Written by INDUS MED NEWS 25 October, 2015 12:22 am .
INDUSEM Brings EM to Himachal !
Himachal Pradesh (HP) Cabinet, in the month of October 2015, approved the creation of Departments of Emergency Medicine (EM) in two Medical Colleges, one at Shimla and the other at Kangra. Each College will have two units of Emergency Medicine and a faculty structure of one Professor, two Associate Professors and three Assistant Professors has been approved by the HP cabinet. These Departments will soon apply for MD seats in EM, which are likely to be approved for the batch of 2017 after the inspections by MCI in 2016. With the given faculty structure, 8 MD emergency Medicine seats can be expected to start in 2017 in HP.
HP has become the first State in North India and 9th overall to have established this Department in the country. Other states running EM courses are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
INDUSEM has played a crucial role in bringing EM into reality in this Sub-Himalayan State of India.
The two departments and residency Programs will be created at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda& Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla. Himachal is also the Home State of Union Minister of Health Shri. JP Nadda.
INDUSEM Leader Dr. Vivek Chauhan, an Assistant Professor in Medicine from Tanda is a Fellow of academic college of emergency experts in India (FACEE) since 2011. He was awarded ‘Jan Suraksha Paritoshik’ in the 11th Indo-US World Congress of Emergency Medicine 2015, held at AIIMS New Delhi this year. Dr. Vivek along with three faculty members in these two colleges who are INDUSEM Leaders have lead the effort to bring Academic EM in Himachal. Dr. Pramod Jaret and Dr. Madan Kaushik, both Associate Professors in Medicine have become FACEE in 2015 from IGMC Shimla.The whole faculty development of Academic EM in Himachal will be done by INDUSEM in the next two years.
Dr. Vivek Chauhan in his statement mentioned “This would never have been done if there was no Unity in Fulfilling a Vision. I thank INDUSEM and Leadership and Faculty from all the colleges and Governmental Officers and legislators who made it possible.”
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About INDUSEM
The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org
About Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tandais situated in lower Himachal near Dharamshala, an international tourist destination, from where His Holiness Dalai Lama runs the Government of Tibet in exile. Dr. RPGMC Tanda is currently ranked 18th in the country by Outlook and has reached this milestone in 16th year of its inception. Tanda is a 787 bedded Superspecialty Hospital with an annual intake of 100 MBBS, 48 post graduate, 30 nursing, and 30 BSC paramedical students. Tanda is situated just 6 kilometers from Dharamshala airport and has a beautiful, state of the art auditorium with a seating capacity of 700. With the upcoming Emergency Medicine, this college holds a lot of promise for the future of Emergency Medicine in India.http://www.rpgmc.ac.in/
About Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Indira Gandhi Medical College is situated in Shimla, the capital of HP. Shimla is also an international tourist destination and was the Summer Capital of British India. This college was instituted in1966 and the alumni of this college are playing a leadership role in almost all spheres of Medicine worldwide. This is a 800 bedded Superspecialty Hospital with an annual intake of 100 MBBS, 96 post graduate,30 BSC paramedical and 60 nursing students. IGMC is also having DM and MCh courses in cardiology and cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. In addition, IGMC is having a regional cancer center associated with it. http://www.igmcshimla.org/
