From President’s Desk... Dear Colleagues and Elders, IMA Tamilnadu express its Warm Greetings from your IMA concerns and strong opposition on family! the improper implementation of NEET I am delighted to see IMA as a exams without providing adequate family could live upto the uniform standard of syllabus and expectations and hope of all kind of coaching to our students. The NEET hospitals on various issues coaching mafia are exhorting huge particularly on the minimum wages money and only those who are acts. As a result of intense lobbying affordable are able to fare better in the we could invoke fruitful hearing by NEET exams. IMA TEAM could the Government on our views and put Prof. Dr. J.A. Jayalal organize free NEET coaching in many on hold the unexpected rise in the IMA State President places Erode, Aranthangi, Cuddalore, minimum wages for favour of further Cell: 9443160026 Vellore etc and we have assured all review for the viability of the [email protected] those who clear and secure healthcare and health services remain Government seat through our acceptable and affordable. Hospital is a TEAM work coaching centre will be supported financially to carry (TEAM – Together Every one Achieve More) and as on their Medical Education. Our IMA TEAM could doctors heading the TEAM it is our responsibility to establish a centre and help the poor student came for ensure better prosperity to every TEAM Member. NEET exams in Ernakulam. IMA appeal to all hospitals to ensure the feel of I was delighted to inaugurate a well-planned and oneness among our staff and make them part of built IMA building by Aranthangi IMA. Kudos to restructuring the pay and perks due to them. the leaders Dr. Lakshminarayanan and TEAM. It is Fire Safety and ensuring patient safety in our our dream every branch of IMA family must own a hospital premises are our objectives and vision. house. If not we the society the dream, who can dream Infrastructural crunch shall not be a block, lest we of having a house for our Association. I appeal to all miss out safety environment. However by all means branch leaders to plant the seed for building and equip your premises with fire safety equipment, sure it will grow and yield fruit. I do congratulate empower your staff with fire safety training and Hosur branch Dr. Dhanasekhar and team for restructure by all possible ways to make fire inauguration of their dream palace project. evacuation optimal. Interact with fire safety personnel IMA TNSB happy to welcome two new branches of your district through IMA branches. If you can into our fold. IMA Karaikudi Kauvery and IMA Porur fulfill all other requirements of fire safety other than Chennai and I am sure by this we are much more ramps IMA will walk with you to safeguard your strengthened. In the last month we could enroll 1800 hospital. new members into our family a phenomenal success. Biomedical Waste management is our priority and We thanked our Hon. Chief Minister, Health social responsibility. Only 15 percentage of waste Minister and Health Secretary for enacting clinical created in our hospital or biologically infective and if establishment Act 2017 after due consultation with we can separate them at source from common waste IMA. we can curtail its impact. Biomedical Waste My sincere thanks to IMA Nursing Home Board Management rule 2016 invoke us to have barcoding for their out of the way hard working to bring sense in our collected waste bags and GPRS monitoring of of hope and safety to all our Nursing Home its transportation and these safe disposal at Common Colleagues and Elders. We knew the challenges ahead Facility Centre. Monitoring these process are a are monstrous but be assured IMA is also have grown cumbersome one and many external agencies came stronger enough to face them victoriously. Wishing forward to do it with a cost. IMA has taken a bold you a safe month ahead. venture to do the monitoring by itself and do it free Looking forward to meet you all the of cost to our member hospitals. The required mobile representatives of your branches in our state council App and other softwares will be provided by IMA meet on June 24 th June in Thiruchengodu through our facilitators. I firmly believe with all your Yours in Service support we can do it. Prof. Dr. J.A. Jayalal May 2018 TIMA News Letter 03 STATE SECRETARY’s MESSAGE Dr. B. Sridhar Cell: 9443326427 [email protected] Dear friends and On 28th of April, State President and myself respected seniors attended the installation of new office bearers of IMA Greetings from the Aranthangi and inauguration of the new and beautiful state office. IMA Hall they have constructed. It was an emotional moment for me to participate in the function being It gives me great my own branch and I congratulate the office bearers pleasure in writing to you in this edition of TIMA and members of IMA Aranthangi for the achievement. news. The days are quite busy in IMA because of On the same day we participated in the multifarious issues but IMA team has responded inauguration of IMA Karaikudi Kauvery branch in equally well under our vibrant President Dr. J.A. Karaikudi and I wish the 158 th branch a great future. Jayalal. On 29th of April I participated in the family meet On 14 &15th of April a big group of CWC members of IMA Namakkal and enjoyed the hospitality of a travelled to Ahmedabad to attend CWC meeting. We very affectionate branch. They have great talent of participated in many useful discussions. Our state fine arts and I request them to participate in the state branch received award for its contribution to IMA level competitions in a big way. YATRA. The national IMA President Dr. Ravi On 3rd May we had both a constitutional Wankhadekar clearly expressed a NO to NMC and amendments review meeting and an emergency vowed to carry the struggle forward until we achieve executive committee meeting in IMA PPLSS building, success. Chennai. 23 Executive Members attended and the The enactment of Minimum Wages Act 2017 came core issue was the news on TNMC Registration. We as a bolt from the blue and our reaction to it was also received clarification from TNMC that no decision swift. or notification has been made. IMATNSB wanted On 17th of April, Instead of confronting the state the re-registration process if and when started, to be government we decided to approach the Concerned based on Section 1 : 2 : 2 & 1 : 2 : 3. ministry and present our difficulties to the labour On 4th of May, IMA TNSB state office met our minister Mrs. Nilofer Nisha madam. She was very honourable Chief minister in his chamber along with considerate and assured us that she will have a Hon. Health Minister and had a fruitful time with him. thorough review of the act with her ministry Officials IMA thanked the government on their support in our and get back to us. The new act in its adversity struggle against NMC Bill and bringing doctor brought all sections of private health care providers friendly Clinical Establishments Acts. under one banner IMA and our voice echoed in the We demanded Hospitals should be brought under government circles as single voice. I take this Essential infrastructure category and empower opportunity to thank the various associations of sustainability of our Hospitals. CM assured to look health care. in to this and discuss with officials concerned. On the same day, we met our health secretary IMA invited CM to come for our Doctors day Dr. J. Radhakrishnan and health minister function which he had provisionally accepted. Our Dr. C. Vijayabaskar and sought their support to our health minister assured to take up the minimum wages request to the labour minister and they whole act issue with labour minister and help us. heartedly agreed to help. We thank them for their We thanked the Government for their proactive ever loving support to our IMA. role in health care. On 22nd of April, We had a sensitisation Address for Correspondence: meeting on various issues affecting our members of NHB at Tiruchy by IMA and NHB Dr. B. SRIDHAR, Hony. State Secretary, IMA TNSB and it was well attended. Similar meetings are IMA Tamilnadu State Hqrs, Doctors Colony, being conducted by IMA NHB in all the Via - Bharthi Nagar First Main Road, Off. Mudichur Road, districts and I congratulate the chairman and Tambaram (W), Chennai - 600 045. secretary of NHB for the same. Cell : 908 718 0123 Email: [email protected] May 2018 TIMA News Letter 04 ïªâa kU¤Jt¢ r§f khÃy¤ nj®î Dr. S. fdfrghgâ Cell: 9443130399 [email protected] kU¤Jt r§f »is îth»fŸ, jiyt® Dr. j§fntš, bray® Dr. r¢ájhdªj«, m‹gh®ªj rnfhju rnfhjÇfns, xU§»iz¥ghs®fŸ Dr. mòšAr‹, Dr.S.S. 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