Dr.Srinivasa Raju

Chemoprophylaxis with oseltamivir either for short duration (10 days) or of long duration (42 days) protect the individual till such time he is on Chemoprophylaxis. In a community where there is rampant spread of pandemic Influenza A H1N1, the risk of getting the infection exists the moment a person is taken off Chemoprophylaxis. As prophylaxis cannot be continued in perpetuity, the following recommended: If the States qualify the criteria for community spread, then Chemoprophylaxis would only be provided to family contacts that are at high risk and especially those with comorbid condition.   The prophylaxis to the high risk family contact would be provided irrespective of laboratory testing  i.e. any high risk contact of patients in category A, B or C would be provided Chemoprophylaxis.   The doctors screening the patients and categorizing them as A,B,C would invariably take the history of high risk contacts among the family members of these suspect cases and pers

  Early and pr ompt initiation of antiviral therapy is recommended for children, adolescents, or adults with suspected or confirmed swine flu with any of the following features                                          a)     Flu requiring hospitalization                                          b)     Progressive, severe, or complicated flu                                          c)     Severely immunosuppressed patients (receiving treatment for cancer, organ transplant recipients)                                          d )     Swine flu at high risk for complications:                                                             ·          Children <5 years particularly those <2 years                                                             ·          Elderly ≥65 years                                                             ·           Pregnant women                                                             ·          Women up to two weeks postpartu

IMA National Pension Scheme                                                                                                            Constitution & Byelaws                    Adopted on27th December 2014 in the Central Council of IMA                                                                 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat  Title:-The Scheme shall be known as “IMA National Pension Scheme” (IMA NPS) Registration :-It shall function as an activity of National IMA and managed on behalf of National IMA by IMA National Pension Scheme as per rules & Byelaws of the Scheme The national IMA Pension scheme was passed in the central council by a resolution dated 27th December 2014 and approved by ordinary meeting of the council on 28th December 2014. Decision has been taken to constitute and establish IMA national Pension Scheme. Commencement of the Scheme: - The Scheme will start Function from 07 February 2015.   Title The scheme shall be known as IMA National Pensi

IMA National Health Scheme Emblem, Constitution & Byelaws Adopted on 27th December 2014 in the Central Council of IMA at Ahmadabad, Gujarat Title:- The Scheme shall be known as “ IMA National Health Scheme” (IMA NHS) Registration :- It shall function as an activity of National IMA and managed by IMA National Health Scheme as per rules & Byelaws of the Scheme The National IMA Health Scheme was passed in the central council by a resolution dated 28th December 2012. Commencement of the Scheme:- The Scheme will start function from 07 February 2015. Aims and Objectives of the Scheme To provide financial assistance to the members and his/her spouse, child (ren) and parent(s) on the event of hospitalization, diagnosis and management of the following diseases:- Heart Disease:- Angioplasty, Bypass Surgery and Valve replacement Surgery. Renal Failure, Haemodialysis, Renal Transplantation, All Malignant diseases Brain Tumours Hip and Knee replacement surgery. Spine and disc

Implementation of Swasth Bharat Abhiyan in health sector I MA plans to have hospitals free of bio-medical wastes through a common facility Situation analysis Per bed biomedical wastes: 250 grams per day Total Bed strength in the country: 28.89 Lakhs (Central Bureau of Health Intelligence) Total biomedical waste generated per day in country: 7.22 Lakh Kilograms Existing facilities for managing biomedical waste in a professional manner: Only a few states have proper biomedical waste management systems, even in these states, total beds are not covered, for example in Delhi only about 50% of the beds are covered properly.  Why and How? To reduce hospital acquired infection, for clean hospital environment and prevention of multi drug resistant organisms, scientific biomedical waste disposal is essential The process begins at the bed side of the patient where the waste has to be categorised, segregated and disposed in different containers. Needle has to be burned before disposal.

our president Dr.P.Venkateswarlu accompanied by Dr.Karuna murty -joint secretary participated in  IMA Leaders seminar at taurus hotel,new delhi on 7th.&8th. of feb-2015. Its a marathon brain storming session with deliberations mainly focused on various initiatives and schemes,IMA could adapt i.e.  IMA pension scheme,waste management scheme,e-university,new courses under AMS&CGP   and various community health programs like prevention of malnutrition,blindness,deafness,female feticide,traffic injuries. To justify its objective,IMA ,The largest NGO in the country,wants to empower all its leaders with sensitization programs. This meet is a first step towards that mammoth task. congratulatory thanks to IMA Rise&Shine team under the presidentship of Dr.Marthanda pillai . Special Kudos to our dynamic knowledgeable secretary general Dr.KK Aggarwal.