The President's Inaugural Address during ISACON 2012, on 28 ^th December 2012 at Indore

Abstract

Dear Members, On behalf of all the Governing Council Members of ISA, I express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for electing me as President, Dr. Sahu as Vice-President, Dr. Bhimeshwar as Hon. Secretary, Dr. Murlidhar Joshi as Treasurer, Dr. Shakil Momin, Dr. Bande and Dr. Venkatagiri as Governing Council members. I recall the support and active participation in managing the office by the candidates who were not inducted in GC this time. I recognise that they are also representing quite a good number of you. The installation of the new office has started with some unprecedented events. A writ was filed against the election process. At Tuticorin our beloved colleague Dr. Sethulakshmi was assassinated brutally at her clinic. The branches of ISA including the National Head Quarters had reacted nationwide to condemn her killing. We have to devise ways to prevent such things from recurring in future. I look forward to your valued opinion regarding the same. My view in this matter is that, take a moment to realize and feel proud of being anaesthesiologists. Be social in every sphere of life. Share your knowledge, experiences with your friends from other fraternity and varied cross section of people. Try to educate that we are sailing through life and death. We can land up any moment in either side. This may be the only solution in safeguarding our practice. You are aware that the tenure of the Presidential position is only for 1 year. So, time is very limited. If I promise a lot, it will definitely be a futile exercise. I have an advantage that I worked as Honorary Secretary and continued in GC. The main objectives declared during my tenure as Vision 2020 Document is active for ongoing implementation. I would like to thank you again for accepting the changes in our memorandum of association in AGBM 2011. My long pending dream since 2006 comes true with this initiative. Now ISA GC will be represented even more with a nationalized feeling. It is a common feeling that ISA HQ is not communicating with you as much as it should do. I can really assure that this is not the true picture. The two active offices, HQ and IJA are very much duty bound. The office sends you ID Cards, Newsletter etc. IJA is posted regularly to eligible members in proper time. But from my past and very recent experiences, most of the items are returned by the postal authority marked as ‘addressee not known or addressee left’. Even the e-mails bounce. The SMS transmission is restricted. We really have no solution in this matter. The national on line voting proposed and passed during my tenure as Honoray Secretary got stalled because of the lacuna in our database which is the foundation of our society. I am continuing my requests to please update your details with your valid operational E-Mail ID to our HQ. The best option is to log on to our website www.isaweb.in If you are not net savvy, please do not hesitate to take help from your versed family member. Six years, since this process is in place, is enough time for updating the details. Some day, we have to implement a national voting pattern. The only option will remain to split the database to active and non-active members. I look forward to your suggestions on this matter too. The final support I need from you for a one point target in introducing anaesthesiology as an examining subject in MBBS. The process was initiated long back. But we failed to achieve the desired outcome yet. I request you to send feedback, resources and deployable contacts with appropriate authorities. I assure you that your services will be recognised by our highly academic body. Long Live ISA.