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Highlights
Know your Admi-
rals (pg 2)
Focus: MI Rooms
(pg 6)
Annual Conference
of MMS (pg 20)
SNMDOC (pg 21)
Inside this issue:
Message from DGMS (Navy) (pg 3)
Message from the Chief Editor (pg 4)
P&M Section (pg 8)
H Section (pg 14)
WNC (pg 16)
ENC (pg 17)
SNC (pg 18)
ANC (pg 19)
Jan 2015 Volume V Issue 2
NAV MED NEWS
DGMS (NAVY) NEWS BULLETIN
XXX Annual Conference of Marine Medical Society
MI Rooms in Focus — BSQ Angre and INS Venduruthy
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Surg Rear Adm VSSR Ryali, VSM, ADGAFMS (MR, H & T)
Commissioned in AMC and seconded to Medical Branch of Indian
Navy on 15 May 81, the Admiral is an alumnus
of Andhra Medical College, and INHS Asvini
from where he completed his post-graduation in
Psychiatry. The Admiral has served in various
Naval Ships/units viz. Dunagiri, Kalinga, Asvini,
Kalyani and Sanjivani. He has headed the Dept
of Psychiatry at AFMC. Prior to assuming his
present appointment, the Admiral commanded
INHS Kalyani during its Golden Jubilee Year,
where he was awarded Vishisht Seva Medal in
2013. He has assumed his present appointment
as ADGAFMS (MR, H & T) at O/o DGAFMS on 10 Oct 14.
KNOW YOUR ADMIRALS
Surg Vice Adm Tapan Sinha, SM, DGMS (N)
Commissioned in AMC in Feb 1977, the
Admiral is an alumnus of AFMC, Pune. He re-
turned to his alma mater in 1980 to pursue post
-graduation in Surgery. His first stints as Sur-
geon were at CH (CC) and 160 MH. He quali-
fied M Ch (Urology), from IMS Benares Hindu
University and subsequently served as Urologist
at CH (EC) and at AH (R&R) in various ap-
pointments viz. Classified Spl, Senior Advisor
and Consultant. He has served as Brig (Med)
HQ 33 Corps and as Dy Comdt CH (WC). As
Maj Gen he has tenanted the coveted appoint-
ments of ADGAFMS (MR) and ADGMS (Army). The Admiral is a re-
nowned Professor of Surgery with University of Delhi and Professor of
Urology with the National Board of Examinations and has been decorated
with Sena Medal (Distinguished Service) in 2005. He has assumed his pre-
sent appointment as DGMS (Navy) upon secondment to Indian Navy as
Surg Vice Admiral on 01 Oct 14.
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MESSAGE FROM DGMS (NAVY)
It is indeed my proud privilege to pen this message
for NAVMED NEWS, a newsletter I have always read
with keen interest in my previous appointments in Olive
Greens. Having joined the Naval Medical Service as its
Director General in Oct 14, I now look forward to the
opportunity, through this Newsletter, to participate in this
unique forum with my younger colleagues in Whites.
Indian Naval Medical Services have always stood for pro-
fessionalism, excellence in patient care and a very high degree of competence
in all its activities. The various community reach and operational contribu-
tions I hear frequently, some of which from the recent past finding mention
in this edition of the newsletter, are testimony to this belief. With its futuris-
tic vision in automation in the field of medical infomatics, with the induction
of NHIMS and soon to be inducted Telemedicine, Indian Navy will always
be the pioneer in the field of technologically advanced patient care.
The man behind the technology, encompassing the hospital team of
specialist medical officers, nursing staff, paramedical staff, and the medical
teams of the ships, submarines and establishments are my biggest assets.
They are the ones, with their compassion and dedication beyond the call of
duty, who bring the human touch to the high level of care that we deliver. As
we aspire to offer our best to the clientele that looks up to us for quality care,
it is important for us to keep pace with the advancements in the field of
medicine. Attending regular update programmes and continuing medical edu-
cation workshops, regular reading of medical journals would refresh our pro-
fessional knowledge and bring us abreast of the newer advances. I urge you
all to pursue these with vigour.
Shano Varuna
Tapan Sinha, SM Surg Vice Admiral DGMS (Navy)
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As I write this message as the Chief Edi-tor in this edi-tion of NAVMED NEWS, I am seized with mixed emo-tions of nos-
talgia and happiness. I have seen this newsletter grow from its fledgling issues to the now firmly established position as the flag ship publication of DGMS (N).
In this edition of the bi-annual, we have shifted our focus to Combat Medical Care and are covering the Medical echelon of Operational units instead of the ‘Hospital in Focus’ series.
This newsletter is the almanac of the Naval Medical Services. But I note with concern the lack of response to our calls requesting inputs. Surg V Adm VS Dixit, who retired as DGMS (N), has given a valuable suggestion to include a page for “Brain Storm-ing” - for discussion of valuable novel ideas that can make a change to the system. I would urge all the readers to not only contribute details of medical achievements, but also any other idea that would merit brain-storming in this news letter.
Charu C Varma, VSM Surg Rear Admiral ADGMS (Navy)
FROM THE CHIEF EDI-
TOR’S DESK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
VISHISTA SEVA MEDAL– REPUB-LIC DAY (26 Jan 15)
1. Surg Cmde Naveen Chawla (75402-T) 2. Surg Capt Rochan Pant (75453-H))
CNS COMMENDATION - INDE-PENDENCE DAY (15 Aug 14)
1. Surg Capt VRG Patnaik (75336-T) 2. Surg Capt Anupam Kapur (75410-K) 3. Surg Capt RS Malhi (75470-Y) 4. Surg Cdr AC Rath (75594-B) 5. Surg Cdr Rajeev Sivasankar (75585-H) 6. Surg Cdr Sanjeev Kumar (75599-R) 7. Surg Cdr P Gokulakrishnan (75602-Y) 8. Surg Cdr B Vikas (75621-R)
CNS COMMENDATION -
NAVY DAY (04 Dec 14)
1. Surg Capt S Dutta (75560-A) 2. Surg Cdr TM Ramrao (75746-Z) 3. Surg Cdr (D) DMM Chengappa (79053-R)
FLAG APPOINTMENTS
1. Surg V Adm Tapan Sinha, SM ap-pointed as DGMS (N) on secondment to Navy w.e.f 01 Oct 14 2. Surg R Adm VSSR Ryali, VSM ap-pointed as Addl DGAFMS (MR, H & TRG) w.e.f 10 Oct 14
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APPOINTMENTS OF SURG COMMODORES
1. Surg Cmde Ramesh P Singh as Sr Registrar, INHS Asvini w.e.f 26 Jul 14. 2. Surg Cmde (D) Vinod S Parmar as Dir NIDS/ Dental Advisor on second-ment to Navy w.e.f 11 Oct 14. 3. Surg Cmde Rajeev R Joshi as PMO ND(MB) on secondment to Navy w.e.f 21 Jul 14. 4. Surg Cmde Sandeep K Sinha as CO, INHS Kalyani w.e.f 10 Oct14. 5. Surg Cmde C Sudeep Naidu as Prof & HOD (Dept of Surg), AFMC, Pune w.e.f. 10 Oct 14.
APPOINTMENTS: SURG CAPTAINS
1. Surg Capt Ravinderjeet Singh as Dir (Med), Indian Coast Guard w.e.f Aug 14. 2. Surg Capt Kaushik Chatterjee as Sr Adv (Psy), AFMC w.e.f Sep 14. 3. Surg Capt Anupam Kapur as Sr Adv (Obs & Gynae), INHS Asvini w.e.f Oct 14. 4. Surg Capt SN Kulkarni as Sr Adv(Anaes), INHS Kalyani w.e.f Nov 14. 5. Surg Capt Subhash C Verma as OI/C SOMA w.e.f Dec 14. 6. Surg Capt Sandeep S Khanuja as ExO, INHS Kalyani w.e.f Dec 14. 7. Surg Capt Manish S Honwad as Sr Adv (Anaes), Asvini w.e.f Dec 14. 8. Surg Capt Anil C Pillai as SSO (Med), HQ ANC w.e.f Jan 15. 9. Surg Capt Sougat Ray as CO, Navjivani w.e.f Jan 15. 10. Surg Capt V Manu as Sr Adv (Path), Sanjivani w.e.f Jan 15. 11. Surg Capt Pramod K Srivastava as Sr Adv (Med & Endo), Sanjivani w.e.f Jan 15.
1. Surg Lt Sachin R Kaikade (76155-B)
of ICGS Sankalp awarded CNS Trophy
for ‘Best Managed Medical Emergency at
Sea – 2014’.
2. Maj (MNS) Geetha Testimona of
INHS Asvini awarded Surg Rear Admiral
HL Bhatia Memorial Silver Medal for the
‘Best Managed Cardiac Emergency –
2014’.
Kudos
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MI ROOM IN FOCUS-BSQ, ANGRE
1543 Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat ceded the Island of Bombay to the Portu-guese who built the Bombay Fort (the current INS Angre complex).
1548 King of Portugal gave away Bombay as a gift to Graica De Orta, a Phy-sician who commenced construction of Qunita or the Manor House (main Angre building) inside the Fort.
1661 King Charles II of England re-ceived Island of Bombay as dowry from King of Portugal as he married Princess Infanta Catherine of Braganza.
18 Feb 1665 Humphrey Cook signed the instrument of possession in the fort by which the English took over Bom-bay. Gerald Aungier, the 2nd British Governor of Bombay, created the Cas-tle & fortified its defences by construct-ing four bastions around Manor house. Amongst these, the Tank Bastion, is the present location of Barrack Sick Quarter (BSQ). Seen at the entrance to BSQ is the 10 feet high famous heri-tage “Sun Dial Clock”. Sun Dial does not have the standard 12 hour clock face, but rather marks out certain peri-ods the people of the time deemed im-portant.
1668 Island of Bombay leased to East India Company. The Company housed its first governors of Bombay during the period 1665-1677.
1686 Headquarters of East India Company transferred to “Bombay Castle” from Surat and with it the Headquarters of Bombay Marines.
15 Jul 1940 Bombay Castle commissioned as HMIS Dalhousie.
26 Jan 1950 Renamed INS Dalhousie.
15 Sep 1951 The Castle Barracks renamed INS Angre to honour the memory of Great Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre.
MI Room is a 12 bed dieted sickbay and has basic diagnostic facilities. A senior medical officer discharges duties of Naval Staff Surgeon, providing medical cover to all Angre & dependent units, families of service officers and PSOs. He attends the Family Clinic at NOFRA in evenings on odd dates and Adelphi Clinic near Churchgate on even days.
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INS Venduruthy is the premier training establishment of SNC. MI
Room, Venduruthy provides comprehen-
sive health care to the dependent units at
Kochi, incl HQ SNC and most of the trg
establishments. In addition, the MI
Room undertakes Naval recruitment
medical examination of Artificer Appren-
tice, SSR, MR, NMR and Musicians
twice in a year.
Brief Histroy - Cdr G R Baker
on 23 Jun 1943 assumed command of
INS Venduruthy as its first Commanding
Officer. Capt K R Nair took over com-
mand on 03 Dec 1954 as the first Indian
to command the unit. Surg Lt Ranjit Das
was appointed as the first Principal Medi-
cal Officer of INS Venduruthy on 17
Nov 1961. Prior to 1970, MI Room,
Venduruthy was located near Signal
School. The present MI Room was inaugurated by Rear Admiral VA Kamath,
Flag Officer Commanding Southern Na-
val Area on 27 Nov 1970.
Out-reach Activities and
Health Education. Every year, INS
Venduruthy conducts an annual medical
camp at Vathuruthy Village for the local
population. Screening of Anaemia and
Diabetes is also undertaken during the
camp. The unit also conducts health edu-
cation programme on a variety of sub-
jects. Recently, Mental Health Day was
observed and a medical lecture was deliv-
ered by a Psychologist to the ship’s company and DSC personnel.
MI ROOM IN FOCUS—VENDURUTHY
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1. Promotion to Surg R Adm. Surg Cmde VSSR Ryali has been pro-moted to the rank of Surg Radm w.e.f 10 Oct 14. 2. Promotion to Surg Cmde. The following Medical Officers have been promoted to the rank of Surg Cmde:
3. Promotion from Surg Cdr to Surg Capt. (a) Surg Cdr Prasant Panda promoted to Surg Capt on 10 Jul 14. (b) Surg Cdr GD Bhanot promoted to Surg Capt (TS) on 06 Jan 15. 4. Promotion from Surg Lt Cdr to Surg Cdr. The following Medical Of-ficers have been promoted to the rank of Surg Cdr from Surg Lt Cdr as per the dates mentioned against each.
Ser Rank, Name & P No Date of Promotion
Unit
(a) Surg Capt CS Naidu 10 Oct 14 AFMC
(b) Surg Capt SK Sinha 10 Oct 14 INHS Kalyani
Ser Rank and Name Date of Promo-tion
Unit
(a) Surg Lt Cdr Ruby Chattopadhyay 17 Jun 14 Asvini
(b) Surg Lt Cdr Soumitra Mohanty 02 Aug 14 Nivarini
(c) Surg Lt Cdr (D) Oommen Nainan 20 Sep 14 NIDS
(d) Surg Lt Cdr IB Udaya 29 Sep 14 Parundu
(e) Surg Lt Cdr Brijesh K Soni 28 Nov 14 CH (AF)
(f) Surg Lt Cdr BK Jani 06 Dec 14 167 MH
(g) Surg Lt Cdr Saleem A Mirza 06 Jan 15 Kasturi
RELEASE/RESIGNATION FROM SERVICE 1. Surg Lt Cdr Vishnu Mohan M w.e.f 13 Jun 14. 2. Surg Lt V Lokeshwara Reddy w.e.f 26 Jul14 3. Surg Lt Cdr Mahesh K Jain w.e.f 11 Aug 14. 4. Surg Lt Cdr Swati Khurana w.e.f 11 Aug 14. 5. Surg Lt Cdr Krishna Kanabar w.e.f 11 Aug 14 6. Surg Lt Cdr Manoj Kumar M w.e.f 13 Aug 14. 7. Surg Lt Cdr Sumit K Sangat w.e.f 18 Aug 14 8. Surg Lt Suman Gurung w.e.f 27 Sep 14. 9. Surg Lt Rajendra Prasad w.e.f 02 Nov 14 10. Surg Lt Aravind K Agrahari w.e.f 02 Nov 14 11. Surg Lt Cdr KP Aneesh w.e.f 30 Dec 14. 12. Surg Lt Cdr Rajesh Chilaka w.e.f 30 Dec 14. 13. Surg Lt Cdr Venkatakrishna Gollappalli w.e.f 30 Dec 14. 14. Surg Lt Cdr Ravindranath Reddy w.e.f 09 Jan 15.
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SUPERANNUATION FROM NAVAL SERVICE
1. Surg VAdm Shalesh Rohatgi, VSM, DGMS (Navy) w.e.f 30 Sep 14.
2. Surg Cmde (D) Arun Mehta, VSM, Dir NIDS w.e.f 30 Sep14.
3. Surg Capt VK Mohindra, NM, Sr Adv (Ophthal) w.e.f 30 Nov 14.
PREMATURE RELEASE FROM NAVAL SERVICE
Surg Cdr US Dadhwal (75550-B) w.e.f 03 Sep 14.
PROMOTION BOARD RESULTS: 2015
The following have been placed on select list for promotion:-
(a) Spl Prom Board (AMC)- from Surg R Adm to Surg V Adm. Surg RAdm SD Duhan, CMO/HQWNC
(b) PB– 1 (AMC) from Surg Cmde to Surg R Adm. Surg Cmde Ravi Kalra, INHS Asvini (c) PB– 2 (AMC) from Surg Capt to Surg Cmde
(d) PB -3 (Spl Cadre) from Surg Cdr to Surg Capt
(e) PB -3 (Adm Cadre) from Surg Cdr to Surg Capt
Surg Cdr Sanjeev Kumar, INWT
Ser Rank and Name Unit
(a) Surg Capt Sunil Goyal BHDC
(b) Surg Capt Dinesh Sharma AFMC
(c) Surg Capt Sundeep Bhandari HQWNC
(d) Surg Capt Rahul Ray Asvini
Ser Rank and Name Unit
(a) Surg Cdr HBS Chaudhry Satavahana
(b) Surg Cdr RK Patel MH Roorkee
(c) Surg Cdr Rajeev Sivasankar CH (AF)
(d) Surg Cdr Sushil Chawla Sanjivani
(e) Surg Cdr P Gokulakrishnan IHQMoD(N)/ DGMS (N)
(f) Surg Cdr Rahul Yadav AH (R&R)
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Course Venue Dates
Sr Medical Offi-cers Capsule Course (SMOCC)
- 02 wks
AMC Centre & College, Lucknow
SMOCC 13: 01 Jun – 13 Jun 15
Medical Officers Junior Command Course (MOJCC)
- 12 wks
AMC Centre & College, Lucknow and AFMC, Pune
(a) MOJC 180: 03 Jan - 28 Mar 15
(b) MOJC 181: 07 Mar-30 May 15
Medical Officers Basic Course (MOBC) - 09 wks
AMC Centre & College, Lucknow
(a) MOBC-204: 29 Jan - 01 Apr 15
(b) MOBC-205: 07 May - 08 Jul 15
Naval Orienta-tion (04 wks) + CBRN Course (02 wks) + Na-val Medicine Course (02 wks) TT between sta-tions 1 day
INS Zamorin
+ INS Shivaji
+ INM, Mumbai
NOC (24.25): 26 Jan - 22 Mar 15
Joint Resources Management Course
CDM Secun-derabad
15 Feb – 28 Feb 15
Operations Re-search/ System Analysis Course
CDM Secun-derabad
02 Mar – 07 Mar 15
MEDICAL OFFICERS TRAINING PROGRAMME: 2015
SECONDMENT TO NAVY
1. Surg Cmde (D) VS Parmar (79036-A) has been appointed as Dir NIDS / Dental Advisor on secondment to Navy 2. Surg Lt Cdr (D) GD Nanavati (79086-R) seconded to Navy and
posted to INHS Sanjivani as Gd Spl (Endodontics)
DNB SEAT PLACEMENT—JUL14
Surg Lt Cdr Abdul Naseer - DNB (Anaesthesia) at BH Delhi Cantt.
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Ser Topic Proposed Dates
Venue
1 Bombay Medical Congress 07-08 Feb 15 INHS Asvini
2 Orthodontic Practices in Armed Forces
19-20 Feb 15 ADC (R&R)
3 Cardio Renal Failure-The New Para-digm in Patients with Vascular Dis-ease
20-21 Feb 15 CH (WC)
4 CME - Rheumatology Update 2015 20-21 Mar 15 AH (R&R)
5 Stress and Fatigue Counter Meas-ures in Aircrew
27-28 Mar 15 IAM
6 Newer Directions in Oncology: Fo-cus on Thoracic and Head Neck Cancers
10-11 Apr 15 CH (SC)
7 Diabetes: Current Concepts and Management
08-09 May 15 INHS Kaly-ani
FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES/ CME IN AFMS INSTITU-
Ser Equipment Hospital/Unit Qty
1
Portable High End 2D Echo-cardiography System with ac-cessories
INHS Asvini/ Car-diology
01
2 Portable Ultrasound Unit with Built in Monitor
INHS Asvini/Radiology
02
3 Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm In-jection (ICSI) Machine
INHS Asvini/ART Centre
01
Name of Ship/Unit Name of ME Scale
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala
Authorisation for Supply of Medicines for Horses
Equipment Hospital/Unit Qty
Radio Frequency Ablation Systems
INHS Asvini 01
ME SCALE FOR NEWLY RAISED SHIPS/UNITS
BUDGET ALLOTMENT FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AT A/T
PROCUREMENT AT O/O DGMS (NAVY)
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Ser Equipment Hospital Qty Total Cost (Rs.)
1 Penta Head Micro-scope with Digital Camera & Image Analysis Software with 15 computer
INHS Asvini/ Pa-thology
1 11,62,000.00
2 Liquid Oxygen Plant INHS Asvini, Kalyani, Sanjivani
3 78,00,000.00
3 Fully Automated Bio Chemistry Analyzer with Electrolyte Ana-lyser
Asvini-02, Kalyani-01, Sanjivani-01
4 2,32,32,000.00
4 High End Vitrectomy Machine
INHS Asvini, Kalyani
2 1,04,00,000.00
5 Heavy Duty Micro Drill & Saw System
INHS Asvini/Onco
1 33,62,000.00
6 Frequency Doubled Solid State 532 nm YAG Laser (Green Laser)
INHS Asvini/ Op-thal
2 77,76,000.00
7 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump with Accesso-ries
INHS Asvini/Cardio
1 30,14,550.00
8 Ultraportable Light Weight USG Scanner with Colour Doppler
INHS Asvini/Anes 1 18,00,000.00
9 Refrigerated Blood Bank Centrifuge
INHS Asvini, Kalyani, Sanjivani
3 67,44,000.00
10 Multislice Slice CT Scanner (16 Slice)
INHS Asvini 1 3,61,20,000.00
11 IMSI System (Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Se-lected Sperm Injec-tion)
INHS Asvini 1 12,87,000.00
12 Mobile C-Arm Image Intensifier
INHS Asvini 2 1,01,16,000.00
BUDGET CONFIRMED TO O/O DGAFMS FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AT AON STAGE IN FY 2014-15
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Ser Equipment Hospital Qty Total Cost (Rs.)
13 USG Machine with Colour Doppler
INHS As-vini, Kalyani, Sanjivani, Jeevanti, Dhanvantari
5 2,20,00,000.00
14 Advance Anaesthesia Work-station (INHS Asvini—Three, others—one each)
INHS Asvini-Kalyani, Sanjivani, Nivarini, NH Karanja
7 1,82,28,000.00
15 Advance Automated Visual Field Analyzer (Model HFA II-750i)
INHS Asvini 1 17,51,475.00
16 Video Endoscopy system with HD Image Enhancement Sys-tem Complete with Endo-scopy System including Video Processor
INHS Asvini 1 1,84,000.00
17 Automatic Tissue Processor INHS Asvini 1 32,50,000.00
18 Fully Automated Hematology Analyzer
INHS Asvini (02) Kalyani (01) & San-jivani (01)
4 70,00,000.00
19 Long Pulse ND YAG Laser INHS As-vini, Kalyani, Sanjivani
3 1,29,78,000.00
20 800 mA-Ray Machine with Image Intensifier on Prtial Turn Key basis
INHS Kaly-ani, Sanjivani
2 3,00,00,000.00
21 Horizontal High Speed Steam Sterilizer
INHS Asvini 1 38,06,075.00
22 Cardiac Catheterization Lab Bi-Plane with 3D Electro Anat-omic Mapping with Accesso-ries on Partial Turnkey Basic
INHS Asvini 1 7,89,55,964.00
23 Fraction CO2 Laser INHS As-vini, Kalyani, Sanjivani
3 23,68,67,892.00
24 Anaesthesia Workstation (Mid-Level)
INHS Asvini 1 24,48,425.00
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HEALTH DIRECTORATE
World AIDS Day An interactive session on HIV/AIDS was held on 27 Nov 14 at Varunika, Chanakyapuri on 01 Dec 14, on the occasion of World AIDS day. The event served as a platform for offering a holistic overview of aspects pertaining to HIV/AIDS, such as risk factors, signs and symp-toms and preventive measures to service personnel.
World Diabetes Day
An interactive session on Diabetes Mellitus was held on 20 Nov 14 at Varunika, Chanakyapuri. The programme inaugurated by Surg V Adm Tapan Sinha, SM, DGMS (Navy), aimed to inspire personnel and their families to inculcate healthy living habits as a part of their lifestyle.
Healthy Baby Show
Healthy Baby Show 2014 was or-ganised on 12 Nov 14 at Varunika, Chanakyapuri under the aegis of Arogya group of NWWA. The event was held for Sailors’ children in the age group of 6-18 months, 19-30 months and 31 – 42 months. A large number of children and their parents participated enthusiastically in the event.
Revision of Navy Orders. The following revised Navy Orders are available on the DGMS (Navy) website:-
Ser Subject Old NO New NO
1 Notification of Communicable Diseases 26/04 05/14
2 Prevention of Rabies 23/04 06/14
3 Medical Boards and Classification of
Serving Officer and Sailors
31/04 07/14
4 Bio-Medical Waste Management System 24/04 13/14
5 AME : Officers and Sailors 17/04 14/14
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Ser Policy Letter Topic
1 MD/1301 dated 22 Sep 14
Empanelment of Officers for posting to AFMC (Pune) and other Teaching hospitals of AFMS.
2 MD/9001 dated 23 Sep 14
Membership/ Fellowship/ Participation/ Atten-dance at Conferences/ Workshops/ CMEs of Professional Associations and Societies by AFMS Officers.
3 MD/0545/IST dated 24 Sep 14
In-Service Training for AFMS Officers.
4 MD/0505/AIPGMEE (2016-2018) dated 24 Sep 14 and 13 Oct 14
Selection of AFMS Officers for MD/MS/ Di-ploma (Marine Medicine) in AFMS Instt through AIPGMEE – 2015 including Study Leave for MOs for 2016.
5 MD/0510/DNB-CET dated 07 Oct 14 and 09 Oct 14
Selection of AFMS Officers for DNB-CET/ PDCET for Jan 2015 session.
6 MD/0503/2016 dated 11 Nov 14
Selection of AFMS Officers for Study Leave in-cluding AMC (NT)-2016.
7 MD/0583 dated 27 Nov 14
Amendment to training schedule of SNM Phase: Medical Officers Basic Submarine Course.
8 MD/4972/Submarine dated 01 Jul 14
Medical Guidelines for Nuclear Submarine Crew and Radiation Workers.
9 MD/2109/ SLR TRG REV dated 04 Jul 14
Implementation of In-house Trg at INHS As-vini for Creation of Pool of Sub-specialty Trained Medical Sailors.
10 MH/3865/Policy dated 23 Sep 14
Exclusion of urea and inclusion of uric acid test in AME/PME.
11 PN/8111/14 dated 10 Nov 14
Revision of 43% and 45% commuted portion of pension of pre 2006 Armed Forces absor-bees who had drawn lump sum payment on absorption in public sector undertaking/ autonomous bodies – stepping up of notional full pension with effect from 24 Sep 12.
POLICY LETTERS
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WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND
Command Clinical Meeting by Video-conferencing
HQ WNC conducted a Command Level Clinical Meeting on Patient Safety by Tele-presence, involving Hospitals/ units at Mumbai, Goa and Karwar on 04 Jul 14. A total of 83 MOs and NOs participated in this maiden effort by WNC. Topics like “Drug prescription and Patient safety” , “Nursing care aspects of patient safety”, and “Patient safety at OT” were deliberated upon.
Training Activities
Training in Management of Burns &
Inhalational Injuries for MOs was
conducted by all 3 Hospitals of the
Command and included didactic lec-
tures, interactive sessions, hands-on
training with skill stations and han-
dling of mass burn casualties. In ad-
dition, at INHS Asvini, the training
included a visit to the National
Burns Centre at Airoli. The officers
attending the programme were ex-
posed to the latest modalities in
treatment of burns.
NIDS
A number of Continuing Dental Educa-
tion programmes were conducted and
include:-
(a) Introduction to Dental Implants &
Stage-I procedures.
(b) Prosthetic Considerations & Stage –
II procedures.
(c) Contemporary Techniques in Direct Composite Restorations.
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EASTERN NAVAL COMMAND
Control of Vector-borne Diseases
SHO Rajali has adopted newer
WHO / GOI recommended strate-
gies for prevention and control of
vector-borne diseases emphasizing
“Integrated Vector Management”.
For the first time in Rajali, Biologi-
cal vector control using Gambusia
fish has been introduced in the sta-
tion, to check mosquito breeding in
waterbodies.
Healthy Baby Show – 2014
Healthy Baby Show was conducted
in coordination with NWWA dur-
ing Navy Week 2014, to promote
child health awareness. A health
education lecture on child health
and immunization was conducted
and a handout titled “Key mes-
sages on breast feeding and new-
born health” was released and dis-
tributed to the parents.
Medical Camp at Achutapuram
As a Ambassador of goodwill,
INHS Kalyani participated in the
Navy Day celebrations and con-
ducted a Medical Camp on 16
Nov 14 at IVA Pathasala for physi-
cally challenged children at Achuta-
puram . Medical, Eye, ENT, Paedi-
atric and Dental OPDs were set up
at the site along with General OPD.
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SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND
Universal New Born Screening Programme Inaugurated at INHS Sanjivani New Born screening programme was inaugurated by Mrs Gagandeep Cheema, President NWWA (SR) at the Seminar hall, INHS Sanjivani on 20 Oct 14 at 1100 h. The NWWA committee members along with 20 young couples (Officers and Sailors) attended the inaugural function. INHS Sanjivani is the first Armed Forces Hospital to commence this screening programme. The inaugural address was given by Surg R Adm Girish Gupta NM,VSM, CMO, SNC. The aim of the programme is to de-tect and treat medical conditions early, thereby preventing morbidity and mortality.
Chilka School Children Eye Camp An Eye camp was organized on 16 Aug 14, at Chilka High School, Barkul for school children of Class 8th to 10th. The slogan of the camp was “YOUR VISION OUR FU-TURE’’. A total of 273 children were examined and 23 children were de-tected to have positive findings like Xerophthalmia, Refractive error, Cor-neal opacity, Iris coloboma and Squint. The camp has been well ap-preciated by the School and is a step further to establish good will with the civilian community.
CMO (SNC) DELIVERING THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT NEW BORN
SCREENING PROGRAMME
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ANDAMAN NICOBAR COMMAND
Multispeciality Medical Camp A Multispeciality medi-cal camp was organized by INHS Dhanvantari on 18 Sep 14 at Orgrabranj Community Hall. Medical Spl, Gynaecolo-gist, Paediatrician, Radiologist, ENT Spl from Civ & service hosp & Doctors from Ayush Hosp were involved in the camp.
Operational Medical Prepar-edness
Various medical exercises were organized by HQ ANC as part of Ex Jalsuraksha and Casevac -2014. All the medical compo-nents and units were involved in the exercise.
Medical Camp—Kamorta Armed Forces multi-specialty camp was conducted at Kamorta Island, on 25 Oct 14 by INS Kardip in coordination with INHS Dhanvantari. The camp was attended in huge numbers by tribal and local populace, including school chil-dren, defense civilians and de-fense personnel. The camp has tremendously increased the goodwill of the Armed forces at large and HQ ANC in particu-lar amongst the local popula-tion. A total of 102 adults & 68 children were examined in the camp.
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XXX ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF MARINE MEDICAL SOCIETY
The Marine Medical Society holds its Annual Conference on Marine Medicine and Allied Sciences. The XXX Annual Conference was held on 08-09 Nov 14 at the INHS Asvini auditorium. The conference was preceded by a CME on Mental Health Issues in Military Operations and was attended by a number of delegates.
The conference was inaugu-rated by VAdm Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM, ADC FOC-in-C (West). Several senior officers in-cluding Lt Gen BK Chopra, AVSM, PHS, DGAFMS, VAdm AR Karve, AVSM, Chief of Staff, Western Na-val Command, Lt Gen PP Varma SM, VSM DCIDS (Med), Surg V Adm Sushil Kumar, AVSM, NM, VSM, Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, as well as other General Officers, Flag Officers and Air Officers attended the confer-ence.
During the inaugural cere-mony, the Chief of Naval Staff Tro-phy for the best managed medical emergency at sea was awarded by VAdm Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, FOC-in-C (West) to Surg Lt Sachin Kaikade of ICGS Sankalp.
The Surg Rear Admiral HL Bhatia medal for the best managed cardiac emergency was awarded to Lt Col (MNS) Geetha Testimona of INHS Asvini by Lt Gen BK Chopra, AVSM, PHS, DGAFMS.
The Conference Scientific Souvenir, the Journal of Marine Medicine Society and the 3rd Edi-tion of the Saturday Clinics of As-vini were also released at the func-tion. This was followed by inaugu-ration of the Scientific Exhibition by Surg V Adm Sushil Kumar, AVSM, NM, VSM, Comman-dant, Armed Forces Medical Col-lege. The conference featured a session each on Hyperbaric Medicine and Submarine Medicine.
The Chief of Naval Staff Oration was delivered by Surg Rear Admiral Girish Gupta, NM, VSM on ‘Innovations in the field of Medicine in the Indian Navy’. The Keynote address was delivered by Rear Admiral LV Sarat Babu, NM on ‘Modern Concepts of Submarine Escape and Rescue – what the future holds for Marine Medicine’. The Invited Expert Oration was delivered by Surg Rear Admiral AA Pawar, VSM on ‘Mindfulness based mental fitness training in the Indian Navy’.
Surgeon Commander Ramesh Rao Memorial Trophy for the best paper was awarded to Lt Col Ashok Mohanty of INHS Kalyani for his talk on 'An insight on zero-gravity physiology for space anaesthesia and surgery’.
FO C-in-C (WNC) being received by DGMS (N)
Surg Lt Sachin R Kaikade receiveing the CNS
Trophy for ‘Best Managed Medical Emergency
at Sea—2014’
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Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief: Surg R Adm Charu C Varma, VSM Editor: Surg Cdr P Gokulakrishnan Asst Editor: Surg Cdr Prashanth D Ayengar Members: Surg Cmde Joy Chatterjee Surg Cmde SC Gupta
Distinguished speakers from a large spectrum of specialties delivered scientific papers and enlightened the audience on the specific challenges in their respective domains. In addition, a panel discussion on Diving Safety with experts from all pertinent fields associated with diving was conducted with the aim for it to be a stepping stone towards building a national consen-sus on the issue. The experts agreed to meet again and formulate a concrete proposal on the subject for review by the National Institute of Occupational Health. A ‘Free Paper Session’ for the Allied Sciences was also held.
The Annual General Body Meeting of the Marine Medical Society with the DGMS (Navy) in chair was also conducted on 08 Nov 14.
XXXV SNMDOC
The 35th Senior Naval Medical and Dental Officers Conference was held on 08 Nov 14 from 0800-1230 hrs at Western Naval Command Mess Conference Room. The conference was chaired by Surg VAdm Tapan Sinha SM, DGMS (Navy) and was attended by ADGMS (Navy), Command Medi-cal Officers of all Naval Commands, PDMS (P&M), PDMS (HS), CSO (Med), ANC, Director NIDS & Dental Advisor (Navy), Director (Medical) Indian Coast Guard, Commanding Officers of Indian Naval Hospitals, other Senior Officers, SO (Med), CABS and Staff Officers from O/o DGMS (Navy). The conference included presentations by the Command Medical Officers, Director NIDS & Dental Advisor (Navy), CSO (Med), ANC, Di-rector (Med), ICG and SO (Med), CABS. This was followed by a review of old and discussions on new agenda points. All points were discussed at length and directives on the way ahead were issued to concerned agencies.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Dear Chief Editor, NAVMED News Vol V Issue 1 is a well presented edition which will be a useful resource and reference material for everyone connected to Indian Navy and Armed Forces Medical Ser-vices—Healthcare professionals and clientele alike. I like to place on record my appreciation for this exemplary work and wish you the best for the fu-ture issues of the publication. Best wishes to your editorial team!! Air Mshl Rajan Chaudhry AVSM VSM DGMS (Air)
Dear Chief Editor, NAVMED News Vol V Issue 1 is very informative and keeps us “retired folks” updated. I suggest that a page be earmarked for “Brain Storming” by the young Medical, Dental, SDM and MNS Officers. This forum may encourage them to bring up some novel ideas and could overcome the inhibition they may face in a more “formal” forum. The ideas they bring out could benefit Naval Medical Services!! Surg VAdm VS Dixit AVSM VSM (Retd)
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