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Welcome to the official Website of Society
for Emergency Medicine, India (SEMI) |
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Presidents
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INTEM
2010, the 12th International Conference on Emergency Medicine
of SEMI (Society for Emergency Medicine, India) is just
one month away. And it is going to be held in Ahmedabad
and not in Goa or Mangalore as it was earlier announced.
The dates however remain the same – 10th to 14th
of November 2010.
If you are wondering why so late an announcement, it is
due to organizational glitches that were beyond SEMI’s
control.
SEMI turned to Lifeline Foundation, the pioneers of Highway
EMS in India to host the Conference at Ahmedabad. Lifeline
had successfully claimed its stake to host EMCON 2011
(at the AGM of SEMI last November).
Given that they were in preparatory mode for the event
in 2011 and that they had recently hosted MoVACon (the
1st International Conference on Motor Vehicle Accident)
in Ahmedabad, Lifeline seemed to be a natural choice left
with SEMI’s executive council.
Lifeline took up the gauntlet; it has to be appreciated
that Lifeline understood the significance of INTEM &
accepted to host the Conference. This is so because the
momentum gained by MCI approving EM as a MD specialty
would be lost if the conference is not held in regular
continuity.
Despite the short time, Lifeline has taken it upon themselves
to make sure that logistics are in place and will, as
assured to SEMI, “not leave any stone unturned to
make the meet a success”.
As the President of SEMI, I feel proud that in agreeing
to host INTEM in Ahmedabad, Lifeline has proved how deeply
entrenched EM is in India and how significant is SEMI’s
contribution towards EM. At the same time, it is my request
to all of you, in EM and out of it but associated with
it to make it a point to be in Ahmedabad.
INTEM 2010 also assumes significance because this is the
1st INTEM, where the focus is on “India and South
Asia”. This is our chance to stand tall. A scientific
committee co-ordinated by Dr. Tamorish Kole of Max Hospital
is already working overtime to bridge the lack of time
to put up a good scientific program. This is an INTEM
to watch out for and attend since this is our first attempt
to “have an EM as relevant to India and not to be
a copy and paste from the West”.
See you in Ahmedabad from the 10th to 14th of November
2010. Dr. S.K Nanda, IAS, the Organising Chairman and
Dr. Subroto Das, CEO of Lifeline Foundation and the organising
secretary are there to welcome you. |
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Sincerely,
Dr.S.Sasikumar
M.D (Emergency Medicine)
President,
SEMI,
Associate
Professor,
Dept.
of Emergency Medicine,
Saveetha
Medical College Hospital,
Thandalam,
Sriperumbudur,
Kanchipuram
Dist. - 602 105. Home |
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