Jan march 2015 saigenesis

Vol. 5 Issue – 1: January - March 2015

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Contents

1. Message from Dean’s Desk 2. Editorial 3. Science sense 4. Do You Know 5. Campus Events 6. Popcorn 7. Editorial Board

Disclaimer: The views expressed by the Authors in the Articles published in “Saigenesis” are their Own. The Editorial Board is in no way responsible for any liability arising out of the contents/Text of this Publication.

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MESSAGE FROM DEAN’S DESK The year 2015 seems to be fully loaded with lot of academic as well as extracurricular activities inspections etc.

It is heartening to know that a team led by Dr Thendral Assoc. Prof. of Psychatry, our Pre final year students Sathish & Darshan won third prize in National level Quiz competition In Psychiatry held at Hyderabad on 10th Jan 2015.

As usual we have good number of Research Publications by the Dept. of Community Medicine and and Dr Saurabh & Dr Kalaivani, Asst. Professors of Community Medicine were awarded with certificates for their publications with high index factors. There are also some books published by Dr. Saurabh in this period.

There were several Health days celebratd in our institution like Word Tuberculosis day, World Cancer Day, World Asthma Day, etc. with active participation of the departments of TB & Chest Diseases & general Medicine.

Dr.Wils Sheila Professor of OBG won Dr.C.S.Diwan best paper award and FOGSI prize.

As per the directions of our University the students were divided as Houses of pleasant Colours and sports and cultural competitions were conducted accordingly. The sports meet was organized under the supervision of Dr Balaji R. HOD. of Biochemistry & and Dr Swyam Jothi HOD of Anatomy.

This issue is meant to high light al these happenings of SSSMCI and I congratulate the Editorial Team for bringing out this issue nicely.

Dr J Mohanasundaram Dean 3

EDITORIAL

The Modern Age The present day Human society of ours tides across an unprecedented timeline wherein it is faced with very many diseases and ailments never witnessed before, it is easy to comprehend that most of the modern diseases are actually centered around the realms related to the functioning of the human brain which is a key organ of decide the level of reactivity due to events that surrounds the organism. Stress, it’s related various coping mechanisms and the recovery processes related to it assume paramount arenas for immediate understanding for healthy living.

The brain systems related to the above discussion permeates across the hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex which together regulates the physiological and behavioral processes tagged to stress. Nature has designed them to be beneficial and adaptive in the short-term but they themselves become maladaptive when they extend as long-term events.

The bidirectional pattern of communication which exists between the brain and the autonomic, cardiovascular, and immune systems exists via the neural and endocrine mechanisms. Incorporating the ideas of healthy diet and lifestyle to the student community would promote cognitive functioning and health.

Medical education including teaching about the impact of chronic stress on precipitating and exacerbating depression and its relation to disruption of neuroplasticity is the need of the hour as the greater appreciation of the convergence of mechanisms between stress, depression, and neuroplasticity is much needed. The identification of novel targets for more efficacious treatments of psychosomatic illnesses must be an aim for the curriculum designers of the modern world.

Editorial Board

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SCIENCE SENSE

BIOCHIPS

Technological advances have affected all aspects of modern day life and continue to offer exceptional benefits that were once considered unrealistic. In this line comes the, Biochip technology. Have you ever wondered what a biochip is? What can a biochip do?

A biochip is much like a computer chip but instead of performing a multitude of mathematical operations per second, it performs biological reactions such as decoding genes and finding contaminations. These biochips look like the integrated circuits in a personal computer, but instead of containing tiny semiconductors, they are loaded with bits of actual DNA that make up genes or fragments of genes. Inserted in a PC-size analytical instrument, the chips allow scientists to perform thousands of biochemical experiments at a fraction of the cost and time required for traditional tests. This is a basic tool for change in the laboratories.

Biochips will bring genomics, the study of all the genes in a living organism, out of the research laboratory and into the daily practice of medicine. Health care will shift its focus on detection and treatment to a process of prediction and prevention. The initial market for the biochips has been in drug discovery and the major customers have been the large drug companies.

By analyzing the subtle changes that occur in genes when a cell becomes cancerous or is infiltrated by a virus, scientists at these companies search for new molecular targets for drugs. This needle-in-a-haystack process could take many years using test tubes and petri dishes but is accelerated a thousand fold by biochip technology.

Sophisticated genetic analysis could be performed at the individual level, making possible early prediction or detection of disease, more accurate diagnosis and customized therapy. Biochips are important to facilitate the development of personalized medicine.

In conclusion, with products already on the market, biochips are likely to have an increasing impact on genetic diagnostics, drug discovery and basic research applications. These advances promise to transform genetic diagnostics. These advances promise to transform genetic diagnostics and drug screening because of their reproducibility, low cost and speed.

VIGNESH.S Genezens’ 14

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CAMPUS EVENTS Scientific Presentations:

Six of the faculty projects, of the department of Microbiology, funded by TB Association of India were selected for Oral and poster Presentation in NATCON Mumbai 2014.

1. TB Diagnosis: Early detection of TB infection in clinical samples- Dr. Karthika Jayakumar.

2. Screening of DM patients for active pulmonary tuberculosis- Dr. Krishnappa 3. Comparison of IGRA: T Spot TB assay, quantiferon TB Gold test & tuberculin skin test for the evalution of young children at high risk for TB- Dr. Dinesh 4. Comparison of clinical, laboratory & radiological imaging in assessing the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among adults in rural Kancheepuram- Mr. Sunil.

5. Air borne infection control bacterrial and fungal yields of air samples in hospital environmentMs. Anitha.

6. Rapid detection of multidrug resistance tuberculosis by simple culture methods- Ms. Divya

PUBLICATIONS: Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Exploring the impact of migration on dimensions of health: Global overview. International Journal of Health System and Disaster Management. 2015;3(1):45-46.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Public health strategies to increase the average global life expectancy. International Journal of Health System and Disaster Management. 2015;3(1):46-47.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Arun Ghorpade, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava. Prevalence and epidemiological determinants of obesity in rural Pondicherry, India - A community based crosssectional study. Al-Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences. 2015;8(1):3-10.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy.

Formulating a comprehensive public health strategy for the prevention and control of stomach cancer. Journal of Medicine in the Tropics. 2015;17(1):46-47.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Utilization of appropriate technology in public health in developing countries. Journal of Medicine in the Tropics. 2015;17(1):47-48.

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Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy.

Application of qualitative research methods in heterogeneous domains of public health: An overview. Indian Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;7(2):118-120.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Assessing the contribution of dietary factors in breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal.

2015;4(1):1-5.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Profile of inmates of a special school for the mentally ill and disabled in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: An institution based cross-sectional study. CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research.

2015;2(1):51-56.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. A comprehensive approach to reduce sickness absenteeism. Journal of Injury and Violence Research.

2015;7(1):43-44.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Exploring the importance of incubation period in epidemiology of infectious diseases. MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;2(2):69-71.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Utility of epidemic curve in public health: An epidemiologist’s perspective. Singularitas. 2015;1(1):62-67.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Public health measures to combat the menace of drug abuse. Primary Health Care: Open Access.

2014;4(2):110.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. A community-targeted and scientifically formulated approach to remould health behaviour: Behaviour Change Communication. Primary Health Care: Open Access. 2014;4(2):112.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Exploring the importance of informed consent and ethics committee in clinical research. Global Journal of Advanced Research. 2015;2(1):38-40.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Strategies to reduce the magnitude of avoidable blindness in developing nations. Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology. 2014;6(2):70.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. A systematic review to explore the scope of interventions to minimize the incidence of congenital anomalies. Primary Health Care: Open Access. 2014;4(3):164.

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Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Utility of community-based rehabilitation in developing countries. Applied Medical Research. 2015;1(1):3031.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy.

Formulating evidence-based public health policies: A guide to Policy Makers. International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015;6(1):4.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Scope of community-based health promotion in health conditions. Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. 2015;20(1):112-113.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Negating the impact of radiation in development of cancers. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing.

2015;2(1):52-53 Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Public health strategies to fasten the achievement of the millennium development goal - 4A related to under-five mortality. Journal of Contemporary Medicine. 2015;5(1):67-70.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy.

Mainstreaming of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy with the health care delivery system in India. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine. 2015;5(2):116118.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Ebola disease: An international public health emergency. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease.

2015;5(4):253-262.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Why my manuscript was rejected? What next? Primary Health Care: Open Access. 2014;4(4):113.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Lessons learnt from the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.

2015;20(1):107-108.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Exploring the scope of community-based rehabilitation in ensuring the holistic development of differentlyabled people. African Health Sciences. 2015;15(1):278-280.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Scope of ergonomics in ensuring improvement of the health sector. Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences. 2015;4(1):62-63.

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Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Informed consent in clinical research. CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research. 2015;2(2):183-185.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Public health interventions to stabilize the asymmetrical sex ratio in India. Biology and Medicine (Aligarh).

2015;7(2):e115.

Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani, Raja Danasekaran, Jegadeesh Ramasamy. Waist circumference: A key tool for action against central obesity. Journal of Comprehensive Health. 2015;3(1):93-96.

Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani, Raja Danasekaran. Road map to organ donation in Tamil Nadu: An excellent model for India. International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015;6(1):21.

Kalaivani Annadurai, Raja Danasekaran, Geetha Mani. Global eradication of guinea worm disease: Toward a newer milestone. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2014;19(12):1207-1208.

Raja Danasekaran, Geetha Mani, Kalaivani Annadurai. Averting drug diversion in healthcare settings. Al-Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences. 2015;8(1):86-87.

Raja Danasekaran, Vinoth R. A study on relation between BMI and hypertension among adolescents in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Applied Research. 2015;1(2):8-12.

Raja Danasekaran, Kalaivani Annadurai, Geetha Mani. National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme: Current Updates. Journal of Comprehensive Health. 2015;3(1):9-16.

Geetha Mani, Kalaivani Annadurai, Raja Danasekaran. Application of Indian Diabetic Risk Score in screening of an undiagnosed rural population of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu-A crosssectional survey. MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;2(2):81-83.

Geetha Mani, Kalaivani Annadurai, Raja Danasekaran. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out of hospital cardiac arrest: need of the hour. African Health Sciences. 2015;15(1):307-309.

Wills Sheela. Familiar Pathogen In An Unfamiliar Site. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2015;5(2 ).

Karthika Jayakumar, Gindhusha, Mridushana, Sridhar and Sunil Kumar Jada. Epidemiological Survey of Skin Flora in Hospitalised Patient in a Tertiary Care Center, International Journal of IT, Engineering and Applied Sciences Research (IJIEASR), February 2015;4(2).

Karthika jayakumar, Willis sheela, Sudhanthira Devi and Sunil Kumar Jada. Familiar pathogen in an unfamiliar site, Indian Journal of Applied Research, Feb 2015; 5(2).

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Karthika jayakumar, Keerthana, Divya.G et al., The aerobic bacterial profile of high vaginal swabin suburban Chennai. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences. 2015; 4(4): 2042-2046.

Karthika Jayakumar, Jenoffia, and Divya G.Isolation and Characterisation of Rare Gram Positive Cocci in Clinical Samples by Simple, Cost-effective, Reproducible Technique. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 2015; 6(2): 313-318.

J Mowna, Dinesh Kaliyamoorthi. Mycological spectrum in sputum samples of pulmonary tuberculosis attending TB clinic - International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development. 2015; 2(2): 487-490.

M. Anitha et al., effect of least concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) against air borne fungi, IJSRD. March 2015;3(1).

Divya.G, et al., Detection of the Most Effective Disinfectant against MDR Bacteria in Hospital Infections. International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences. 2015; 4(4): 1989-1999.

Swayam Jothi.S, Eswari.AK, Hemanathan, G,Sujatha N. Interfamilial and intrafamilial polycystic kidney disease. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. Jan.2015;14(1):14-16.

Cystic diseases of the organs Sathialakshmi.V, Swayam Jothi.S , Saroja Sundararajulu.,Kafeel Hussain A.Sree Lekha .D. Rajeswara Rao .N. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. Jan 2015;10(1):13-16 Polycystic kidney – A cadaveric study Eswari.AK, Swayam Jothi ,S, Sathialakshmi.V , Hemanth Kommuru, Sai Sucheethra.D. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. Jan 2015;14(1):16-18 Limb anomalies Sundararajan.T , Swayam Jothi S, Balasubramanian.B , Eswari AK, Grandhi Ashok, SujathaN. Hemanth Kommuru. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. Jan 2015;14(1):1923 Yugesh . K , Swayam Jothi .S, Ranganathan.K , Ch. N.V. Bharath, Kafeel Hussain A, Appa Rao, Sujatha N, Hemanth Kommuru. Differences in the microscopic appearance of thymus of male and female pig Journal of Medical Science & Technology., 2015;4(1):26.

Morphological variations of thyroid gland., Kafeel Hussain A, Sujatha N , Hemanth Kommuru , Bhavani Prasad, Swayam jothi ,IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences Mar 2015;14(1): P1.

Dr. Harshavardhan B, Dr. Anandapadmanabhan J, Dr. Himabindu T, Dr. Gurubharath I, Dr. Arul Yagappa, Dr. Subramanian V., Transposition of IVC (Left sided IVC), European Society of Radiology.2014,DOI: 10.1594/EURORAD/CASE 11846. www.eurorad.org.

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L.Mohana Rupa, K.Mohan et al., Portulaca oleracea inhibit vincristine induced peripheral neuropathy; involvement of ATP- sensitive K+ Channels. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2014;l 3: 474-478.

Dinesh Kaliyamoorthy, Sridhar Govindaswamy, Jamal Mohammad. Septic arthritis due to beta haemolytic streptococci in a type 2 diabetic mellitus patient- case report. International Journal Of Multidisciplinary Research And Development. 2014:1(6); 4-6.

Dr. Will Sheela . Hemoperitonium: a diagnostic dilemma. A solid ovarian tumour mimicking ruptured ectopic pregnancy. International journal of reproduction, contraception, OBG 14 April 2014.

Dr. Karthika Jayakumar, Dr.Will Sheela et al., Familiar pathogen in an unfamiliar site. Indian Journal of Applied Research. 2015:Vol 5(2).

Santhosh Kumar S., Muthukumaran Jagannathan. From hydrocephalus to hernia. Journal of Health Specialties.2015; 3(1):41-43.

BOOK PUBLICATIONS: Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava. Tuberculosis Control: An Indian Perspective [Chapter 1: Tuberculosis: A Social Disease with Medical Aspects; Chapter 2: Revised National TB Control Program; Chapter 3: Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) Strategy; Chapter 4: Drugresistant TB; Chapter 5: Airborne Infection Control; Chapter 6: Recent Advances in RNTCP]. S M Group Open Access e-books: USA; 2014. p: 1-63.

AWARDS: Dr. Wills Sheela, Department of OBG won Dr. C.S.Dawn prize- Best paper on the official themepremenopausal. For Impact of surgical menopause on quality of life in young women, FOGSI Prize (AICOG). Abstract AICOG 2015. Abstract ID – 79575 and also she was a CHAIRPERSON for session on health care in women on 23.1.2015 (AICOG 2015).

On 28.01.2015 Dr. Swayam Jothi .S , Dr. Sathialakshmi .V from the Department of Anatomy and Dr. Saurabh Shrivastava and Dr. Kalaivani Annadurai, Assistant Professor from the Department of the Community Medicine was felicitated with Certificates of Recognition along with cash award by the Honorable Vice-Chancellor for publishing research articles in journal with impact factor in excess of one at MGMCRI , Puducherry.

Dr. Chitra attended 2 day workshop on research methodology on Jan 21 & 22, 2015 organized by Chettinad Medical College in association with APTCON.

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Dr.Shalini & Mr. Ratchagan participated in the ICMR sponsored workshop on “Bioethics” at JIPMER in Puducherry on Jan 24,2015.

Mr. Ratchagan attended “CME on Gastroenterology diseases on March 28th 2015 at Govt.KAP Viswanathanan Medical College, Trichy.

RARE PRESENTATION OF AN ANOMALOUS UTERUS

a 16 year old girl by name miss “xxx” visited the gynaec OPD along with her father with C/O loss of appetite, loss of weight for the past 2 months duration; with pain and distention of lower abdomen, which was gradually increasing in size for the past 15 days. She gives H/O painful periods since menarche (13 Years). She went to a practitioner with C/O acute lower abdomen. Pain with nausea existing for the past 2 days, when an ultra sonogram pelvis was done. She was diagnosed by USG to have double uterus with double cervix and complex right adnexal mass. She was referred to SSSMC & RI for further management.

This case was presented as a 16 year old unmarried girl who had loss of appetite & loss of weight with lower abdominal mass for the past 2 months with acute pain abdomen for the past 2 days. The USG diagnosis of “complex adnexal mass”, a clinical diagnosis of Malignant ovarian tumor was suspected. She was planned for staging laparatomy (ca 125 value [13.6 unit])

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Intra operative finding - Double uterus with double cervix [uterus didelphys] both horns are same size with healthy tubes & ovary found. On right ovary there was a hemorrhagic corpus luteal cyst 4X3cms was seen. The excision of the right ovarian cyst was done with biopsy of the opposite ovary. Exploration of the whole abdomen done & it was normal. No nodular enlargement, no ascitis was found.

Conclusion: “All that glitters are not gold” - “Abdomen is a wonder for surgeon” This case is presented for the rarity of the case where it was suspected to be a malignant ovarian tumour in an teenage girl. The incidental intra operative finding was uterus didelphys with hemorrhagic corpus luteal cyst, confirmed by histopathology [no: 1421/15] dated 2-9-2015.

Reported by: Dr.M.Mohanambal, Professor, Dept of OBG. Dr.Wills Sheela , Associate professor, Dept of OBG. Dr.Hemanathan, PG, Dept of Pathology.

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CAMPUS EVENTS World Tuberculosis Day Theme for 2015: Reach 3 million – Reach, Treat and Cure Everyone World Tuberculosis Day was observed in the College on 26.03.2015 in order to create awareness among students of the VI & VII semester regarding prevention of tuberculosis. A poster competition was organized and 7 different topics – Prevention of TB; Clinical features of adult & paediatric TB; Diagnosis of TB; Treatment of TB – DOTS; Revised National TB Control Programme; Epidemiology of TB and drug resistance; and TB-HIV & TB-DM - to 7 different groups have been allotted to the participating students by the faculties of Department of Community Medicine. The posters were assessed by Dr. Venkatadri, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacology, and Dr. Sundaramurthy, Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonology. Out of the seven groups, two best groups were rewarded by the judges. The rewards were sponsored by Dr. Sundaramurthy.

World Cancer Day With the encouragement of Dean and Medical Superintendent of SSSMC & RI, Department of Internal Medicine observed WORLD CANCER DAY on 4th and 5th Feb 2015 based on the theme “Cancer Is Messy & Scary”. The department conducted various events like Poster presentation titled “Let Me Have Life like a Bird” A Righteous Feel Of Cancer Patient, Poetry competition entitled “Did you really want to die?” No one commits suicide because they want to die “Then why they do it?” Because they want to kill the pain. Debate- on “Euthanasia”. Is it Benevolance or Malevolence? and Tricky Poster. Many students and interns participated the events with enthusiasm and won various prizes.

STUDENT NEWS 1.

Six students from I-yr MBBS, participated in inter-college quiz competition “Gastroenterology Quiz” on March 28th 2015 at Govt.KAP Viswanathanan Medical College, Trichy.

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Dr. Sahaya Sona Thresa (Postgraduate student – Community Medicine) attended the two day confere.01.2015.

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Dr. Sahaya Sona Thresa (Postgraduate student – Community Medicine) was rewarded with the Chancellor Medal for coming second in Essay writing on the topic “Climate Change and Health”. The reward consisted of a Silver medal and a cash prize of Rs. 2000/-.

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Pre final year students Mr. Sathish and Mr. Darshan won 3rd place in the National level UG psychiatry Quiz in the Annual conference (ANCIPS) in Hyderabad on Jan 10th Jan 2015.

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Final Year student Nivedita Emily Jothi won the prize for best speaker in Debate competition entitled “Women in India are Safe/ Unsafe” on World Women’s Day organized

by Dr. Nasreen Begum Prof, Department Of Internal Medicine 10th March 2015.

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Thiruselvan and Sathish won 1st prize, followed by S. Suruthi and Banmathi won 2nd prize and Sri Sai Janani won 3rd prize for poster presentation in World Cancer Day “Cancer Is Messy & Scary” on 4th feb 2015.

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In Poetry competition titled “Did you really want to die?” No one commits suicide because they want to die “Then why they do it?” Because they want to kill the pain.

Abinaya.V got 1st prize followed by Neha.A and Mugil Vendhan won 2nd and 3rd prize ” on 4th feb 2015 8.

On 5th feb 2015 Neha.A won the best speaker award for debate on “Euthanasia”. Is It Benevolence Or Malevolence?

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On 5th feb 2015, Peer Mohammad A.B won first prize for Tricky poster. This was conducted by Dr. Nasreen Begum Prof, Department Of Internal Medicine.

SPORTS EVENTS The annual sports meet was held in the month of March 2015. The events started with the gesture of releasing birds as a sign of propagating peace in the society. All the students were separated into six teams. The names of the teams were (1) Amethyst purple; (2) Ruby red; (3) Sapphire blue; (4) Emerald green; (5) Zircon brown; (6) Amber yellow.

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Separate events were conducted for Students and Faculty Members,the First,Second and Third Winners were awarded with medals accordingly. Students and staff were happy to participate in all the events.

POPCORN

Arjun I year MBBS 16

EDITORIAL BOARD PATRONS :Chairman – Shri. M.K. Rajagopalan, Madam Chairperson– Smt. Gowri Rajagopalan CHIEF ADVISORS: Chancellor –Prof. PagadalaRajaram Vice-Chancellor- Prof. K.R.Sethuraman Dean – Prof. J. MohanaSundaram EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: 1. Dr.Balaji Rajagopalan, Prof& Head, Biochemistry – Editor –in-Chief 2. Dr. Thirunarayanan – Med. Superintendent 3. Dr. Suthanthira Devi , Prof & Head – OBG 4. Dr. SwayamJyothi , Prof & Head - Anatomy 5. Dr. Sundharamurthy , Prof & Head – TB & Chest 6. Dr. Nasreen , Prof & Head – General Medicine 7. Dr. Sri Vidhya , Asst. Prof , Pulmonary Medicine 8. Dr. Sridhar, Asso. Prof , Microbiology 9. Mr. Glad Mohesh, Asst. Prof, Physiology 10. Ms. N.Swetha, Tutor, Biochemistry STUDENTS COMMITTEE: 1. Ms. ArunapriyankaMallu 2. Mr. AbhirupChakraborthy 3. Ms. SriyaAlagappan 4. Mr. Naveen Rajamohan 5. Ms. Monica Roselin 6. Mr. MohamedNidhal 7. Ms. Divya 8. Mr. Ajay Dev 9. Ms. Shruthi.K 10. Mr. Rishabh Vardhanan 11. Ms. Hari priya

- Phoenix 2008 - Mavericks 2009 - Mavericks 2009 - Exoticans 2010 - Exoticans 2010 - Valiants 2011 - Valiants 2011 - Jubiliants 2012 - Jubiliants 2012 – Genezens 2014 –Genezens 2014

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