 11 varieties of pronouncing the ‘Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser' syndrome. The student patriotically wishes that the Indians discover more syndromes to take revenge on foreigners.

Now coming to dysnomia, it is a difficulty in recollecting names (especially of persons and objects) or frankly forgetting names. Doctor's dysnomia does not stop with the student days.

When he starts practice, a doctor has to remember the names of his patients. You can make a grave mistake in diagnosing a patient's disease or probing his heart on the right side with a stethoscope. But if you forget the patient's name it is often taken as lack of concern for him.

During the golden period of family physicians, doctors remembered not only patients' names but also their complete psycho-social milieu. Patients felt completely reassured when they were greeted with something like, “Hello, Raju! How is your fever”?

But now not everybody expects his name to be remembered! Thanks to the era of specialists, patients are often seen as files with reports and prescriptions. There is an old aphorism: ‘Don't treat the lab report! Treat the patient!' I feel guilty whenever I am not able to remember a patient's name. But I have few tricks to cover myself up. If he has brought old prescriptions or reports, then the problem is over. But if he is unarmed, then I become clueless. I usually guess a few names which are invariably misnomers. When I stumble at Mr. or Mrs., many of them volunteer with their names, of course, some with a small tangible disappointment.

It is with tele-conversation that I stumble the most. People may just say their name and take my memory for granted. (There is a famous Tamil poem by Nakulan about a name that goes like neither I asked which Ramachandran he is nor did he say it). When the matter becomes so serious that it may jeopardise his health I usually admit that I do not recognise him.

But there are many whom I remember clearly and, invariably, they are the ones who introduce themselves every time in detail. Probably one more vignette to Murphy's laws! Sometimes they did not want me, a psychiatrist, to remember their names so as to avoid my calling them in a crowded mall. Juliet might have said “What is in a name?” But, to some at least, it matters. So I have resolved to do two things. Try still harder to remember names; and not to name any syndrome discovered by me Ramanujam's syndrome.

(The writer is a consultant psychiatrist. His email is: ramsych@sify.com)

Quit smoking, for heaven's sake - Dr.Dorai 1992 to 1998 Batch Article in Hindu

2010-11-21T07:49:00.001+05:30

From http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article902024.ece

A 60-year-old man gets admitted to the intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital with complaints of fever and breathlessness for two days. He is diagnosed as a case of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) with respiratory failure, just hours before he knocks at the doors of death. Though he had troublesome respiratory symptoms for many years, and has been moving around consulting more than half-a-dozen doctors, none has made a precise diagnosis of COPD. Had the diagnosis been made earlier, it would have been possible to prolong his life, if not saving him permanently from the icy hands of death.

This is just one example. The bitter truth is that a large number of COPD cases (of course, a few other respiratory diseases too) go undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or under-diagnosed and get undertreated/mistreated in our country or rather throughout the globe, leading to permanent complications and poor quality of life thereafter. A simple test called spirometry would make a precise diagnosis of COPD.

According to the World Health Organisation's global estimates, 210 million people have COPD. The rate of morbidity and mortality from COPD will increase over the next 20 years and make COPD the third leading cause of death (currently the fourth) and the fifth leading cause of disability.

I do not underestimate the potential of the Indian medical fraternity, but the slackness with which it deals with respiratory care needs to be modified. This slackness has been utilised, rather misused, by the self-advertising and recently the legally insulated quacks (in the medical field) and the crude and brutal treatment administered by them has added to the burden of respiratory handicaps.

So what is this COPD? A condition where your airway loses its elasticity and becomes rigid, i.e., your airways which are like rubber tubes turn into plastic tubes.

As a result, there is airflow limitation in and out of the lungs, thereby compromising oxygen supply to the whole body. As a result, the person becomes breathless, coughs up, expectorates troubling himself and his loved ones for years before he dies a painful death.

Tobacco smoking is the main culprit behind the cruel damage. However, smoke from other sources has also been implicated but to a lesser extent. An exponential increase in cigarette smoking in the Indian subcontinent has alarmingly increased the prevalence of COPD.

With global warming, the risk of premature death among chronic respiratory patients is up to six times higher than in the rest of the population.

Hence, much has to be done to chase out this social evil. A mere pictorial warning on tobacco products will not help. Healthier lifestyles should be inculcated and reinforced as the kid grows.

Beware: if you kiss a cigarette, it reciprocates by biting your lungs. So those who smoke quit it today, and those who do not never ever think of starting it. Remember, “Lighting up a cigarette would darken your life permanently.” The theme for world COPD day ‘2010-The Year of the Lung: Measure your lung health-Ask your doctor about a simple breathing test called spirometry.'

(The writer is post-graduate student in Thoracic Medicine, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. His email id is: drpdorai@yahoo.com)

Message from Dr.Kannan Bhaba 1993 to 99 Batch

2010-11-02T00:08:00.000+05:30

HI TVMCIANS. I AM Dr.V.KANNAN BHABA. 93-99 BATCH. PRESENTLY POST GRADUATE IN NEPHROLOGY KILPAUK MEDICAL COLLEGE. MY CONTACT NO 94431 58422

Buds : 1968 Batch Meet at Mahabalipuram

2010-10-27T16:46:00.000+05:30

Buds 68 met at mahabalipuram on 23rd and 24th of october 2010.Teachers of these buds Prof Dr V Venkatraman(DR VVR), Mrs Dr Mohana venkatraman, Prof Dr R Venkatakrishnan (Ortho)(RVK), Prof Dr Shahul hamed(Surgery), Mrs Dr Jamela hameed and Prof Dr Chandra Chelliah (Pediatrics) were felicitated in the get together.

1997 to !983 Batch Meet

2010-10-16T01:38:00.001+05:30

Dr.Dhanu Ezhil Writes

CARNIVAL Aurum 2010

TvMC 77 batchmeet on 1st, 2nd & 3rd October 2010 at Munnar.

We are having our batchmeet regularly once in 2 years.

We had our first reunion on the eve of 2000 ( Millenium gettoether at Tenkasi)

We had a break of 4 years

Reminiscence-77 (oct 2nd& 3rd 2004) AT Kodaikkanal

REJOICE 2006         at    Yercaud- FAMILY MEET
RESURGE 2008       at    TIRUNELVELI - HONOURED OUR PROFESSORS& TEACHERS
AURUM 2010           AT   MUNNAR - AS MANY OF US CELEBRATED OUR 50th birthday-golden jubilee
                            released a souvenir with full bio data & family photos of our classmates.

Dr.Jayalal Elected as General secretary of INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TAMILNADU STATE

2010-09-23T19:19:00.004+05:30

We are happy and proud to inform that Dr.Ja.Jayalal (1984 to 1990 Batch) has been elected as General secretary of INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TAMILNADU STATE

People of Pride(1985-91 Batch) Silver Jubilee Get together

2010-09-10T19:03:00.000+05:30

Dear Friends,

People of Pride(1985-91 Batch) Silver Jubilee Get together was held at Kodaikanal on14-15 Aug 2010 & nearly 50 batchmates attended the meet with their families.Please see attached group photo & it was so nice to catch up with each other after 19 years.Any of the batchmates reading this mail are interested to get in touch with the batch friends, please do join tvmc1985 yahoo group.

Our next meet is scheduled to be held in couple of years.Hoping to see many if God willing.

Regards

Mashil.UK

Medicine Update 2010

2010-09-10T00:01:00.002+05:30

It’s the birthright of your baby !!

2010-08-07T18:25:00.000+05:30

by Dr.P.Dorai (1992 to 1998 Batch) at http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article558112.ece

Let's convince our young mothers that no mammal in the animal kingdom denies its kid breast milk.

Scenario 1: An air-conditioned consultation room with cozy interiors in a metropolitan city. Enters a young mother clad in an ultra modern dress. The consultant paediatrician examines her baby and asks her whether she breastfeeds her exclusively. She chuckles and names a popular brand of infant milk substitute. Will someone please explain how these brands become popular when The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes prevents any form of advertising? Her purse outweighs the doctor's advice and she walks out coolly just to make another ceremonial visit some time later.

Scenario 2: A semi-ventilated room with naked furniture and a bellowing fan in a rural area. A woman in dirty linen, embracing poverty as her religion visits her doctor. Here too, the same question is asked put up indeed with a tinge of nativity. The reply is almost the same, except that the latter utters it with a different accent and pronunciation.

The above instances are not rare phenomena, but rather a common observation in our diverse economic and social setup. In either case, the mother is neither guilty nor heavy-hearted to divulge that she couldn't or doesn't breastfeed her baby.

Irrespective of their social background, women are indeed ignorant of the fact that it is the baby's right to be breastfed. Of course, how can we expect our mothers to be aware of their child's right when they are ignorant of their own? (Does someone whisper that the women's reservation bill is in its final phase?)

How callous have we become over the years to deny a child its nature's share. What is more unfortunate, we are not even aware of the fact that we deny our little ones the right they deserve. I fear that the digitalised civilisation is turning nature's gift alien to our kids.

A woman's bosom (usually in a semi-naked pose) is projected by our media gurus to advertise anything from perfume to fabric, from necklace to automobile. What a ruthless, insensible perverted notion is this! Our silence has been taken as approval by these elements. Had any one cared to acknowledge that it is the organ nature has gifted to secrete elixir?

The transformation from home to house, from mother to mummy and from joint family to nuclear family dictated and maintained by the digital revolution has started taking its toll. In fact, I feel we have committed ethical and traditional suicide. Human values and culture are being constantly buried. A vast majority of our population is steeped in ignorance and subsist in ambiguity without being able to identify what is wrong and what is right.

Let us contemplate what best could be done to mitigate the situation. Is it not our duty to cut down the shackles which have tied up the minds of our fellow womenfolk? Are we not duty-bound to instil the importance of breastfeeding to our young mothers?

Is not breast milk the birthright of the baby? Let's convince our young mothers that no mammal in the animal kingdom denies its kid breast milk.

Our civilisation has learned the art of stealing — three-fourths of cow's milk and leaving one-fourth to the calf. Even with this reduced milk, the calf survives. So how healthy would be the kid, if the mother feeds the baby with her breast?

Goddess Parvathi breastfed baby Thirugnana Sambandhar, a Saivite saint of Tamil Nadu, when he cried out of hunger. The all-powerful almighty didn't find any other means to suppress hunger. She gave him her milk.

Let's remember these axiomatic truths:

Breast milk is a unique and precious gift of nature and has no price.

It helps the infant fight infection and diseases.

It is easily assimilated by the baby due to the perfect combination of protein, lactose and fat.

There are health benefits both for the mother and the child.

Breastfed infants are less prone to childhood obesity than others.

Breastfed infants have a higher IQ than those that are not.

Nursing mothers who breastfeed have a lower risk of acquiring premenopausal breast cancer and decreased risk of uterine and ovarian cancer.

Breast-fed infants are closer to their mothers and feel secure with them more than others. There is a special feeling of bonding between them which cannot be valued by any scale.

(The writer is a doctor based in Tirunelveli and his email is: drpdorai@yahoo.com)

Centurions 1995 to 2001 Batch - 15th Year Reunion

2010-07-24T01:08:00.001+05:30

Dr.Raja.S.Vignesh 1995 Batch gets Prof.K.R.K GOLD MEDAL

2010-07-16T00:21:00.000+05:30

Dr.Raja.S.Vignesh 1995 Batch gets Prof.K.R.K GOLD MEDAL for Scoring University first marks in MS General Surgery Exams from Dr.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM

10th July 2010

Message from Dr.Chellai Chandran 1972 to 1978 Page

2010-04-27T06:35:00.001+05:30

Hi Folks seniors and juniors,
I'm Dr.M.Chella Chandran and I'm happy to see the website and would like to name our 1972-1978 batch as a
FABULOUS batch.I'll upload the photos of our 1972 Batch which was successfully organised last year at Kanyakumari and we had a nice tme together recalling old memories and sharing our golden days in TVMC.

Centurions Batch Meet on 24th July 2010 - TvMC Auditorium

2010-04-22T21:21:00.000+05:30

i am Dr RAJA.S.VIGNESH 1995 TO 2001 BATCH. i invite all centurions for our batch meet on 24th July 2010 at tvmc auditorium.kindly register yourselves at our yahoo groups or contact Dr. RAJA.S. VIGNESH at 09366784272 or Dr vinoth at 09362225548

All Batch Alumni Meet at Chennai

2009-09-28T05:02:00.000+05:30

Dear TvMCians,

It has been proposed to organise a meet, preferably on a Saturday Evening, with Dinner at Chennai, WITH FAMILY in the Month of October for All TvMCians.

Please give your opinion regarding this

At Chennai
Saturday Evening (Oct / Nov 2009)
With Dinner
With Family
All Batches of TvMC

Please forward to all TvMC Friends requesting them to forward it to all TvMCians in their friends list. You can also reply at http://www.tvmc.in/2006/07/how-to-post-your-message-in-this-site.html

Regards
Bruno

Dr.Gnanavel Rajan 1998 to 2004 Batch Marriage Invitation

2009-08-28T23:16:00.000+05:30

A rangoli by flowers in miracle (The batch day of philistines)

2009-08-21T20:06:00.000+05:30

College Administrative Block

2009-08-20T20:02:00.001+05:30

South India Medical Students' Conference

2009-08-20T19:57:00.002+05:30

Invitation for 1984-1990 Batch Silver Jubilee Meet

2009-07-12T17:56:00.005+05:30

Silver Jubilee Meet (1984-1990)
Date: 17.07.2009
Place: TVMC
Programme:
1. CME (10.00am to 1.00pm)
2. Honor our Teacher (6.30pm)

Date: 18 & 19.07.2009
Place: Hotel Uthaya Samuthira, Hotel, Thiruvananthapurm.
Programme: Family Meet

INVITATION for Silver Jubilee Meet (1984-1990 Batch)

2009-07-12T17:13:00.007+05:30

Date : 17. 07.09
Place: TVMCH Programme:
1. CME programme (10 am to 1 PM)
2. Honor our Teachers (6.30 pm)

Date: 18.07.2009 & 19.07.09
Place: Hotel Uthaya Samuthra, Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram.
Programme: Family Meet

Students conference in Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital, Pondicherry

2009-07-02T14:50:00.000+05:30

Hi all,
I am Dr.M.Balamurugan, Nellaimedico, 1984-90 batch. We host this conference. Please encourage your students wherever you are to participate. My number is 9789760066. Abstracts and queries can be send to this email address.

Dr.Shravan Subramanian 1996 to 2002 Batch invites you for his marriage

2009-05-09T13:51:00.001+05:30

Dr.Shravan writes in

Dear All,
I have attached my wedding invitation. Roopa, my fiancee, and I will be delighted to have a full attendance from TvMC batch!
Please call me on my cell phone +91 98400 99541 if you want me to help with arrangements.
Thank you,
Shravan

Batch Reunion of 1990-96 Batch Jubiliants at 23-May-2009 at TVMC auditorium

2009-05-08T21:58:00.002+05:30

Creator:

latha mary

Date:

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Time:

8:00 am

Location:

TVMC auditorium

City:

Tirunelveli

Details:

DEAR JUBILANTS
REUNION AT TVMC. JUBILANTS WHO HAVE NOT GOT INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT ANTOINE BERTY AT drberty@yahoo.co.in. ANYYONE IN CONTACT WITH JUBILANTS, PLEASE PASS ON THIS INFORMATION

Target Your PG Seat: Tamil Nadu DM / MCh. HIGHER SPECIALITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

2009-05-07T20:40:00.000+05:30

Target Your PG Seat: Tamil Nadu DM / MCh. HIGHER SPECIALITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary

2009-04-29T23:17:00.000+05:30

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: "Counselling, DME, Promotion"

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: Filling up of the vacant Posts of Associate Professor by promotion - counseling

2009-04-25T15:57:00.000+05:30

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: Filling up of the vacant Posts of Associate Professor by promotion - counseling dates

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA): Departmental Examinations - May 2009 - Instructions

2009-04-14T09:25:00.000+05:30

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA): Departmental Examinations - May 2009 - Instructions

TvMC UK Meet on 09 May 2009 at Miltonkeys

2009-04-11T11:35:00.000+05:30

Message from TvMC UK ( vaanmugil@yahoo.co.uk (or) tvmcuk@gmail.com)

Dear All,

Warm regards. The spring has brought sun and smiles. It is time to rejoice ,meet old friends, cherish and re-live the TVMC days. On behalf all TVMC-UK ,we would like to invite you and your family for great day out on Saturday -MAY 9th.

Due to a slight glitch, the venue had to be moved a bit south to young and vibrant city of miltonkeynes. the venue is at a lovely rural setting at outskirts of Miltonkeynes less than 5 miles from J13 and J14 of M1.

Venue:

Wavendon community centre
Church End
Wavendon
Milton keynes
MK17 8LH

Catering:

Delicious variety Lunch (Veg&nonveg) -- by Chennai Dosa.
Evening Barbeque style -- hot dosa in the gardens -by Chennai Dosa

Events:

Details will follow. would include entertainments for kids, indoor and outdoor games for adults. (there is large green field with proper cricket pitch waiting for us).

Car park:

There is enough car park for upto 35 cars and more off road parkings.

Registration Fee:

As agreed in the last meeting this will be £40 for single person and £60 for a family .

Places to stay in miltonkeynes:

There are numerous hotels including travel lodge,premierinn and holiday inn which are less than 5-10 miles form the venue. www Booking Com
There are numerous other attractions in miltonkeyens. you can make it a proper holiday too for your family.
Woburn safari and Woburn Abbey is just 3 miles away . It is a great day out for kids.the safari also boasts one of the largest deer parks in the world with more than 10 species. see www.woburn.co.uk for more details

Country Walks:

The Villages around this area have numerous walks and scenic routes.

Central MK:

This is one of the largest shopping complexes in Europe with all high street and designerbrands ,x-scape -indoor ski slope and cinemas. Legoland , guliivers land, go karting circuit -for kids. Willen lake for watersports. see http://www.mkweb.co.uk/places_to_visit/home.asp for further details.

I hope I have tempted you enough. Let us get together to make it a memorable day.

PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST ALONG WITH NUMBER OF ADULTS CHILDREN (include children's age if possible.helps to organise games and gifts for them).

REPLY TO vaanmugil@yahoo.co.uk (or) tvmcuk@gmail.com ASAP

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR ORGANISING KIDS GAMES, PARTY GAMES FOR ADULTS IF ANYONE INTERSTED IN DANCE, SINGING, MAGIC SHOWS, etc etc.it will be pleasure .

thanks sincerely
TVMC UK

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: Hospital Protection Act - No. 48 of 2008—Tamil Nadu Medicare Service Persons and

2009-03-31T07:57:00.000+05:30

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: Hospital Protection Act - No. 48 of 2008—Tamil Nadu Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions

The Intervention of Non Technocrats

2009-03-17T07:59:00.000+05:30

The Intervention of Non Technocrats
- by OP Bhandari 16 Mar 2009

Category: NewsTopic: Can social evils be banished by law alone?

The Intervention of Non Technocrats In the Field of Science Poses Problems The Speed of Development is being hindered by the avoidance and humiliation of Scientists in the present era. In the Administration Hierarchy the non-Technical persons are supreme, their salary are higher. The Talented persons are under the control of even illiterate persons. So many Technocrats are going towards Para-government (Administrative) Services. IF this process of leaving keep on, there would be vacuum in the technological Fields, and without technology the path of progress would be automatically hampered.
IF we analyse the present day education set the gifted students Join P.M.T., P.E.T, I.I.T. Courses. The Second divisionary do their B.A. M.A. Courses and Join R.A.S. R.T.S. or I.A.S. Services and
the remaining third divisionary join politics and the govern the country. These third divisionary decide the technical or non-Technical plans and Formulate policies.
For the speedy development, the tech-plans and policies should be framed and executed by those parsons who are expert as the field. The country will face many problems if the scientific projects are under the control of non-technical hand. Natural calamities can’t be controlled by non technical hands. So the intervention of non-technical persons in technology is causing problems and our development is being badly affected.
Until and unless we give prominence to doctors and engineers, the progress of Corruption is certain in the Country. Though the Situations in the developing countries is not suitable For doctors and engineers, yet they did a lot work for their country’s development They can do more work but they should get rid of Illiterate persons what hamper their work by unwanted pressure. This unreasoned pressure make the Technologists leave their country and assume work where there are better working environment. Yes. It is correct that in India there is shortage of technocrats but their number is quite enough to select their own director.
How a non-technical inclined person hold chairman ship of Technical committees. This shows that our system has fault somewhere. A Person without proper knowledge of technology can’t do justification to the post on which he sits.
So the intervention of Illiterate persons should be stopped. In the last few years there was acute shortage of drinking water in the state but the head of the committee was non-technical person so how could he find out the reasons and give solutions to the problem? What does the Govt. wants to get by such decisions?

Message from Dr.Muthiah 1985 to 1991 Batch, Radiologist, Tiruchy

2009-03-13T01:00:00.001+05:30

hello,
this is muthiah from 1985-90 batch. i am practising radiology in tiruchy. regards to one and all.

Congratulations, Dr.A.Mahaboob Khan 1995 to 2001 Batch for having Scored Rank 1 in TNPG 2009

2009-03-07T00:59:00.001+05:30

We congratulate Dr.A.Mahaboob Khan 1995 to 2001 Batch for having Scored Rank 1 in TNPG 2009 in the results announced today

You can post your Message of Congratulations / Wishes by Clicking Here

Let us Flood the topper with Wishes

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: Departmental Examinations - May 2009 - Instructions

2009-03-05T10:31:00.001+05:30

Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) Official eLibrary: Departmental Examinations - May 2009 - Instructions

Dr.Balamurugan 1996 Batch Marriage Photos

2009-03-02T23:21:00.000+05:30

Fellowship certificate in Diabetology - Fellowship certificate in clinical cardiology

2009-02-28T01:32:00.000+05:30

Message from Dr.Jayalal

DR.JAYALAL
HON.SECRETARY NATIONAL IMACGP HQ

Dear collegues, Greetings to you all from your jayalal (MISS 89 BATCH) now officiating as your National secretary for IMACGP the Educational wing of IMA.
I am happy to inform our IMACGP is conducting following course for Doctors with contact classes and Hands on training.
1.Fellowship certificate in Diabetology
2.Fellowship certificate in clinical cardiology
3.Fellowship certificate in critical health care
4.Fellowship certificate in Reproductive Health.

From April onwards for the first time IMACGP is going to conduct PG ENTRANCE COACHING COURSE for doctors in IMA hall Madurai.IMA EXCELL a unique programme by reputed teachers and experienced Entrance Trainers .I seek the help and support of our TVMC TARGET for this noble venture.
Please visit our website www.imacgpindia@org and www.imatn.com for more detail.
I wish success and bright future to all our collegue.
with regards
DR.J.A.JAYALAL

Minutes of 3rd Preparatory Meeting on 3.1.2009

2009-01-31T23:45:00.003+05:30

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SILVER JUBILEE MEET OF THE DYNAMIC BATCH [84-90] – MISS 99
Preparatory Meet on 3.1.2009

The meet was held on 3.1.2009
at the Roof Top Restaurant of Hotel Janakiram
between 2.00pm and 5.00pm

The meet was attended by

Drs. Anburajan,
Ramesh Shankar,
Shantaraman,
Avudiappan,
Syed Sulaiman,
Balaganesh Kumar,
Kaverikannan,
Meenakshi,
Muneeswari,
Gladwin,
Rajarathinam,
Jeyamurugan,
Jesu Ananda Ruban.

The meeting was joined on net by

Drs. Sriraman,
Bazurullah Khan and
Sundararajan on the Web.

The following were decided

Venue:

Silver Jubilee Meet will be held in Hotel Udaya Samudhra, Near Kovalam, Trivandrum

Campus Meet will be held in the Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli

Date

Silver Jubilee Meet: 18th & 19th of July 2009, Saturday & Sunday

Campus Meet will be held on 17th July 2009

Time

Silver Jubilee Meet : 10am 18 - 7- 09 to Afternoon 19-7-09

Campus Meet : 2.00pm – 6.00pm 17 - 7- 09

Registration Fees

Rs.9999/-

Souvenir :

A printed and CD version will be prepared and distributed to all registrants during the SJM at Udhaya Samudhra Hotel.

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Target Your PG Seat: TNPG 2009 Notification Issued. Last Date 30-01-2009 More info at www.targetpg.net

2009-01-18T14:51:00.000+05:30

Target Your PG Seat: TNPG 2009 Notification Issued. Last Date 30-01-2009 More info at www.targetpg.net

Dr.Suntharasivam 1996 to 2002 Batch Marriage Invitation

2009-01-17T00:33:00.001+05:30

Dr.R.Balamurugan 1996 to 2002 Batch invites you all for his marriage

2009-01-06T02:51:00.000+05:30

Message from Dr.Mashil 1985 to 1991 Batch

2008-12-29T23:16:00.000+05:30

Dear Muthiah / Dear Jeya Bharathi,
Greetings.Mashil from 1985 batch.We have a yahoogroup(tvmc1985@yahoogroups.com) for our batch, which has many active members keeping in touch with each other.Please do join the group to renew your ties with others.
Take care.
regards
Mashil

Message from Dr. Shakila, 1982-1988 batch

2008-12-23T22:41:00.000+05:30

I am Dr. Shakila, 1982-1988 batch currently living in Abudhabi with my family. I am looking to meet my batchmate thru this .

Message from Dr.Stewart (1993-1999 Batch) Meet on 10-11 Jan 2009

2008-12-22T20:12:00.000+05:30

Hi,

It is my great pleasure to announce our first batch meet (1993-1999) on the 10th and 11th of January 2009 at TVMC and Coutrallam.

Regards

Stewart

Medical Books in India - Listings, Review and Online Purchase: Target PG Series TNPSC 2nd Edition (16 Papers from 1995 to 2007)

2008-12-13T18:00:00.000+05:30

Medical Books in India - Listings, Review and Online Purchase: Target PG Series TNPSC 2nd Edition (16 Papers from 1995 to 2007)

Target Your PG Seat: Special TNPSC 2007 (for Contract Medical Consultants and Contract Medical Officers Selection List Released. See www.targetpg.net

2008-11-23T14:15:00.000+05:30

Target Your PG Seat: Special TNPSC 2007 (for Contract Medical Consultants and Contract Medical Officers Selection List Released. See www.targetpg.net for more information

Dr Sekar (1988 - 1994 batch) writes to us

2008-11-09T12:15:00.000+05:30

The First get together of the 1988 - 2004 batch namely the UNFORGETTABLES batch get togethet was conducted in the college auditorium in a grand manner. 50 of our batch mates with their families had assembled on that day out of a total of 70 members. It was a great feeling to again reassemble in your alma matter after a gap of 14 years. Again the next reunion is planned in coimbatore next year

Dr.S.Mohan @ Arumugapandian invites you all for his daughter's Marriage

2008-11-07T21:34:00.000+05:30

Dr.Govindan 1995 to 2001 Batch Invites you all for his Marriage

2008-11-07T21:30:00.001+05:30

Dr.V.Govindan, MBBS, DPH, DIH weds Dr.V.Kaviarasi B.V.Sc
on 24.11.2008 Monday 9 AM - 10 AM

Engagement : 23.11.2008 Sunday 7 PM
at DNC Vijay Mahal. Dharmapuri

Dr.V.Govindan,
Municipal Health Officer
Chidambaram
9865711098

Dr.Parvath Prasad (1996 to 2002 Batch) invites you all for his Marriage on 03 Nov 2008

2008-10-26T14:06:00.002+05:30

New Website in Cardiology by Dr.Refai

2008-10-26T07:22:00.000+05:30

Dear all,
I have developed a website related to Cardiology- information about heart conditions, treatment and advice. This is mainly aimed at patients and relatives in India who would like to get more information, as I feel the information given to them is limited. The information here are collected from various sources and put on a single website. This may be helpful for your family or friends. Have a look at the website which is
www.thecardiosource.co.in
and spread the message to those this may be of help. I would be keen to get your suggestion and feedback about this website, as I am planning to develop this further to include information for health care professionals.
You can either reply to drrefai@yahoo.com or via the "contact us" section on the website.

Thanks and Regards
Refai

1984-1990 Batch-2nd Preparative meet for SJC 2009

2008-10-23T16:23:00.005+05:30

Dynamic Batch - MISS 99

DATE: 18.10.2008
Meeting held at Marthandam, IMA hall.

Dr.Kaveri kannan welcomed the executive members.
Dr.Jeyalal, Dr.Balaganeshkumar, Dr.Peter, Dr.Chelian, Dr.Kaverikannan, Dr.Isac Newton, Dr.Jesu Anandaroopan, Dr.suresh, Dr.Anburajan, Dr.Adamshaikali & Dr.Avudaiappan have participated the Meeting.

Celebrations dates– 18 & 19th July 2009 confirmed.The importance for better mutual understanding between the family members of all our the members (Batch mates, spouses and kids) is to be given prime importance .
Stay in an outdoor – Picnic spot may be highly useful for the above mentioned Family members understanding and mingling.
Kovalam – Udhaya samudra Holiday Resorts was proposed by Dr.Balaganesh Kumar, which was accepted by most of the members present, who are aware of the Picnic spot already.
All the members will be informed to meet on 18.07.09, Saturday morning 10 am at the Picnic spot.
The Holiday resorts may charge about Rs.4000/- per family for 24 hrs stay including the break-fast. Enough rooms are available there. Three Swimming pools, Conference halls of various capacities, Auditoriums and all necessary arrangements can be got from there.
The place is just 10-15 km distance from Trivandrum Airport.
It is decided to rearrange all committees for more convenience and better cooperation. All committees should have a Chairman – in charge, who will select five more members atleast for better planning and execution. This will be intimated within two days.
Zonal incharge persons may be given responsibilities in organizing the members in their respective zonal areas.
SOUVENIER books as well as CDs are to be prepared for distribution.Saturday – 2to 5 pm – Programmes for Kids. Night – Orchestra and other campfire programmes.
Sunday – Morning – informal programmes and dispersal after lunch.Each family should pay Rs.9999.99 (Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninty Nine and ninty nine paise) as their contribution.
Dr.Anand's Endowment Surgery Gold medal - can be avoided. Instead the fecibility of putting the amount as fixed deposite on his children names or naming the Green valley programme after his name or any other better way of honoring him can be decided latter in the next meeting.
Special interest may be given for Overseas friends during the Get together to share their lifestyles and experiences.
CME programme & Felicitation of our respected TEACHERS may be arranged in TvMCH after the 2 days stay in outdoor spot. Giving enough time for the members to take the spouses and their kids back to home. And then may turn back to TVMCH for the CME & Teachers felicitations.
Dr.Jeyaraj Duraipandian, who has become the honourable Board member in Department of Neurology to be honoured.Dr.Jeyalal, who has become the Honourable National Secretary of IMA - also to be honored in the get together.
It is decide to have the next meeting at the picnic spot itself for better planing before the end of November. Before the next meeting almost all the members should be informed through post and their opinions can be sought regarding the programme and the itenaries.In the next meeting all the programmes should be finalized.
Dr.Jeyalal has presented mementos to all the participants on behalf of the meeting organisers and given the vote of Thanks.
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The minutes were recorded by Dr.Avudaiappan

1984 to 1990 Batch – 18th OCT 2008 Second meeting for Silver Jubilee Preparation

2008-10-17T12:26:00.004+05:30

Dynamic Batch MISS 99

Place: Rotary Community Hall, Marthandam.
Date : 18.10.2008
Time: 8 PM

Contact Person:Dr.Bala Ganesh-9443692999

If you are not able to come, you can share your thoughts through e-mail or phone. Kindly share e-mail IDs, addresses and phone numbers of our batch mates.
Mail ID :anburajandoctor@gmail.com
Phone no :9442612138
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With Love
Dr.R.Anburajan

Dr.Rajakumar 1996 to 2002 Batch and Dr. Uma 2000 to 2006 Batch blessed with Baby Girl

2008-09-16T23:13:00.000+05:30

Dr.Rajakumar 1996 to 2002 Batch and Dr. Uma 2000 to 2006 Batch blessed with Baby Girl on 8th September 2008. Congratulations !!!

Dates of Alumni Meet of Tirunelveli Medical College - including Upcoming Meets

2008-09-06T20:35:00.004+05:30

Upcoming

2009

23rd May 2009

1990 to 1996 Batch - Jubiliants
Campus Meet - TvMC

17th July 2009 ( 2.00pm – 6.00pm 17 - 7- 09)

1984 to 1990 Batch
Campus Meet - TvMC

18 - 19 July, 2009 (10am 18 - 7- 09 to Afternoon 19-7-09)

1984 to 1990 Batch
Hotel Udaya Samudhra, Near Kovalam, Trivandrum

Previous Meets

2008

27 July, 2008

1998 to 2004 Batch - Zenforians
Hotel Aryaas

06 July, 2008

1984 to 1990 Batch - Few Members
UK

24 - 24 May, 2008July 06

1977 to 1983 Batch The Resurge
Tirunelveli on 24th May 2008,
Courtallam on 25th May.

10 May, 2008

UK TvMC Family meet 2008
VILLAGE HALL, OLD, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 9RJ

25 April, 2008

1982 to 1988 Batch
Courtallam

2006

17 December, 2008

1996 to 2002 Batch - Masters of the Millennium
Hotel Aryaas

1984 to 1990 Batch - First metting minutes for Silver Jubilee Preparation

2008-09-03T14:46:00.000+05:30

Dynamic Batch
MISS 99

Silver Jubilee Year 2009 - Class Conference

Minutes of the First Organisational Meet held on 3.9.2008 at Peace Health Centre, Tirunelveli

The Meeting commenced at 10.00pm in the conference hall of Peace Health Centre, Tirunelveli.

The members trickled in and out with a final tally of 13 members – that included – Drs’.Anburajan, Ramesh Shankar, Shantaraman, Adham Sheik Ali, Gopi, Avudiappan, Prince Udhayasingh, Chezhiyan, Jeyamurugan, Raja Pandian, Kaveri Kannan, Peter Aloysius & Issac Newton.

Dr.Ramesh Shankar briefed the members regarding the views and disposition of our members in UK and US.
It was resolved during the course of a hot and varied discussion that

The Dates for the Meet will be : July 18th & 19th 2009 – Saturday and Sunday

The Venue will be Auditorium, Tirunelveli Medical College , Tirunelveli

The members shall include all of us who studied together from 1984 – 1990

All Teachers who are available should be contacted and personally invited to the meeting & should be honored.

The Fun & Game content of the meet should be efficiently managed to involve all members and their spouses and children. The possibility of involving a professional event manager shall be considered.

The Basic frame work of the Program was discussed and was decided that the first day meet shall include
Informal Batch Interaction Session in the Morning
Games and AV Show for Children and Adults in the Afternoon
Formal Batch Conference in the Evening
Banquet & Culturals in the Late Evening

The issue of a post conference tour / out door meet was discussed in detail and was resolved that a final decision will be taken at a later organizers meeting after understanding the views of most of our members.

The members resolved that the meet needs the co-operative effort of all its constituent members and hence to form committees to carry out the organization of the meet. The committees include

a. Administrative Management Committee:

Dr. R.Anburajan – Tirunelveli Zone & Central Office

Dr. Litwin Lettisia – Madurai , Theni Zone

Dr. J.A.Jayalal – KK Zone and Kerala

Dr. Ramesh Shankar – Overseas inc Middle east

Dr. Kalyanaraman – Tuticorin Dt

Dr. Gopi – Ramnad, Thanjavur Zone

Dr. Raghuveer–Pondichery,Karaikal,Chennai & North TN

Dr. Krishnamoorthy - UK

Dr. Angeline - US

Dr. Baskar – Rjpm zone

Dr.Sujatha – Kovai Zone

b. Finance Management Committee:

Dr. Peter Aloysius

Dr. M.Avudiappan

Dr. R.Sriram

Dr. Sivakumar

c. Souvenir & Editorial Committee:

Dr. Kaveri Kannan

Dr. Chezhiyan

Dr. Balaganesh Kumar

Dr. K.Shantaraman

d. Transport& Lodging Committee:

Dr. P.Udhayasingh

Dr. Muneeswari

Dr. Saravana Prakash

Dr. M.Avudiappan

Dr. R.Anburajan

Dr. K.Shantaraman

e. Venue Management Committee:

Dr. Revathy

Dr. Meenakshi

Dr. Meenakshi Sundari

Dr. Muneeswari

Dr. M.Avudiappan

Dr. Adam Sheik Ali

Dr. Silas Jeyamani

Dr. K. Shantaraman

f. Program Management Committee:

Dr. Jeyalakshmi

Dr. Meenakshi

Dr. T. Indira

Dr. K.V.Uma

Dr. Thilagavathy

Dr. Balamurugan

Dr. Jeyamurugan

Dr. Rajapandian

Dr. Raghuveer

Dr. Hemalatha Pandiarajan

g. Catering Management Committee:

Dr. Syed Sulaiman

Dr. Shanmugasundaram

Dr. D.Galdwin

Dr. Adham Sheik Ali

Dr Muneeswari

h. Guest Management Committee:

Dr. R.Anburajan

Dr. Srikumar Walsalom

Dr Meenakshi Sundari

Dr. L.Sundararajan

Dr. P.Subramaniam

Dr. Shakila Sikander

Dr. N.Uma

Dr. K.Shantaraman

i. Overseas Management Committee:

Dr. Manohar Jesuraj

Dr. Bazurullah Khan

Dr. Sandhya Rani

Dr. P.Subramaniam

Dr. Indira Sujatha

j. Out Door Management Committee:

Dr. Isaac Newton

Dr. Baskar

Dr. Hemalatha RM

Dr. Suresh

The members resolved to prescribe a registration fees of Rs.5000/- per member/family for the meet (Both Indian Residents and Indian Non Residents). All members are requested to consider sponsoring individual events as they aspire. The members also resolved to raise sponsors / advertisers for the meet.

The members resolved to constitute a permanent Treasury endowment in memory of Dr.R.Anand our classmate who left us suddenly. The endowment will be titled

“Dr. Anand Memorial Endowment Gold Medal”

for the Undergraduate Student scoring the highest total marks in General Surgery, Anaesthesia & Orthopaedics Theory and Practicals Examinations during the MBBS Final Year exams held in February of every year from the year 2010.

The members resolved to request all the constituent members to involve and contribute to the success of the Batch Conference according their interests. They are requested to offer their suggestions to all the committees & members to make the process of organization more broad based and consensual. The venue & date of the next meeting will be intimated later.

All Members are requested to send the Address, Phone Numbers and mail IDs other members they are in contact to the office of Dr.R.Anburajan by post / email.

Address:
Dr.R.Anburajan BSc,MBBS,
Peace Health Centre,
48H/5, South Bye Pass Road,
Tirunelveli,
Tamilnadu, India. 627 005
Phone : 0462-2552137, 2552138
Fax : 0462-2552137, 2552138
Mobile: 9442612138
Email : anburajan_doctor@yahoo.co.in
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Upcoming Alumni Meet Dates are highlighted in the Left Side

2008-09-02T19:01:00.000+05:30

Details about Upcoming Alumni Meet will be highlighted in the Left Side.

We request all members to inform us (just a comment in this page will be enough) and enable others to use this feature

We will also try to archive the details about the previous meets in this site

1984 to 1990 Batch - 3rd Sep 2008 First metting for Silver Jubilee Preparation

2008-09-01T13:36:00.001+05:30

3rd Sep 2008 First metting for Silver Jubilee Preparation

Dear Friends,
Greetings!

We are gathering at Peace Health Centre, Conference Hall at 9PM on 3rd September 2008 to decide about the Silver Jubilee Celebration. Dr.Ramesh Sankar will be coming from UK and we are expecting our batch mates from the southern districts.
The agenda will be as follow
1. DATE & VENUE.
2. FORMATION OF COMMITTEES
3. REGISTRATION FEES?
4. CONTRIBUTION TO TVMC / SOCIETY.
5. HONORING OUR TEACHERS
6. PROGRAMMES
7. POST MEET TOURS

Delicious dinner will be served during the meeting without any cock or hen’s tail.
You are Invited.
If you are not able to come, you can share your thoughts through e-mail or phone. Kindly share e-mail IDs, addresses and phone numbers of our batch mates.
My mail ID:anburajandoctor@gmail.com
Phone no:9442612138

With Love
Anbu

Update : The Minutes of the First Organisational Meet held on 3.9.2008 at Peace Health Centre, Tirunelveli have been updated. Please click this link

Message from Dr.Anburajan 1984 to 1990 Batch - Silver Jubilee Celebrations

2008-08-31T07:30:00.003+05:30

Dear Friends,

Greetings!

We are at the event of preparing ourselves for the Silver Jubilee of our batch. The event should be a Mega Get together, followed by Mega Service and Mega Fun. Kindly send your contribution to this.

I congratulate those who met on July 6th 2008 in UK, Dr.Ramesh Sankar, Dr.Manokaran, Dr.Krishnamurthy and Dr.Angelin. I appreciate all the efforts by Dr.Avudaiappan, Dr.Jayalal, Dr.Shantha Raman and other in India for this Great Event.

We are gathering at Peace Health Centre, Conference Hall at 9PM on September 2008 to decide about the Silver Jubilee Celebration. Dr.Ramesh Sankar will be coming from UK and we are expecting our batch mates from the southern districts.

The agenda will be as follow

DATE & VENUE.
FORMATION OF COMMITTEES
REGISTRATION FEES?
CONTRIBUTION TO TVMC / SOCIETY.
HONORING OUR TEACHERS
PROGRAMMES
POST MEET TOURS

Delicious dinner will be served during the meeting without any cock or hen’s tail.

You are Invited. If you are not able to come, you can share your thoughts through e-mail or phone. Kindly share e-mail IDs, addresses and phone numbers of our batch mates.

Also join and contribute to our Group mail ID:miss99_tvmch@yahoogroups.com Kindly join this e-forum and Share our experience; Share our Photos; Share our memories & Plan for the MEGA Silver Jubilee.

With Love,
Anbu

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Dear Doctors, Photos of 1984 to 1990 Batch can be viewed at their Batch Site in Nellaimedicos

Dr.Muthuraj 1989 to 1995 Batch Writes

2008-08-31T06:35:00.000+05:30

Hi
I am Dr.Muthuraj 1989-95 batch
Our batch name is "demonz de la med"

36 hour day/ night on October 17, 2008s

2008-08-28T17:18:00.002+05:30

Hi All,

Coming October 17, 2008 the sun will rise continuously for 36 hrs(1.5 days).
During this time the US countries will be dark for 1.5 days.
It will convert 3 days into 2 big days.
It will happen once in 2400 yrs.
We're very lucky to see this.

Two moons on 27th August

2008-08-11T17:18:00.000+05:30

27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will
look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug.
27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky
on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

Dr.Arul Vijaykumar, 1991 to 1997 Batch, Nirmala Vijaykumar 1992 to 1998 Address Updat

2008-08-07T00:30:00.002+05:30

I have moved with my family and am currently doing a fellowship in Cardiac surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA

Just to keep my friends and colleagues updated. My email's the same 'arulviji @ hotmail . com' and my wife Nimmi's email is 'nirmalavijaykumar @ gmail . com'

Arul Vijaykumar 1991 batch
Nirmala Vijaykumar 1992 batch

ZENFORIANS 1st MEET AT TIRUNELVELI

2008-07-27T19:40:00.002+05:30

The 1998 to 2004 batch of Tvmc ZENFORIANS met at Hotel Aryaas at Tirunelveli on 27th July 2008 to celebrate the 10th year of their entry into TVMC.all of them shared their post college experiences.they have decided to meet after another 5 years.

Dr.Vishnu Ponsingh (1995-2001 )wedding 14-07-08

2008-07-14T23:12:00.003+05:30

Dr.Vishnu ponsingh 1995-2000 batch wedding 14-07-08
congrats and warm wishes for your prosperous future.

Congratulations to the State Topper

2008-07-08T18:34:00.003+05:30

Master.A.M.Vignesh (S/O Dr S Mohan @ Arumugapandian, Associate Professor in Medicine,Tv MC,Unity Batch-1979-85) got First Rank in Medical admission. He is receiving the order to join our Prestigious TvMC, from our Honourable Health Minister Mr M R K Panneer Selvam at D M E office on 03.07.08.He got 200/200 in biology, physics,chemistry and maths.

He is the one among the nine First Rank holders in Engineering admission also.

Few 84-90 batchmates get together on July 6th 2008 in UK

2008-07-06T22:30:00.000+05:30

Dear Dr. Bruno,

Thanks for hosting this great website. I have reestablished contact with several of my batchmates through this. My Gmail ID is angelinestanislaus (at) gmail (dot) com. I am attaching the photos for uploading with this email. Please add a title- Few 84-90 batchmates get together on July 6th 2008 in UK.

Thanks again
Angeline

2008-07-02T18:56:00.002+05:30

shadow
spider and web

nature at its very best-sun rise

A.M. Vignesh, S/o Dr.S.Mohan 1979-85 (Unity) Batch gets first Rank in MBBS Merit List

2008-06-28T07:04:00.005+05:30

http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/28/stories/2008062857050300.htm
MBBS/BDS merit list released
Special Correspondent

Nine students, who scored 200/200, secure top ranks
First phase of counselling to begin on July 4

CHENNAI: The merit list for MBBS/BDS admission was released here on Friday, a day ahead of schedule.

Nine students, who scored 200/200, secured the top ranks in the list released by the Directorate of Medical Education.

Sonu Rajan of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tiruvanmiyur, tops the list and is the only Chennai student among the top nine. She is a third year dentistry student who could not get admission for MBBS in 2005-06 due to low marks in the entrance examination. S.V. Manoj Kumar of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram, has been placed second and V. Arun of St.Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Chengalpet, third.

The others are: T. Dinesh of Sri Vidya Mandir Matriculation School, Uttangarai; S. Venkatesh, and K. Kamalakumar of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram; A.M. Vignesh of Rosemary Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai; E. Manoj Kumar of SRV Boys Higher Secondary School, Rasipuram; and I.V. Priyamvadha of Bharathi Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Gobichettipalayam.

Since all the students had scored the same marks, other criteria such as date of birth were used to rank them, according to Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj, who released the list. He handed over the first copy to director of Medical Education T.P. Kalaniti. The information is also available on the website www.tnhealth.org.

Total seats

Of the 12,274 candidates who sought admission for the MBBS/BDS courses, 4.78 per cent was found ineligible for a variety of reasons. There are 1,483 seats in government medical colleges and 348 seats are part of the government quota in private medical colleges. Another 560 seats are available with private, self-financing medical colleges in the State.

The cut-off mark for OCs alone this year is 197.25. Last year’s cut-off was 196.75. The other cut-off marks will be announced later, Mr. Subburaj said. A total of 85 BDS seats are available in the Government Dental College and 783 seats are available in 11 private dental colleges.

The first phase of counselling will begin on July 4 and go on till July 9. Candidates will be called for counselling in the order of merit and allotted seats of their choice, based on availability of seats and colleges, following the rule of reservation. Individual call letters will also be sent to the students. The seat matrix will be available at the time of counselling.

Hearty Congratulations

Photos from TvMC UK Meet 2008

2008-06-25T15:11:00.003+05:30

Message from Dr.MOHAMED KIZHAR 1987 to 1993 BATCH.

2008-06-10T21:14:00.003+05:30

HI I AM MOHAMED KIZHAR 1987-93 BATCH..

I AM DR D MOHAMED KIZHAR IRSHATH ,, TVMCIAN FROM 1987-93 BATCH CVALLED YUPPIE BATCH..
NOW PAEDIATRICIAN AND NEONATOLOGIST IN CHENNAI
HAPPILY MARRIED KAMILA FATHIMA AND BLESSED WITH ONE DAUGHTER FATHIMA SHAJIA AGED 9 YEARS

AFTER OUR BATCH MEET IN 2006, DECEMBER, THE DAY WHEN SADDAM HUSSAIN HANGED, WE R PLANNING TO MEET ON2009 MAY..KEEP IN TOUCH 9444114664

any of my collegemates can contact me @

drkizhar @ yahoo.com

044 25266464, 044 25286464, 9444114664

Message from Dr.Nidyanandh 1991-1997 Batch

2008-06-05T00:33:00.004+05:30

Dearmost Friends,

It is great to see your photos here.
It has been a long time since I met many of you.
I am currently a Renal Transplant Physician and Consultant Nephrologist at Harvard Medical School, Boston. I am happily married to Subbulaxmi and blessed with Shwetha our lovely daughter - Shwetha.
Planning to come to India in January 2009 and hope to see many of you.
Would love to keep in touch.
You could reach me in nvadivel at rics.harvard,edu or nidyanandh at yahoo.com.
Nidyanandh.

Memoirs - 1965 to 1971 Batch - Dr.Kulam

2008-05-21T07:18:00.001+05:30

Dr.Kulam (1965 to 1971 Batch) writes in

Hi Nagarajan,

Warm wishes my buddy and my roommate, how are you? Thank you for acknowledging of my memoirs of moon landing. Up to this moment I still see your face vividly when we all jumped with joy on that day. Welcome to these pages my friend, here comes more of our recollections, correct me if my memory is fading

Scooters & Mosquitoes:

Our lonely hostel buildings were built over the uninhabited dry land and predictably mosquitoes swamped our rooms especially during night hours, you could even notice their belly ballooned with our bright red blood. It was next to impossible to sleep without a net, now add to the bicycle, everyone had to have a mosquito net as well. My roommate Pillai had spent all his reading, until his Final MBBS, lying down within his mosquito net castle armed with a small fan, a reading light along with his books. I made fun of his habit but his reply always was “why spent energy sitting when you can read lying?”

We played volley ball in the middle court and ping ponged in the reading room. I followed Vietnam War, Viet congs, Naxalites and Nap bombs in the papers in the same reading room all thru my hostel years. Every one instantly morphed into movie play back singers as soon as they stepped under the shower; TM Sunderajan, AM Raja and Seerkali Govindarajan all come alive at very high decibels. Lambretta, Bajaj and prestigious Vespa scooters were parked side by side next to our tiny bicycles at the hostel front lobby and you could even notice a license plate with fancy number “007”, a James Bond logo. Those rich boys used our mess boys to wash their vanity vehicles nevertheless paid them well as well, I guess.

Beatles and the Bus

Initially a private contractor ran our cafeteria but in later years we organized our own mess in the hostel donating 100 rupees each as our down payment, when an average movie ticket was only 2 rupees then. In Sundays we enjoyed briyani along with a cigarette and beta at the end, some of us even swapped our hostel lunch with the vegetarian Tiffin box of day-scholar classmates, thus few non-smokers attempted inhaling smoke for the first time and few vegetarian friends tasted ” chicken or mutton”, of course without their parent’s knowledge, all at our men’s hostel.

We conducted even strikes, around 100 of us traveled to Madras, demanded our then female health minister a college bus with TVMC logo, initially we failed to persuade her but finally sent our college bus years later. We routinely danced at the hostel front, promoted “Family Planning” thru a play called Triangle, a logo of Niriodh condom, at the hospital grounds…boy what a hit it was? The whole nursing staff booed and laughed when we entered the hospital following day thus we became instant celebrities for one day. We celebrated arts and sports days at the hostel; we used college elections to get connected with our fellow girl students.

Among us were fans of MGR supported DMK and Shivagi supported Congress; Jayalalitha was cute and slim, unlike now ... Latha and Laximi were just blossoming out. “Chemmeen”, a Malayalam picture bagged the prestigious presidential award, Raj Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna were ever popular in the north and Beatles were breaking records everywhere in the West.

Dr.Kulam

First Batch

Message from Dr.Abba 1999 to 2005 Batch

2008-05-18T22:38:00.000+05:30

Message from Dr.Abba 1999 to 2005 Batch

hai makkale, iam abba(99 batch) God has blessed me with a boy child on Dec 23rd 2008

Photos of TVMC-UK 2008 Meet

2008-05-12T19:51:00.002+05:30

Message from Dr.K.Ramesh Shankar, 1984 to 1990 Batch

2008-05-12T19:43:00.003+05:30

Dear TVMCiates, I was a student of TVMC [ 1984 -89 bach ] and is currently living in uk. We have approved residential plots in Madurai which we are selling now. As a TVMCiate myself I am offering a discount for TVMCiates if you are interested. The following files are attached for your asisstance. Please contact me for further details.

Regards,

--
Dr.K.Ramesh Shankar,
MBBS,MRCPsych[UK],
DPM,DNB[psych],DIP,FIPS,
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Cambridgeshire&Peterborough
Mental Health NHS Trust,
UNITED KINGDOM.

14th April 2008
Investing in Reliability & Trust

RESIDENTIAL PLOTS IN MADURAI
WITH VALUE FOR MONEY
SUPERB LOCALITY
FEW PLOTS AVAILABLE
BOOK IT NOW
Dear Customer,

This is a twenty five acre piecedeveloped residential land laid out in to housing plots each of one ground [5.5 cents ] and two grounds [ 11 cents ]. The land is situated on the State Highways No 33 [Madurai – Sivagangai ] Main road, Veerapanchan, Madurai – 20. The proposed Madurai – Rameswaram four way Track is going to be this road. It is about 800 yards from the Lakshmi [TVS] School, 600 yards from Aravind Eye Research Centre and 50 yards before Rajas College of Engineering and Technology. The new IT Park in Illanthakulam - Pandikoil is just 3 kilometres from the land. The land doesn’t have noise or industrial / motor pollution. It is very ideal for a quite residential locality. Water resource is plenty and the soil is very fertile. It is about four and a half kilometres from the most popular Anna Nagar of Madurai. It takes less than ten minutes to go the city. The average growth over the past three years in this region is around 70% every year and with the announcement if the IT Park the prices would shoot up consistently every month. This is good opportunity for residential or investment purposes. Hurry up and harvest within the offer ends as we are left with only few plots and also the prices would go up shortly. With the recent developments there is a significant potential for a massive price hike in the near future further beyond our expected and predicted growth.

Our Current Price List ; [ subject to review ]
One ground [ 5.5 cents- 2400sq.ft ] – Rs.5,00,000.00
Two Grounds [ 11 cents – 4800sq.ft ] - Rs.10,00,000.00
Plus a reasonable fixed rate for sharing the road costs amongst the buyers [ which would be less than the norm in Madurai ].

We will never be beaten for price.

FOR THE ATTENTION OF NRIs;

If you want your land to be looked after by us we would be happy to do so for a charge of Rs10,000 per year in case you are worried about security of the land. We would sign an agreement with you during registration of the land. If you want to sell the land after a year we would be delighted to do it on your behalf.

Contact Details;

Dr.K.Ramesh Shankar,
MBBS, MRCPsych[UK],
DPM,DIP,DNB[psych],FIPS,.
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mental Health Trust,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Tel; Mobile ;00447960511427
00447781125511.
Email ; dr.krshankar@googlemail.com

Contact in Madurai would be arranged individually with you after initial discussions with me through mail or telephone.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR INVESTMENT

Message from Dr.K.RAMESH SHANKAR 1984 to 1990 Batch

2008-05-12T16:45:00.000+05:30

Hi TvMCians,

It was fantastic to see you all at Northampton on Saturday for our 7th Yearly meet in UK. As u might be aware it was attended by around 45 TvMCians with their families making it around 110 in total numbers. It was a lovely sunny day with Nellai makkal [ what a joy ] I am sure everyone of you would have enjoyed it like me.

It was nice to see Dr.Prathap Gnanamuthu as our Guest. Our spouses and children also did enjoy the day. The programme was well charted and conducted. I am sure we would improve it next year. Games, Presentations and food were nice. It is a shame some batches very not represented and I am sure next year they would make up
for it.

My special thanks goes to the organisers and their spouses namely Dr. Abu, Dr. Bazur, Dr.Hari and Dr.Sriraman who did a great job to make this event a great success. I should not discount the efforts of those TvMCians who made an effort to be there amidst thier tight schedule and made it a grand day. Please pencil the second weekend of May 2009 for our next meet.

Regards,

Dr.K.RAMESH SHANKAR,
1984 - 89 BATCH

Message from Dr.Berty 1990 to 1996 Batch

2008-05-11T16:25:00.001+05:30

JUBILANTS

Dear Jubilants

Kindly sent the phone numbers and e-mail address of our batchmates to my e-mail address. drberty (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) in

We shall have a get together as early as possible

Berty
98421 77033

Message and Photos from Dr.Mohamed Ismail 1969 to 1975 Batch

2008-05-07T16:07:00.004+05:30

I am Mohamed Ismail of 1969-75 batch.I am now working as Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Kanyakumari Govt. Medical College,Nagercoil.Though we the batch mates met in the years 2000,2002,2004 and 2006 with our families,we could not meet all.So dear batchmates pl.enroll in this alumni association and get contacts with all our batch mates.My email address is:mohamedismail.n@indiatimes.com

i am now sending some snaps of our batch meet in 2006.

hai! batch mates! pl.enroll in the alumni association and have contact with all of our batch mates.

1983-89 batch - Meet in their silver jubilee year

2008-04-28T17:02:00.000+05:30

hai friends,
the 1983-89 batch is going to meet in our silver jubilee year.
We will be back with our get together snaps.
Dr Mohan Kumar K.

1982 Batch Reunion at Courtallam

2008-04-25T17:56:00.003+05:30

Here with i have enclosed some of the photos taken in our batch meet at courtalam

Dr.v.muthu.
muthu.v

Dr Sekar (1988 - 1994 batch) writes to us

2008-04-23T20:57:00.001+05:30

I am Dr Sekar belonging to 1988 - 94 batch. Our batch is called the 'UNFORGETTTABLES BATCH'. we are getting together for the first time for a grand reunion on April 27th Sunday after 14 years fo "vanavasam".

Message from Dr.Muthu 1982 to 1988 Batch

2008-04-18T07:59:00.000+05:30

I am Dr.Muthu 1982 batch
our batch is going to meet at courtalam on 19th apr 2008.
common every one of 1982 batch to make it a memorable one.

Update of 1984 - 1990 batch in UK

2008-04-14T05:49:00.002+05:30

Dr.Bazurullahkhan currently working as a partnership GP in Wellingborough,Northamptonshire, UK completed his MBBS, MS [ General Surgery ] in India followed by MRCS and MRCGP in UK. He is happily married and blessed with a daughter.
Dr.Chitra is married and working as a GP in UK.
Dr.IndraSujatha completed her MBBS, MD [ O&G ] in India and is currently working in the same speciality in UK as a staff specialist.She is happily married with two children.
Dr.Krishnamoorthy completed his MBBS and MD [ Anaesthesia ] from India and is currently working as a Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics in Manchester rotation. He is happily married and blessed with a daughter.
Dr.Manohar Jesuraj completed his MBBS from India and went to Belgium and ended up in UK.He finished his MRCS and FRCS [ urology ] and currently working as an Associate Specialist in Urology in Middlesborough, UK. He is happily married with two children.
Dr.Ramesh Shankar completed his MBBS, DPM, DNB [psych], DIP in India followed by MRCPsych in UK and Specialist Registrar Training in General Adult Psychiatry / Addiction Psychiatry. He is currently working as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mental Health Trust, Cambridgeshire in UK.He is happily married and blessed with two children.
Dr.Sakila completed her MBBS, MD[psych], DPM from India followed by MRCPsych. She is currently working as a Specialist Registrar In Psychiatry in Sheffield, UK. She has one child.
Dr.Senthurjeyamurugan completed his MBBS, MD[RD], DMRD in India followed by FRCR in UK and is currently working as a Locum consultant in Radiology in Walsall, Westmidlands, UK. He is leaving UK to do a fellowship in Interventional Radiology in Miami, USA in two months. He is happily married and blessed with two children.
Dr.Sriraman completed his MBBS,MD[Internal Medicine] from India followed by MRCP,PhD[Diabetes & Endocrinology ].He is currently working as a Specialist Registrar in Diabetes & Endocrinology in Poole, UK. He is happily married with two children.
Dr.Sundarajan completed his MBBS, MD[Internal Medicine] from India followed by MRCP. He is currently working as a Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine in Liverpool, UK.He is happily married and blessed with two children.

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Thanks to Dr.K.Ramesh Shankar (MBBS,MRCPsych[UK], DPM,DNB[psych],DIP,FIPS, Consultant Psychiatrist, Cambridgeshire&Peterborough Mental Health NHS Trust, UNITED KINGDOM) for the information

UK TVMC Family get together is on 10/05/2008 at Northampton

2008-03-31T10:11:00.002+05:30

UK TvMC Family meet 2008

On

10/05/2008

VILLAGE HALL, OLD
NORTHAMPTON, NN6 9RJ

Featuring

Fun events for children
Competitions for ladies
Football and Cricket for men
Grand lunch and dinner

Don’t miss
Get your gossips ready

For Further Details call

Hari 07838197892,
Sriram 07740594686
Bazur07971471915,
Abu 07984864176

Dr.Sriram Writes

Dear All
Our next UK TVMC Family get together is on 10/05/2008 at Northampton. Get ready. Change your oncalls. Book the travel lodge in that area as Bazur and Abu(big) are working hard to make it a memorable one. there is a late night party also and you may not be able to drive after that. get ready and inform all your friends.
R Sriraman (1984 Batch)
Specialist Registrar
General Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology
Poole General Hospital
Poole
BH15 2JB

Click here for the Update on 2006 September Leicester ReUnion of Tirunelveli Medical College Alumni in UK.

Click here for the Photo Album of 2006 September Leicester ReUnion of Tirunelveli Medical College Alumni in UK.

V.P.Nagarajan - First Batch Writes in

2008-03-29T10:18:00.002+05:30

V.P.Nagarajan - First Batch Writes in

It is nice to hear from Dr Kulam. I also belong to first batch.durig our 1st year at TVMC(2nd yr MBBS)my room mate was Dr.Kulam,along with Subramania Pillai. Most students did not have radio.No TV in the country, of course. Luckily our room mate Dr.Pillai had a transistor.We listened to his radio when Armstrong landed in ihe moon.
V.P.Nagarajan,florida,US.TEL.352-596 7815

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