ifmsa-india's january newsletter

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January 2013/04

From The Executive Board

Whats Hot This Month?

Another year had come to an end and today we are in 2013! A year that islooking promising for us as a federation to further reach to our primary aimwhich is to lay down the foundation to ensure the transformation from medicalstudents to physicians-in-training. We at MSAI-India believe this transformation isvery important for todays world to ensure our medical and dental students inIndia will not miss the opportunities to engage themselves in global healthcareissues in the name of being students in a medical school in India. Students shouldstart engaging themselves in these issues as we are our countrys future and

physician-leaders of tomorrows India. We would like to thank all of you forcontinuously supporting us to reach greater heights!

The hottest thing that happened this month only shows and proves to the worldthat our country The Republic of India is truly a democratic country. Why orHow? January 2013 gave us the unique opportunity for us as Indians tocelebrate Lohri, Sankranthi, Eid & Republic Day together. Arent we blessed?

January 2013 also seen IFMSA-India expands its wings to many cities aroundIndia with inclusion of many medical/dental students in its work force. Today,IFMSA India is being represented from Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi,Manipur, Assam, Bihar, Punjab, West Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka,Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh.

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IFMSA India 2013/2014

The Team

Executive BoardPratap, Swapnil, Sushmitha, Abhijeet, Nikhil, Alisha, Pooja, Ishita, Aman, Anshul,

Shalaka, Rohini, PraneetNational Officers

Tushar, Apram, Smitha, Nishtha, Sayantika, Namit, Evit, Pankhuri, Naga, ManishRegional Directors

Vivek, Soumya, RohanState Directors

Praveen, Praveen, Sandeep, Joe Nepram, Aseem, Sunil

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What did IFMSA do?

Indian Student Parliament 2012

Theme: Strengthening Youth for Democracy

3rd Bharatiya Chatra Sansad, a non political initiative meant to inspire the youth oftoday for strengthening the democracy, was held on January 10-12, 2013, atMAEERs MIT campus, Pune. It is an annual event whose objectives are: creating a

common platform for young student leaders, facilitate interaction betweenleaders of the various sector. Some of the big names that interacted with studentleaders across country were Muhammad Yunus - Nobel laureate and founder ofBangladesh Grameen Bank; Rajeev Bajaj - MD of Bajaj Auto; Omar Abdullah Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir; Ms. Shabana Azmi - Social Activist & Bollywoodfilm maker - Shri. Subhash Ghai - Acclaimed Indian Film Maker. Around 10,000students from 400 universities across the country took part in the 3rd Indian StudentParliament. IFMSA India was one of the supporting partner for this event and wasrepresented by its Regional DirectorWest IndiaDr Rohan Patil (pic).

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From 4th to 6th December IFMSA delegation was present at the GLOBAL YOUTHFORUM in Bali .The aim of the forum was - youth rights at the heart ofdevelopment was to bring together young people and all relevant stakeholders ,

under the leadership of young people .The recommendations made by 700young people in Bali and thousands of more through online participation aregathered in the Bali Declaration. The Declaration is a powerful document throughwhich we can strongly influence the decision makers to put young people at thecentre of shaping the future we want.

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Gift of Life Whats stopping you?

it is said that the soul isinvisibleknowing this you

should not grieve for the body.Bhagavad Gita, chapter 2:25

Jesus Christ: freely you

have received, freely giveMatthew, chapter 10:8

Whosoever saves the life of oneperson it would be as if he savedthe life of all mankind.Holy Quran, chapter 5:32

The dead sustain their bond withthe living through virtuous deeds.

Guru Nanak, Guru Granth Sahib
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When I sat down to write an article about organ donation, what kept botheringme was, why is this even an issue??? I personally feel this is the most senselessissue that I have ever come across! Dont get me wrong, not because it isntimportant but what I cant wrap my mind around iswhy is it a topic of

debate?? A clause for persuasion? Just to make sure we are on the same pagehere - Are we talking about organ donation - The greatest of humanitarian act aperson can do for a fellow being?

What each one of us carry, within us has ability to give a secondchance at life, which is to perpetuate life after we are gone, whydo we still have to think about, whether to donate or not? WhatI fail to process is that, is there any logical reason at all to denysomeone less fortunate than us the greatest gift ever - the Gift

of Life. I mean why should we have to go through a procedureof signing up for OD at all? Instead there should be a registrationprocess for people who might want to waver with selfishness.

Why do I feel so strongly for it? I think you will surely find your answer in these mindboggling statistics: In India, we have only 0.08 donors per million populationswhich mean only 2% of kidney transplant requirements and 3% of liver transplantrequirements are met in India. And friends, let me remind you- these are not justnumbers. These figures represent a person - someones child, someones parentor siblingsomeones family desperately waiting for a second chance for life.

Where you think your organs are needed more- heaven or earth? Think about it.

Now, if I may ask, like many others I see around me, are you too skeptical aboutOD? Are these, the questions that bug you: Is it a religious misconduct? Will itcost me money? Would my body be disfigured after the harvesting process? Isthe registration irreversible? Am I too young or too old for OD? Well, the answer toall these questions is no! In our hearts, we all dream/wish for different things:success, love, money, etc., but the sad truth is- some dream of making it to theirnext birthday!! For someone you can be a breath of fresh air, a shimmering ray of

light, a heartbeatthe miracle of life! Somebody is cryingsomebody beggingin pain for a new organ.a new life. Dont take them to the grave with you! Ifyou are not an organ donor, remember, when you die, someone dies with you.

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IFMSA-India
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9th International Tropical Medicine Summer is going to be organised by IFMSAfrom 1st to 18th July 2013 in university of muhammadiyah Yogyakarta;

Yogyakarta ,Indonesia. A great opportunity for the ones interested in tropicalmedicine. It mainly includes topics like DENGUE HAEMORRAGHIC FEVER(DHF)and TUBERCULOSIS (TBC). Other attractions will be lab activities, tutorials,seminars and many more activities.

The Indian delegation of 16 medical students representing IFMSA India will beofficially meeting Ambassador Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to UnitedStates of America & Former Indian Foreign Secretary for an interaction sessiondiscussing on the various aspects of India-US co-operation including educationsector. This meeting scheduled to take place in Washington DC on the 15th ofMarch 2013.

India US Bilateral Tie-Ups

9th ITMSS - Indonesia

Whats Next?

World Cancer Day - 2013

Standing Committee of Public Health team of IFMSA-India will be organizing one day long awarenesscampaign during world Cancer Day 2013 in New

Delhi. This program will be lead by the National Officerof IFMSA India Pankhuri Rai and medical Students inand around New Delhi. WCD 2013 organized by IFMSAIndia is supported by UICC & Plan India.

We pay our tribute to the martyr soldiers; Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh & HemrajSingh who were killed in the recent incidents at L.O.C, Kashmir on 6th ofJanuary. We as medical students strongly condemn the violation of cease fire &we also feel this will only derail the process of peace and friendship betweenthe two nations. It is our hope that our neighbours will look into this matter withgreat sensitivity and hope peace will be restored. On behalf of IFMSA-INDIA ,we express condolence to the families of the soldiers.

IFMSA India Salutes Them!


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Medical Students Association of India (IFMSA-India)Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University

Karad 415110 Satara Maharashtra India

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