Published by Dr B. Radha Ramanan ( L.F.Hospital Angamaly, Ernakulam Dist. 683572. Ph 04802704932, 9447006421.email rramanan@sify.com) on behalf of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons.

For PrivateCirculation onlySeptember 2010Vol. XI Issue - 3

Dr P.JayadevanD A R S A N A MNAYANA

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Dr.N.JAYANTH

Photo of Dr.Jayanth and Dr.Jayan Thomas

Kannur, LATE August : My rendezvouswith Dr.N.Jayanth was fixed at 18.00 hoursin late August 2010 at his condominium onFort Road , Cannanore. I was greeted byhim with a warm and assuring smile andwelcomed in to the drawing room. The roomwas quite roomy and well appointed withtasteful furniture .There was a Mona Lisahanging on one side of the wall giving usan enigmatic smile, picture of a pride oflions looking at us, a variety of crystal warein the show case and above all an exquisiteflower arrangement done up by thecharming lady of the house, Mrs.AshaJayanth.

Dr.Jayanth was lucky to be born in tothe lineage of traditional Ayurvedicphysicians. His grandfather was a royalphysician to the Zamorins of Calicut andthis indeed sparked the flame in him tobecome in par with his grandfather.Dr.Jayanth had his early studies in MalabarChristian College Calicut and thencompleted medicine from Calicut medicalcollege in the year 1965. Dr.Jayanth , what did you do next ?

“Just like the present day campusselection I joined the Health Servicesstraight away with out batting an eye lid and

worked there for 13 long years. Then Ithought enough was enough .It was moreof an administrative job than clinicalpractice. I badly wanted to get out of therut and decided to go further up theladder”.How is it that you choose to become aneye specialist?

Well in those days I had some sparetime and my wife used to see me tinkeringwith my camera equipments and it was thenthat she mooted the idea that I had steadyhands and that I should be an eyespecialist. I thought to myself and well, itwas true and that was it. Initially I tookmy DO from Calicut Medical College andeventually I got my MS from TrivandrumMedical College in 1981.I also underwenttraining in squint and keratoplasty atGujarat Medical College under ProfMathur and Prof. Bharathi Lavingia.. LaterI joined Kannur District hospital andworked there for 3 years.Dr.Jayanth, why did you leave the DistrictHospital?

Well, the government job was athankless job and I used to be at the mercyof the politicians .The politicians used tointerfere with everything. There was a lot

of red tapism for anything to be done. It wasthen that I decided to set up my own practiceNethra at Cannanore.How was things at Nethra at the outset?

Everything has its own initial hiccups,but eventually it was a success. I used towork hard and it was a one man band. Attimes I never used to see day light. I had ahigh clientele and they had high expectationfrom me. My practice started blooming andthere was no turning back.Looking back , how has the speciality ofOphthalmology changed over the years ?.

There is a sea change in this specialty.The whole outlook of how we diagnose andtreat eye diseases has changed. I stillremember the year 1983 when Dr.C.E.Oomen was the first person to do anIOL at Cannanore and immediately I alsotook off with IOLs. I was inquisitive andadaptive and hence it was easy to catch upwith the phenomenal changes inophthalmology. Cont.... Page 4

KSOS this year has created a newchapter by exceeding last year’s recordof 15 CME by registering 20 CME sthis year. First CME of the year was atAlphonsa Hospital, Pala and 20th CMEwill be at Kozhikode on October 24th,2010. The highlight of this year’s eventsis that satellite towns like Pala,Irinjalakuda, Thalassery, Kanhangadetc began hosting CMEs to the benefit

CME to NEW HEIGHTS . 20 CMEs in the year 2010.of practicing ophthalmologists fromrural area, a genre that has startedincreasing in number. The distributionpattern is December 2009 -1, January2010 -2, February – 3, March- 0, April-1, May – 2, June – 0, July – 1, August– 2, September – 5, October – 3.November we will have Drishti.Subjects varied and have catered tomembers of all subspecialties as well

as general ophthalmologists too. CochinOphthalmic Club will be adjudged asthe front runner with 5 CMEs whencurtain falls on October closelyfollowed by Trivandrum OphthalmicClub with 4 CMEs. Steps areimplemented soon to evenly distributeCMEs in all months of the year and allthe district clubs will be encouraged tohold at least one CME in an year.

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Greetings from your president.After a hectic monsoon and yawning days,KSOS was live againthrough a series of CME programmes right through North to South of Kerala.The most interestingaspect of the CME programmes were the amazing participation of eminent faculties of national andinternational repute.Response from delegates was also very much encouraging.I congratulate allthose who have taken pains to organize and conduct these CMEs.One day CMEs are to continueright through October,while ‘DRISHTI’ fever has already been through.However your presidentwas not in the limelight in most of these programmes due to ill health.Hope to be back on track very

soon.Wishing you a happy and prosperous Dussera-pooja and Deepavali.

Sincerely yours

Dr. B.V.Bhat, Ph : 0497-2700715, 9846139716, drbhatbv@yahoo.com

Dear Friends,Our KSOS activities

are going well with the cooperation of all our

members. This year we have a record 20 CMEsconducted under the aegis of KSOS. All theCMEs conducted so far having good attendancealso. The important factor is the new trend ofCMEs in small towns like Pala, Irinjalakuda,Thallassery, Kanjangad etc.

The preparations for the Drishti 2010 are infull swing. We have record number of out sideKerala faculty attending this year’s conference.The organizing committee at Kochi is workinghard to get every thing in order.

Very important achievement of this year isthe improvements in the web site. This hasbecome a communicating media for all ouractivities. There are many new things introducedby the web site editor Dr Biju John.Congratulations! New virtual office is one of newadditions. The organizers of CMEs can post theirdetails and the brochure in the web site.

But we have lost 3 of our active members inthe last 3 months. They are Dr Mercy fromKottayam, Dr.Sivanandan and Dr Prabhakaranfrom Kozhikode. Our condolence to theirbeloved family members.

Jai KSOSDr Radha Ramanan

Dear Colleagues,Greetings from the desk of the Chairman, Scientific

Committee, KSOS.We, at the Scientific Committee are proud to inform

you that in keeping with the current trends nationally and internationally allcommunications from the committee have been sent electronically this year.We have finished evaluating the abstracts for the papers/posters/videos in allcategories and the first authors have been intimated. The selected list has alsobeen put up in our website. The abstracts were independently evaluated by 4experts in the field after masking the identity of the authors.

The following deadlines are to be kept in mind 1) full texts of the free papersto reach the scientific committee chairman before 15th September, 2) applicationfor the PG Quiz competition to reach the Scientific Committee Chairman before25th September and 3) The videos for the Padmashree Dr. S Tony Fernandezsession to reach the Chairman before 30th September.

The chairpersons/moderators/conveners have been working on the varioussymposia, updates, current concepts programmes etc and have almost finalizedtheir respective programmes and have been in constant touch with the scientificcommittee. Many national speakers have expressed keen interest in participatingin our Drishti 2010. This trend augurs well for our society.

The LOC and the local Scientific Committee have been doing a great job.We have already met thrice in the last few months to be able to serve you best.The website editor has been extremely cooperative and without his assistancelife would have been quite difficult for me. We will soon learn about the creditpoints allotted to our state conference. As has been informed to you earlier, weare going to have 2 new programmes in DRISHTI this year viz. OphthalmicPremier League and Meet the Experts. Details of these programmes will bemade available on the website. Please visit the website for the latest updates.Please contact me for any clarification or if you want to communicate newideas, without any hesitation.Warm regardsDr. Arup Chakrabarti, Chairman, Scientific Committee, KSOS

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Dear friends,This time KJO is coming up with a difference. The September issue is focused on “ocular trauma”.Most of the articles are related to the management of eye injuries. Unfortunately this area is not givenadequate emphasis and there are not many text books and literature on ocular trauma. All the majorreview articles are written by very experienced people. I feel this edition will be a collector’s item. AlsoKJO has received ISSN number. This will be necessary in the process of indexing. I expect feedbackfrom one and all of KSOS members. This will help me improving the quality of the journal.

Jai KSOSMahesh G, maheshgopalakrishnan@yahoo.com

ReportWebsite Editor

Dear Colleagues,Greetings From Trivandrum

I take this opportunity to pass on some information aboutthe New Additions to our website http://www.ksos.in/In the home page 4 new navigation buttons have been addednamely

1. Update Past Drishti Awards2. Update Academic Training Programs available in

your Institute to KSOS database for publishing inwebsite

3. KSOS Virtual Office4. Academic Forum

1 & 2 :These are self explanatory and on clicking opens up

forms for submitting these details. Many members havealready updated their past Drishti awards using this and thesehave been added to the KSOS Golden book of awardsavailable in the Records room section of KSOS VirtualOffice. The 2nd list ie of the training programs when publishedwill be of great help for the young and upcomingOphthalmologists and also for the Institutes. 3.KSOS Virtual Office

This is an entirely new section of the website and onclicking the button you will be taken to this area which isactually a blog and has got the following sections

Home; Notice Board; Records Room; Forms; CMEBrochures; Academic Forum

The main objective of this is to build up a digitalsearchable record of all the activities past and ongoing ofthe organization and also to facilitate 2 way interactionbetween the Office bearers and the members. Any of theoffice bearers can directly post to this area without needingto go through the editor or site engineer .Similarly themembers can also add their comments to each post . The

honorable secretary has already made good use of the siteby posting the minutes of the executive committee andgeneral body here. I take this opportunity to thank him forhis support. Any member who is interested in following theday to day working and administrative matters of KSOScan utilize this area. All the Postings from an individualOffice bearer can be viewed by clicking on the respectiveOffice bearer designation.

There is a notice board page where all the notices tomembers , committee members etc will be posted as soonas they are given to me. In the records room we have gotthe Golden Book of KSOS awards and a lot of junk as well.But the entire thing, all the past minutes and these files asthey grow will write our own history and will serve as asearchable information bank. The brochure of CMEs andConferences received from members or institutes will beposted in the brochures section. So in case you want to knowthe program details of a particular CME, but cant find thebrochure don’t worry. Come to this area.

The reason why this has been kept as a blog and not asone of the pages of the official website , is to ensure that thepostings are really current and also edits and modificationscan be effected instantaneously , without having to gothrough the site engineer. The 2 way interaction can also bemaintained properly. 4.Academic Forum

This is also a 2 way interactive section (link on theextreme right of top horizontal navigation panel) for

1. Giving and gettingi. Second opinion on casesii. Advise on management problems

2. Clear any academic doubts3. Discuss interesting cases.

Members can post cases /doubts etc here. Pictures ofcases can also be posted. Detailed instructions on how topost questions/cases are available in the same area. We willtry to get a few subject experts to give their opinions initially.But any member is free to add comments/ tips/opinions tothe posts. There are already a few entries here. OtherAcademic Materials contributed by members can be viewedin the articles section of this area.

ReportKJO Editors

Join K S O SDr B. Radha RamananL.F.Hospital Angamaly, Ernakulam Dist. 683572.Ph : 04802704932, 9447006421.email rramanan@sify.com

Log on towww.ksos.in

and updateyour Addresses

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Conference SUBMISSION andVIEWING

Many members have complainedabout the conference submission formbeing a little confusing. Accordingly ithas been updated. I request theOrganizers of the CMEs /Conferencesto E mail a Brochure of your programin JPEG /PDF /Word /Excel format, to(bijujc@gmail.com or web.ksos@gmail.com) as these are also beinguploaded. The link to view thesebrochure are available in 3 areas-(1)Top of the Conference page; (2) Websitelink of Each individual Conference post& (3) One of the Page headers in theKSOS Virtual Office section.

I am happy to say that a lot ofbrochures including that of DRISHTIare available here for viewing anddownloading. In fact they outnumberthe number of conferences posted asmany Outside state conferences /training programs etc are also beingposted here (Not available inconferences page as these don’tgenerally get submitted officially). Somembers especially residents canbenefit from visiting this section

occasionally. The registration formsarea also available here. DRISHTI 2010

Inspite of extensive testing andcontinuing on the same platform -testedand found running well last time, therehave been a few glitches in the abstractsubmission process especially withbrowsers like Internet Explorer. Thechange in the browsers and operatingsystems might be partly responsible forthis. The acknowledgement mails wentdirectly to spam folder of manymembers, something which can berectified by the members themselves byselecting those mails and redirectingthem to the main inbox. The wholesystem is going to be revamped nextyear by making it a login system in theAIOS model. The work on this hasalready started. Details of selectedabstracts, full text submissionguidelines, deadlines, programs etc arebeing uploaded in the News updatessection and DRISHTI 2010 section asand when they are received. TheScientific Committee chairman andDRISHTI Org Secretary can also postdirectly to the KSOS Office section .

Routine MattersOther routine matters like address

updation , Journal and Newsletterpostings , E mail updates to membersare going on smoothly. The formattede mail updates have been appreciatedby many members .Thank you for yoursupportive comments. Members whoare not receiving KSOS emails inspiteof their mail ID being present in theAddress book are advised to check thespam /Trash folders of their E amilprograms .If present there Pleasemanually relocate them to the maininbox .You only need to do this once.

I once again request all members tomake active use of all the facilities inthe website and give me someconstructive suggestions/criticismsthrough the feed back form available inthe Virtual office section. The websiteis also due for up gradation to the Web2 Format. So this is the right time forgiving suggestions as they can beconsidered during this process and anyflaws pointed out can be ironed out.

Jai KSOSDr Biju John,, Email: bijujc@gmail.com

KSOS Website: http://www.ksos.in

I heard that you were one of the foundermembers of KSOS ? .

Oh yes , I was a charter member of thesociety when it was formed in the year 1975at L.F.Hospital , Angamaly. I was an ardentworker for many years .Initially I was thesecretary of KSOS for four long years .Myself and Dr.B,V.Bhat were the personswho coined the word DRISHTI for ourannual conferences and it was you, Dr.JayanThomas, who was the first person to designthe first DRISHTI magazine cover at thattime. It was a eureka moment for me tobecome the president of KSOS for the year2002 to 2003. When I took over as thepresident the membership was dismally low,but myself along with Dr.B.V.Bhat managedto raise the membership to about 350 duringmy tenure. Earlier as the secretary of theclub I had made proper bylaws and made ita registered society. The executivecommittee members, specially Dr.Radhakrishnan and Dr.Nandakumar were theprime motivators in this matter. I hadarranged monthly cme programs and itwas a pleasure to meet fellow colleaguesduring my various trips all over Kerala.

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Dr. Jayanth is a life member of a numberof societies . TO mention a few, namely AllIndia Ophthalmological society, All IndiaStrabismological society, All India societyof Cataract and refractive surgery.Please tell us something about your sociallife and hobbies.

I am an active member of the Rotarymovement in Cannanore . I was also theassistant regional Grand Master ofFreemasonary for South India. I am anardent devotee of Devine MotherRemaDevi and the secretary of the RemaDevi temple at Pallikunnu, Kannur.

As far as hobbies are concerned , he isa great photographer and was a student ofclassical bharathanatyam. Dr.Jayanthlearned the intricate tricks involved inblack and white photography and printmanipulation from the late Kelappanmaster of K.K. Art Studio and lateMr.M.R.Menon, chief photographer ofMathrabhumi. I was surprised to see hisvast array of cameras and lenses. Here Iam show casing one of his photographstaken at the AIOS conference at Jaipurrecently. It is a well composed, fabulous

picture with a local flavor of Jaipur showingthe rag dolls.What about your family?.

My wife Dr.Asha is a Pediatrician andwe have two children. My son Thejus is inAustralia working in the field of informationhighway technology. and daughter Meghais a postgraduate in English literature.How come that you have switched over toVasan Eye Care now?.

Right now I am the medical director ofVasan Eye Care hospitals in” Nethra”Cannanore. Since my children were notinterested in taking up my mantle, and as Iwas contemplating as what to do next. It wasserendipity that at this time , Dr.Arun Vasan, chairman of Vasan Eye Care approached meto lend him my support to set up hisinstitution in Kannur and since his terms andconditions were appealing I readily agreed.Now Vasan Eye Care Hospital in Kannur isa prime eye hospital with six doctors and 110non medical staff,equipped with present stateof art technology for treating eye diseases.

Finally after eating a caramel pudding ,which I should confess was a piece deresistance , I said goodnight and good luckand left . Dr. Jayan Thomas

Comprehensive Eye Specialist, Cannanore,(jayanthomasbirds.com)

C M E under the aegis of KSOS10. CME 2010 on 4.7.2010 at Thiruvanandapuram

organized by Chakrabarti Eye Care Centre with TOC.11. AUGUST OPHTHALMICA 2010.Organised by Cochin

Ophthalmic Club on 8th August 201012. NAYANAM 2010. CME on Cornea. Conducted by

Netra Eye Care Centre, Irinjalakuda on 29th August 2010at Kallada Regency, Irinjalakuda with TACO.

13. KALEIDOSCOPE- CME by CSI Medical College,Karakonam at Residency Towers Thiruvananthapuramwith TOC on 5th September 2010

14. COMTRUST TELLY CME 2010 on PracticeManagement organized by Comtrust Eye Care Hospitaland Ophthalmic Society of Kannur on 5th September2010.

15. LF VIEW 2010 –Workshop on Surgical Glaucoma.Organised by Little Flower Hospital & Research Centre,Angamaly dated on 12 September 2010.

Forthcoming CMEs16. An Update on Medical Retina by Regional Institute of

Ophthalmology, Kozhikode on 19 september 2010.17. TACOPSIA . CME on Retina at Hotel Casino, Thrissur

on 26th September 2010.18. CME at Dr Tony’s Superspeciality Hospital, Aluva on

3rd October 2010.19. CME by Comtrust Hospital at Kanhangad on 10th

October 201020. CME by City Eye Hospital at Kozhikode on 24th October

2010.

REPORT OF DRISHTI 2010Dr S.J.Saikumar. Organising Secretary

Preparations for Drishti 2010 are shaping up well. Allthe committees are in place and regular meetings will startfrom this month. I know that the last 3 months are crucialand I want all the help and advice from KSOS members tomake this annual conference a grand success.

I am sure all of you must have received the secondbrochure by now. The deadline for early bird registrationcloses on the 30th of September. The final brochure with thefinal program should reach you by the end of October orfirst week of November.

The Inaugural function will be held at the GokulamConvention Centre itself. Dr. Mohandas, Vice Chancellorof the Kerala Medical University has kindly consented tobe the Chief Guest and our AIOS President Dr. RajvardhanAzad will be the Guest of Honour. A lot of new academicactivities have been planned by the AIOS and I request allof you to attend the Inaugural function and hear from ourAIOS President. To make sure that there is no gap betweenthe main academic session and the Inaugural function, wehave an interesting high tea sponsored session also.

The banquet will be held at the picturesque, 5 star,backwater resort, RAMADA. Food, fellowship,

entertainment….everything have been carefully plannedhere. I am sure this will be a memorable evening none ofyou should miss. Buses will start plying from 5 pm to thebanquet venue and back to the city after the banquet. TheGeneral Body meeting will be held at the banquet venueitself.

Breakfast sessions are being conducted on Day 2 andDay 3 of the conference. I request all interested delegates tocome early on these 2 days. Work on the Souvenir has alsostarted.

Altogether we are going to have a great conference forall of you. I request all of you to attend, participate, adviceand help us make this the best ever DRISHTI.

MINUTES OF THE 1ST COMBINEDEXECUTIVE MEETING OF KSOS HELD at

11.00 am on 7-2-2010 at COC- KSOS Office,IMA Centre, Kochi

The 1st combined ECM of KSOS held with PresidentDr.B.V.Bhat in the chair at 11.00 AM on 7-2-2010 at IMACentre, Kochi. After a silent prayer the President welcomedthe members. The minutes of the previous ECM was readby the Secretary and passed. Membership up to 1101ratified.The President congratulated Dr. N.S.D.Raju forgetting elected as the AIOS Vice President. The Presidentalso congratulated Dr. Babu Rajendran for the excellentconduct of online voting system for the AIOS election.

Secretary reported that the AIOC 2012 was allotted toKSOS to be conducted at Kochi. The Secretary also reportedthat Dr Meenakshy Dhar of Amrita institute was nominatedfor the leadership development programme of AIOS and thatshe attended the 1st meeting of the same along with AIOSconference at Kolkatta. From next year onwards, it wasdecided to invite application from eligible members throughnews letter.

The ECM decided to pay rupees One lakh to CochinOphthalmic club as the initial amount for sharing the officespace of COC at IMA house, Kochi for the use of KSOS. DrSaikumar SJ, past chairman scientific committee reportedthe various award winners of Drishti 2009.List of award winners

1. Dr.K.C.Sankara Menon Award – Dr Aneeta Jabbar.2. Dr.P.Siva Reddy Award – Dr Savitha Bhat.3. Dr.S.Tony Fernandez Video Award – Dr.N.Sandhya.4. Dr. Noel Memorial Award – Dr Arup Chakrabarti.5. Posterior Segment Free paper Award – Dr Gopal Pillai.6. Prof.K.S.Subramaniam Award – Dr Mary Joseph.7. Best Poster Award – Dr. Remya R.8. Taco Quiz – Dr Siju Raju and Dr Remya R.

The present scientific committee charman Dr ArupChakrabarti explained the idea of starting the Keralapremiere league instead of clinical challenges in next Drishtiand to invite applications from members for conducting theinstruction courses from next Drishti onwards. As decided

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by the GB, for award sessions 40% marks will be allottedto the text and 60% for the presentation. It was decided notto make it mandatory to have a KSOS past president as oneof the judges of the Free paper sessions.

The Scientific Committee Chairman informed thatDr Lingam Gopal may be invited for the next Alexandermemorial oration and that Dr Giridhar had already contactedhim regarding that. Dr Sasikumar said that Dr BabuRajendran should be conferred the Oration and that he beingthe President of AIOS and who is having close associationwith our Society should have been given the Oration muchearlier. The same opinion was raised by Dr Anthrayose also.The matter was discussed and it was decided to invite DrBabu if it is inconvenient for Dr Lingam Gopal to come.However Dr Babu will be given the Oration next year if DrLingam Gopal accepts the invitation this year.

Dr Mahesh, the Editor KJO reported that the first issueof KJO will be released by around March 15th 2010. It wasdecided to include hospital advertisements, only in theclassified column of KJO. Dr Biju John, Web site editorreported that the site will be maintained by the same agency.It was decided to continue the E mail service and also listthe benefits of joining the KSOS in the web site.

The ECM expressed gratitude to the General Body ofAIOS for allotting the AIOC 2012 to Kochi. ECM suggestedthat the AIOC 2012 should be organized by KSOS directlyafter getting approval by the GB. The ECM entrusted thecore organizing committee formed by the Cochin ophthalmicclub to organize the conference on behalf of KSOS. It wassuggested to make Dr N.S.D.Raju as Chairman of LocalOrganising Committee and Dr A.Giridhar as organizingsecretary. Dr Augustine Mampally will be the treasurer. Itwas decided to include KSOS members from all over Keralain the various sub committees. Any surplus amount afterthe conduct of the Conference may be shared with the COCas per the decision of the KSOS GB.

Regarding the issue of Sales Tax for IOLs, the Presidentinformed that he would actively follow up the issue and

expressed confidence that the matter would be solved soon.He also expressed his desire to set right the income tax issuesof KSOS this year itself.

The Ethics committee for 2010 was constituted with DrB.V.Bhat, the KSOS President as chairman, Dr RadhaRamanan, the KSOS secretary and Dr. R.R.Varma and Dr.Rajagopalan Nair, the two immediate past presidents asmembers. The application from Idukki Malanad ophthalmicclub for affiliation with KSOS was accepted and theirnominee Dr Sarah Chirayath was included in the KSOSExecutive Committee.

It was decided to give TA to all executive committeemembers as 3rd AC fare from the nearest Rly station to thevenue on presentation of records for the same, subject tothe approval of the GB

With no other matter pending the ECM concluded at12.00 noon

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEApplications are invited to the represent KSOS in the

Leadership Development Programme of ARC of AIOS.Eligibility criteria is given below:

1. AIOS members aged 45 or below.2. Commitment of the nominee to their state society and

the region at large.3. He is willing to travel at his own cost.4. Endorsement by a variety of national society leaders

that the scholar is ready and likely to advance to higherresponsibility and therefore worthy of investment byAIOS.

5. Nominee must agree to participate in all the elementsof the LDP i.e attend all designated meetings, etc.

6. Have a potential to represent not only the State but alsoAIOS internationally.

Interested applicants, please contact KSOS secretaryby E mail or phone

Every coin has two sides, every personhas perhaps more than two faces, everyaction has a reaction, and every drughas its side effects. Let us have a positivelook at substance, events and persons.Look at alcohol - a wonderful drug, cansedate, give euphoria, give appetite, andreduce pain - both physical and mental.We, in God’s own county-has realizedwell the potential of this liquid and hasclicked No. 1 in its per capitaconsumption - not a small thing for thissmall country of big Gods and God men.When you consume a peg of alcohol,let us analyze the benefits derived outof it.1. To the producer: Huge profit

because the selling price is morethan hundred times its cost.

2. To the seller or retailer: Huge marginand profit legally and huge potentialfor adulteration with any cheapsubstance adding on the profit.

3. To the bar boy: The best salary forthe light job and the commissionfrom producers besides ample scopefor manipulation in quality and

The Wonderful Liquid Called Alcohol By EYETTYquantity of the alcohol servedleading to huge profit.

4. To the government: Huge tax andeasy to mobilize it without muchobjection from the opposition.

5. To the politician: Major source ofillegal money for all activitiesincluding for fighting election.

6. To the corrupt men - Vast Majorityof People: Easy way to bribe andinfluence people with power.

7. To the hospital and doctor: Manydiseases are caused by excessconsumption of alcohol eitherdirectly or indirectly thereby thepatient population increases.

8. To the automobile industry: Manyaccidents and vehicles aredestroyed. necessitating replace-ment or major repair.

9. To the pharmaceutical company:Many drugs are required for thetreatment of diseases occurring dueto consumption of alcohol.

10. To the medical instrumentmanufacturers: Many expensive

instruments and consumables areused up for management of alcoholrelated diseases and accidents.

1l. To the laborers: Employrnent atproduction, transportation, distri-bution and supervision by thegovernment,etc. All jobs arelucrative with high pay and abundantscope for bribe.

l2. To the coffin makers: Ultimatelyafter all these expensive treatmentthe person dies early and manycoffins are sold like hot cake.

13. And finally to the drunkard: Allreligions say those who help othersget Heaven. The drunkard helpedsuch a lot of people so he getsHeaven very fast.

So majority of citizens of God’s owncountry will surely and quickly reachHeaven!Three cheers to alcohol and all cheersto spirits!

Dr R.R.VARMA PENSOF PATIENTS AND PATIENCE

It’s not fair! Our patients have allthe advantages. They can consult thedoctor of their choice; they can changedoctors according to their whims andfancies. But we doctors don’t have theluxury of choosing our patients! If itwere up to me, I know the type of personI would like to have as my patient. Itwould be someone who gazed at mewith open admiration, listened to mywords with rapt attention, and left myconsultation room with the words,“Doctor, you are wonderful! I willrecommend you to all my friends.” Alas,this sort of thing only happens in themovie world (the reel world, so as tosay), when Shahrukh Khan or SanjayDutt are playing the good doctor, neverin the real world. Our patients come indifferent hues and sizes. For the purposeof convenience, I usually categorize

them into the following subtypes,regardless of what their professions arein actual life.

There is the college professor, whospends his leisure hours devouring‘Nammude Arogyam’ and other healthmagazines, and is consequently underthe illusion that he knows more aboutthe subject than we do.(Do you reallythink I should take that medicine,Doctor? There was an article in theReaders Digest saying that it couldcause sleep loss.)

Another category is the lawyer,who is so used to cross examining hiswitnesses in court that he finds itdifficult to accept our words at facevalue. (Are you sure I haveconjunctivitis? I was perfectly all righttill that grain of sand fell into my eye.And how is it that only one eye isaffected? Doesn’t conjunctivitis affectboth the eyes?)

There are the politicians, an egoisticgroup of people who believe that theworld was created exclusively for them.(My appointment was at nine o’ clock.I demand to know why I was forced towait till nine fifteen to see the Doctor.)

There is the socialist, who is on theconstant quest for equality and justicefor the common man. (Look here,Doctor, I paid fifteen thousand bucksfor my surgery while that man only paidfive thousand. How is it that he can readthe last line of the vision chart when Ican’t?)

But the category I fear most is theevangelist, who goes from hospital tohospital spreading good cheer. Theseare the people who were perfectly allright till the Doctor put his hands onthem, who now suffer from so manyaches and pains that it’s a miracle theyare still alive, and who predict dire

DR.MERCY MATHEW D.O.M.S-K.M.C,Mangalore[1994-1996]. WORKED AT-Medical College,Kottayam, Mandiram Hospital, Kottayam, ChettipuzhaHospital,Changanacherry, Taluk Hospital, Changanacherry. HUSBAND-Dr.Mathew Chooracken, E.N.T. Specialist,District Hospital Kottayam.CHILDREN. Dr.Mrs.Nisha Shelly, B.D.S, Mrs. Nima Deepu, B.Tech,Neha.C.Mathew , completed +2

Dr Shivanand was a seniorophthalmologist who also ran a generalhospital at Pandirankav 10km fromCalicut city. He was loved by hispatients because he used to do lot ofcharity for the poor.

W E S I N C E R E LY P R AY F O R T H E I R S O U L S T O R E S T I N P E A C E .

Dr Prabhakaran was a Profes-sor of Ophthalmology and agreat teacher with immenseteaching abilities.

KSOS CONDOLES

OSKReports of meetings of Ophthalmic Society of Kannur27th March 2010Guest speaker – Dr.NSD Raju vice president AIOS. Dr.JayanThomas congratulated Dr.NSD Raju for being elected asthe vice president of AIOS. Dr.Raju congratulated OSK forsuccessfully conducting Drishti 2009. He said it was one ofthe best ever annual conference conducted for KSOS. Hegave a talk on Intraocular Lenses. Dr.Sreeni Edakhlonhanded over a cheque for Rs 2,35,000 as contribution toKSOS from Drishti 2009 to Dr.BV Bhat.April 23rd 2010Guest speaker – Dr.Gopal S Pillai, chief vitreoretina servicesAIMS Kochi. Dr.Gopal S Pillai gave a few exciting andinteresting case presentations. The first was on Anti VEGFtherapy – Indications, uses and abuses. Then he showed anaward winning video on 25G vitrectomy. The last talk wason posterior segment complications of cataract surgery. Allpresentations were well appreciated by the members and thegeneral opinion was that it was the best ever presentationmade at OSK meetingMay 28th 2010Speaker – Dr.Binu Nambiar, of Vasan Eye Care hospitalKannur. He gave a talk on glaucoma drainage devices. Thetalk was followed by an active discussion.

Report by Dr Sreeni Edakhlon

Kozhikode Ophthalmic SocietyThe bi monthly general body and clinical meeting ofKozhikode ophthalmic society was held on 18-07-2010 atHotel Hyson .The meeting was preceded by offeringcondolen ce to two of our senior members Dr Prabhakaranand Dr Shivanandan who left us once for all for theirheavenly abode.Dr Prabhakaran was a Professor of Ophthalmology and agreat teacher with immense teaching abilities. Dr Shivanandwas a senior ophthalmologist who also ran a general hospitalat Pandirankav 10km from Calicut city he was loved by hispatients because he used to do lot of charity for the poor.We sincerely pray for their souls to rest in peace. The generalbody meeting was followed by a clinical talk on postoperative inflammation by Dr Koushalram from Coimboture.40 members of the society attended the meeting. The meetingwas followed by dinner also.The next general body,clinical meeting and onam celebrationof kozhikode ophthtalmic socity was conducted on 28-08-2010 at Hotel Hyson. Dr Adithya neog of ShankaraNetralaya,Banglore spoke about medical treatment andimaging technique in glaucoma it was followed by a clinicaldiscussion. All member took active part .Onam was celebratedin gaiety and splendor. Songs ,dance and games for the childrenof member were in plenty. The celebration came to an endwith a grand gala dinner .A total of 75 people participated.

Dr Chandrakanth.K.S., Kozhikode ophthalmic society

Thrissur Academy of Ophthalmology TACOMay 2010In community ophthalmology a total of 32 eye camps wereconducted by District Hospital, Ahalia Eye Hospital, JMMC,Amala, Thrissur Eye and Diabetic Centre, I vision Hospital,Manavaseva and NECC Irinjalakuda. A total of 4818 patientswere examined and 485 patients underwent cataract surgery.JUNE 2010The monthly scientific meeting was held on 18.6.2010 atHotel Casino. Dr David Pudukkadan spoke on Principlesand Various Techniques of Corneal Suturing. DrZainulabideen spoke on Keratoconus and various treatmentoptions including corneal collagen cross linking. Dr Guruduttspoke on Preservative Free Topical Ocular Preparations.In community ophthalmology a total of 17 camps wereconducted by different hospitals and a total of 1450 patientswere screened and 390 patients had cataract surgery.JULY 2010The monthly scientific meeting was held at Hotel PearlRegency on 17.7.2010. Dr Gopal Pillai spoke on RecentTrends in the Diagnosis and Management of RetinalDisorders. There was also a video presentation comparingsutureless small gauge vitrectomy versus 25 gaugevitrectomy with sutures.

Report Prepared by Dr Roland Godly , Secretary TACO.NAYANAM 2010Nayanam 2010’, CME on cornea was conducted by NethraEye Care Centre, Irinjalakuda in association with TACO andKSOS on 29 August 2010. Dr. Giridhar, the president electof KSOS inaugurated the function..The CME coveredvarious aspects of corneal diseases and its management.Apart from the KSOS speakers, the highlights of the CMEwere Dr. Prashant Garg from L V Prasad Eye Institute,Hyderabad and Dr. Bhaskar Sreenivasan from Sankarnethralaya Chennai. Dr. K R Vijayan was honored for hisdedicated work in community ophthalmology.

COCReport of the Cochin Ophthalmic Club: June 2010The Cochin Ophthalmic Club had its monthly meeting onthe 17th of June. The programme was held at the Saj EarthResort. This was a session on ‘Operation Theatre Asepsis’and ‘Infection Control’. Dr. Amish I. Patel (Ahmedabad)and Dr. M.S. Ravindra (Bengaluru) delivered a couple ofhighly informative lectures on the topic. The meeting waschaired by Dr. S. Sasikumar. 44 members attended. Dr.Sony George, Chairman, Scientific Committee, COC gavean update on the programme of ‘August Ophthalmica -2010’.Drishti 2010. Dr. Saikumar S.J. and his team are gettingready to host an excellent academic feast at Cochin. Thescientific programme has been charted out.

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consequences for anybody who isfoolhardy enough to continue histreatment at this particular hospital. Putone of these people into a crowdeddoctor’s waiting room, and you will besurprised at the speed at which itempties! I have evolved my ownstrategy for dealing with these people.My security guard at the gate messagesan S.O.S.and my P.R. team swingsimmediately into action .The lady (it’salways a female) is quickly ushered intoa side room. “Ammachy, how nice tosee you. Why don’t you have a cup oftea?” The patient is shown into thedoctor’s consultation room through aback door, and is just as discretelyshown out without coming into contactwith any other patients.

I was rather proud of mymanagement skills till the other day,when I was accosted in the hospitalcorridor by another of my patients, a die-hard socialist. “Doctor, it’s really toobad the way you play favorites with yourpatients. I’ll have you know I paid goodmoney like everyone else.” Well, we’lljust have to find our own way to dealwith these patients. What with MedicalColleges all over the country givingbirth to specialists and super specialistsat an alarming rate, we simply cannotafford to be too choosy about whom wetreat. My own motto is “If you want tokeep your patients, try not to lose yourpatience.”

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE!A few days ago, I was examining a

young patient when his mother spokeup, “Oh, Doctor, could you use the

English Chart? My son doesn’t knowhow to read Malayalam.” Perfectlyunderstandable if the boy had beenstudying abroad. But for a child bornand brought up in Kottayam? And ithappens all the time. I am constantlysurprised by the number of youngsterswho claim that they do not know howto read or write their mother tongue.Stranger still, none of them are the leastembarrassed to admit it. I wonderwhether it is a fashion statement of thetimes, like wearing designer clothesmaybe?

A typical example of thishypocrisy can be seen in our TVanchors; all those smiling, simpering,sweet –seventeen something whoinsist on talking in ‘Manglish’, acurious mixture of Malayalam spokenin a phony accent, liberally laced withEnglish in an even phonier accent. Butto do the Malayali justice, he showsno special bias towards the Englishlanguage either .He treats it with thesame disrespect he accords to mostother things in life.

A long time back while I was still akid, there was a bakery in our townerroneously named ‘Anus Bakery.’Perhaps the apostrophe between the uand the s had rubbed off, or perhapsthe proprietor felt that a small commawas not worth wasting his paint on:either way, the result was disastrous! Iremember surreptitiously avoiding thisshop and making all my purchasesfrom a bakery down town, for whoknew what they sold there?

Likewise, a vegetable shop near myhouse proudly displays these exotic

sounding items along with its usual fare:Leaks- 12Rs. Bunch, Green Chills- 40Rs./ kg, Peace- 30Rs/kg

I’m not sure about the first two, butI thought the third item was pretty cheapfor the price! If you think that we Indiansare the only people who botch upEnglish, rest assured! The Englishlanguage has been assaulted so manytimes and in so many ways by so manypeople around the world that it is amiracle that it is still alive. Here aresome true signposts from the world overto prove my point.

In a Paris hotel: Please leave yourvalues on the front desk.

Outside a Hong-Kong tailoringshop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Mexican Hotel: The managerhas personally passed all the waterserved here.

In a Norwegian cocktail bar: Ladiesare requested not to have children in thebar.

Actually, it is not surprising that weforeigners find English such a difficultlanguage to master. Honestly speaking,English is a crazy language! I mean, inwhat other language in the world wouldyou find noses that run and feet thatsmell? How can slim chance and fatchance mean the same thing while wiseguy and wise man mean somethingentirely different? When a house burnsup, it burns down; you fill in a form byfilling it out; an alarm clock goes off bygoing on; when I wind up my watch Istart it, but when I wind up my words, Iend them.

Dr Arup Chakrabarti was the Chief Instructor inan Instruction Course titled “Advanced BiaxialMicrophaco and Coaxial Phaco /MicrophacoTechniques in Challenging (White and Suprahard)Cataracts: A Video Course” at the WorldOphthalmology Congress (WOC) held at Berlin from5th June to 9th June.

He also participated as a speaker in theprogramme titled Ophthalmic Premier Leagueconducted for the first time in an internationalmeeting.

DDDDDrrrrr ARARARARARUP CHAKRABUP CHAKRABUP CHAKRABUP CHAKRABUP CHAKRABARARARARARTITITITITIin BERLINin BERLINin BERLINin BERLINin BERLIN

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Community ProgrammesThe various member hospitals of the COC conductedcommunity programmes. A total of 28 camps were conductedduring this period, and 4524 patients were examined in thesecamps and 514 were taken for cataract surgery . Little FlowerHospital, Angamaly, Little Flower Hospital Annexe,Koonammavu, Dr. Tony’s Eye Institute, Aluva, GiridharEye Institute, Cochin, Aditya Eye Hospital, Thrikkakkara,‘Sight Restoration India’ and Amrita Institute of MedicalSciences, Cochin organised these camps.Eye Bank.The Little Flower Hospital Eye Bank collected88 corneas, 13 were transplanted, 49 were sent to otherhospitals.Report of the Cochin Ophthalmic Club: July 2010The Cochin Ophthalmic Club had its monthly meeting on the15th of July, 2010 at the Hotel Gateway Residency, MarineDrive, Cochin. The lecture was on ‘Compliance in themanagement of Glaucoma’. Dr. B. Shantha, Deputy Director,Glaucoma Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, was the guestspeaker. This was followed by a lively discussion. The meetingwas chaired by Dr. Revati Ramesh. 55 members attended.Drishti 2010. The preparations for Drishti are well accordingto schedule. Dr. Saikumar S.J. and his team are getting readyto host an excellent academic feast at Cochin.Community Programmes The various member hospitalsof the COC conducted community programmes. A total of45 camps were conducted during this period, and 7353patients were examined in these camps and 566 weresubjected to cataract surgery at respective hospitals. LittleFlower Hospital, Angamaly, Little Flower Hospital Annexe,Koonammavu, Dr. Tony’s Eye Institute, Aluva, GiridharEye Institute, Cochin, Aditya Eye Hospital, Thrikkakkara,Chaitanya Hospital, Cochin, Dharmagiri Hospital,Kothamangalam, MOSC Medical College Hospital,Kolencherry, The ‘Sight Restoration India’ clinic atMattancherry, and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,Cochin organised these camps.School Screening Programmes. The Dharmagiri Hospital,Kothamangalam and the MOSC Medical College,Kolencherry conducted one school screening programmeeach, 360 students were screened in all.Eye Bank. The Little Flower Hospital Eye Bank collected126 corneas, 13 were transplanted, 57 were sent to otherhospitals.“August Ophthalmica”‘August Ophthalmica’, the annual CME programme of theCochin Ophthalmic Club was held on the 8th of August, 2010at the IMA House, Cochin. The theme of the symposiumwas ‘Ocular Trauma’. The CME was inaugurated by theAIOS Vice President, Dr. N.S.D. Raju, at a function presidedby the COC President, Dr. A. Giridhar. The ‘Prof. T.Gopinatha Menon Memorial Oration award’ was presentedto Padmashree Dr. A.K. Grover, the President Elect of AIOS.Dr. Grover delivered the oration on ‘Management of eyelid,lacrimal and orbital trauma’. This was a highly illustrative

and informative lecture, which held the audience spell boundfor 30 minutes. The other guest faculties were Dr. A.S.Guruprasad (Hubli), Dr. Usha Vasu (Bengaluru) and Dr.Geeta Iyer (Chennai). The KSOS faculty included Dr. K.V.Raju (Kozhikode), Dr. Manoj S., Dr. Sunil M.S., Dr. ThomasGeorge (Thiruvananthapuram) and Dr. Rajesh P.(Perinthalmanna). Dr. Natasha R., Dr. Aneeta Jabbar, Dr.Komal Deep Bedi, Dr. Saikumar S.J. and Dr. ThomasCherian constituted the COC faculty. All aspects of oculartrauma, including evaluation, diagnosis and managementwere discussed. All sessions had good discussion. The CMEwas attended by 200 delegates.Report prepared by Dr. Thomas Cherian, Secretary, COC.

Kottayam Ophthalmic Society(KOS)The36th meeting of KOS and felicitation to Dr. NSD -May 5th 2010 at Hotel Arcadia, KottayamDr. Georgekutty K.E -President KOS welcomed thegathering. Dr.NSD Raju the president elect -AIOS was ourchief guest. Dr KC Baby introduced Dr Raju to thegathering. Dr.Thomas Zacharias and Dr.Elizabeth John Moffered felicitations. A memento was presented to Dr. Rajuby senior member Dr Zacharias Thomas on behalf of KOS.Dr. Raju in his replay speech thanked the gathering and urgedthe members of KOS who are still not the members of AIOSto join the national society. In the scientific session Dr BijuRaju of Renjini Eye care Ernakulam spoke on Micro incisionvitrectomy procedures. He elaborately discussed thetechniques involved in the procedure, merits and indicationsDr. Shane Mathew of Vasan eye care then spoke on the basicsof OCT and its applications. Dr Liya Baby of MCHKottayam presented a case of Sympathetic ophthalmitis .Dr. Alex Baby joint secretary KOS thanked the gathering.Condolence meeting- July 4thAn extra ordinary General body meeting of KOS was held atthe lecture hall of OPH department- MCH Kottayam on 4th

of July 2010 afternoon to condole the sad and tragic demiseof Dr Mercy Mathew. The meeting started with a silent prayer.Dr George Kutty welcomed the gathering and invited themembers present to share their thoughts on Dr.Mercy Mathew.Dr, Shobana Mohandas , Dr Elizabeth John, Dr, KC Baby,Dr S.Sheshadrinathan, and Dr Annamma James spoke onthe occasion. Dr. Alex Baby joint secretary KOS read out aCondolence resolution, and was passed by the society.37TH Meeting of KOS - August 1.KOS met for the 37th time at hotel Arcadia on 1st of August.The meeting started with a condolence note by Dr GeorgeKutty - President KOS on the sad demise of Dr MercyMathew . The Scientific session was on Cornea andRefractive surgery. Dr Freddy T Simon (Tony’s Eye instituteAluva) Spoke on i Lasik . Dr. Deepa Paulose(Tony’s Eyeinstitute Aluva) spoke on the basics of contact lensfitting.(Soft contact lens, RGP, Rose k lenses). Dr RoshiniKR of MCH Kottayam spoke on the subject- Antifungal inOphthalmology. In the meeting, Dr Joseph Francis wasselected as the new secretary of KOS 2010-2011.