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IMA FOCUS Vol.9 Issue-5 March-2019, Place Bengaluru, Monthly, English, Pages-24, Price.1/- My INDIA VOTE Health First Campaign w w w. i m a k a r n a t a k a . i n Medical Students / Junior Doctors Network inauguration at MMC & RI, Mysore President Participated in All State Presidents and Secretaries Meet at IMA HQs. Convocation of RGUHS PRESIDENT'S GALORE Mysore Mandya Devanahalli Kunigal Hosakote March - 2019, IMA - FOCUS Page No.14 March - 2019, IMA - FOCUS Page No. 1 President Editorial Dr.Annadani. M.Meti 9448629611 [email protected] [email protected] Editor Dr.Vani Kori Dear IMA'ns, 9845901110 [email protected] Namaskar Secretary IMA Focus Dr.Madhusudhana Kariganuru Welcome to the Election Mousam! 9448237145 [email protected] We just witnessed the Bullet fight at Balakot Executive Editors Dr. S. Srinivasa and are now watching the Ballot fight! All political parties have begun high 9341238129 [email protected] decibel low profile vicious campaign, nerve wrecking bad mouthed foul [email protected] Dr.M.Venkatachalapathy explicit statements proving the opposite party wrong. All media are awash 9448985567 [email protected] with election news and the whole country seems to be psyched with forth Co-Editor coming Loksabha elections. But, our profession seems hopeful to heal the Dr.Anitha N. Rao schizophrenia. All the leaders in the Chowkidar Chor Hai or the Main Bhi 9449007119 [email protected] Chowkidar parties are busy making Nyay and Saral decree, but none have Honorary Treasurer come out with a concrete manifesto yet. IMA headquarters with its leaders Dr.Veeranna. B. 9448250685 has worked in its own Chowkat (boundary) of health and has come out [email protected] with its HEALTH MANIFESTO. In the recently held President and Members & Finance Committee Secretaries meet at Headquarters, they discussed the health manifesto in Dr.Yoganadareddy.Y.C. 9844085120 detail and have launched “Health First” campaign. The branches have been [email protected] summoned to propagate the Health Manifesto and Health First Campaign. Dr.H.V. Kotturesha R 94494 00000 Our IMA KSB president has sincerely done his homework and has given [email protected] [email protected] several media briefings highlighting the need to strengthen the rural Dr.Shanmuganandan 9448068720 health and health environment for public as well as doctors. He [email protected] pragmatically demanded the need to hike the health budget to implement Dr.Jaspalsingh H Tehaliya 9448139330 [email protected] the same. It was amusing that IMA President's note was narrated in most of Dr.Geetha Doppa the dailies next to the interview of a health activist, who was speaking 9448003477 [email protected] about the sickness in health and ills in the profession. May be our wise Dr.Gopala Krishna Bhat S 9448475196 media men thought that only debates seek attention in election season! [email protected] Elections and manifesto seem to come and go and the public memory Dr. Naveen Kumar 9900610720 remains short. Its time for us to ask about the implementation of the [email protected] manifesto, whether political or medical. We all still remember one of the State Office Bearers governing political parties in the state promising to make a doctor as the Dr.Suresh Rudrappa 9448459155 Health Minister if elected in its manifesto. But, it seems as though they are [email protected] Dr.Mohammed Shafiuddin still searching for a medico with an electron microscope to fit the post in 9880492538 their cabinet and we seem to have an Alzheimer's on it. Its time we wake up [email protected] Dr.Lakshmikanth and see that we fill medical men in governing and making policies for the 9886363362 [email protected] profession to fulfill the manifesto lest, we will be spending our life time Dr.Aruna Kamineni teaching the difference between a bacilli and cocci to our rulers. 9880342991 [email protected] Visit us @ www.imakarnataka.in B Visit us @ www.imakarnataka.in March - 2019, IMA - FOCUS Page No. 2 March - 2019, IMA - FOCUS Page No. 3 We love democracy and therefore elections, but forget to follow the referendum in our prestigious institutions like MCI and KMC and have pushed them to the verge of extinct. We do President’s Desk love democracy but yield for dictatorship. We hate and fight corruption, but can't complete anything without corruption. We boast launching Shakti – Anti-satellite Missile in space, but struggle to eradicate tuberculosis from our air. We claim poverty in the public but crorepatis My dear IMA family members, are queuing up the nominations for elections. The mud in the hands of our farmers yields them debts, but the earth in real estate fetches millions. And finally, they boast universal Wish you all a Happy Yugadi and best wishes of the New Year. health in the country, but the health costs a universe to a poor man in our country. We are Also I convey my heartily greetings to all for Ambedkar Jayanthi, indeed a schizo – nation, but we love it and live by it. Therefore, we will leave aside all our Mahaveer Jayanthi and Good Friday. emergencies and will march to vote in the month of April. We shall elect a reasonable and practical government which will look not only into the health of the public, but also, to the Hope that the forthcoming year shall bring all wellness to our IMA and the medical health of its medicos. Hopefully, the new government will bother much about the wealth professionals. allocated to health budget than the wealth earned by an individual doctor. May be, its time our leaders think of a 'ALL DOCTORS POLITICAL PARTY' in the coming years to implement our It is highly astonishing to note that some of the members of the fourth wing of democracy manifesto. (media) are trying to blackmail the doctors by making false allegations. I appreciate the bold step taken by our doctors and defying them by successfully lodging complaints, and getting Happy Ugadi and Happy Voting. the culprits arrested. IMA KSB fully supports the members in this regard. I request such Woman with Wings has come alive again. My many thanks to Dr.A.S.Mantgeniker, past aggrieved members of IMA, who ever are defamed to file a defamation case against the President IMA KSB who took his time off to answer my several calls and quick fix all my offenders. It will definitely help us in preventing the recurrence of such episodes. queries about Dr.Sudha Kallianpurkar. I'm amazed at the commitment shown by him for my An important note- all the local IMA branches of IMA KSB are requested to have their own request and understand why our seniors are great in making us feel great. Earlier, writing separate registration under Co-operative Societies Act, and to have their own PAN and TIN Woman with Wings column was an exercise to me, but now it has become a passion. The greatest reward I treasure is the praise and blessings ushered on me by the family members of numbers, so as to have hustle free and transparent transactions. This fact was very much these woman doctors. They indeed make me fly high. highlighted at the recent President and Secretaries’ meeting held at IMA Hq., New Delhi on 16th and 17th March 2019, attended by myself and Dr. Srinivasa S., Honorary Secretary of As always, awaiting your reciprocation, IMA KSB. In this meeting some important points regarding health were presented as “MAGNA YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE OUR STRENGTH. CARTA FOR HEALTH”. IMA launched “Health First Campaign”, to propagate the health LONG LIVE IMA. - Dr Vani Kori manifesto amongst Lok Sabha election candidates, political parties and the public. I hope that all the branches of IMA KSB shall do this needful work urgently in view of the forthcoming elections. The copy of the health manifesto written in both Kannada and English is sent to all As per IMA Head Quarters Instruction Increase in HFC from the members by Whatsapp and emails. I take this opportunity to congratulate Dr. Veena Bhat 01-04-2019 vide Head Quarters Letter no. IMA/HFC(4)/1439 Dated 12-02-2019 who translated the matter into Kannada just within 24 hours. Increase at the Rate of 15% of the Current HFC Instead of the mandated 20% on every 4th year the last HFC hike was on 01-04-2016. Through this initiative, for the first time in the history, IMA wishes to offer it services as a think tank, support and pressure group to the government both at the national and state level so as to bring health of the nation at the fore front on the agenda of the political parties. In the last week of March, I happen to attend RGUHS convocation and IMA branch visits of Single Life 17,610/- 13,820/- 3,790/- Hosakote, Devanahalli, Kunigal, Mandya and Mysore. Dr Suresh Rudrappa senior vice president and Dr J Sharanappa accompanied me and motivated many members for IMAKSS Couple Life 23,688/- 18,872/- 4,816/- and IMAKHS. Hon. State Secretary Visit us @ www.imakarnataka.in Visit us @ www.imakarnataka.in March - 2019, IMA - FOCUS Page No. 2 March - 2019, IMA - FOCUS Page No. 3 We love democracy and therefore elections, but forget to follow the referendum in our prestigious institutions like MCI and KMC and have pushed them to the verge of extinct. We do President’s Desk love democracy but yield for dictatorship. We hate and fight corruption, but can't complete anything without corruption. We boast launching Shakti – Anti-satellite Missile in space, but struggle to eradicate tuberculosis from our air.