Dr Mohan is MCI Inspector
Shivani Bhakoo

Ludhiana, October 11
Dr V. Mohan, Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana, has been appointed as whole time Inspector in the Medical Council of India (MCI). Dr Mohan is the first one to be appointed to this prestigious post from Punjab and this region of the country (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir).

In an interview with Ludhiana Tribune, Dr Mohan said that the Medical Council of India was the highest regulatory body for enforcing uniform standards of medical education throughout the country. “There has been phenomenal expansion in the field of medical education. Public awareness and their expectations from the medical profession are increasing with each passing day. Therefore, it is extremely important that high standards in medical education are maintained for training competent doctors”, said Dr Mohan.

Dr Mohan stressed that there was a need to produce competent doctors. “What is needed today, is to maintain the quality of medical education. Doctors are second to God. Every day, they save thousands of precious human lives, so they need to be properly qualified”, he said.

The inspectors in the MCI carry out inspections periodically in the medical colleges throughout the country to see the status of enforcement of MCI norms, regulations and standards. There are only three inspectors (throughout the country) in the MCI for carrying out these duties. Dr V.Mohan will be joining his new assignment on October 13, 2003 at New Delhi.

With an experience of more than 36 years in medical profession, Dr Mohan has been in the field of medical education for over 32 years. He has also worked as Principal, GGS Medical College, Faridkot. He had earlier worked as consultant in Public Health in the kingdom of South Arabia (1990-1995). He has been a consultant to the Government of India in the national ICDS programme (Integrated Child Development Services) for about a decade.

Dr V. Mohan was honorary visiting professor for about one year in the Department of Community Medicine, Westminster Medical School, London (1987). He was awarded fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (FIAPSM). He also remained the President of IAPSM (North Chapter) for two years. He has published over 30 research papers in national and international journals.

City doc attends international conference
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 11
Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh, Urologist and Head of the Kidney Transplant Unit at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, has brought laurels to the institute by presenting his papers (based on his work) at the International Conference of Asian Society of Transplantation held recently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was invited to present his papers in the presence of 500 eminent surgeons from all over the world.

In his first paper, Dr Aulakh discussed difficult operative techniques of removing the diseased kidney, which he had used to save the life of a 27-year-old female patient at DMCH. The technique was used for repairing the kidney and then putting it back. This procedure is called auto-transplantation and was done on a patient, whose blood vessels to the kidney had become dilated. This had led to the increased blood pressure of the patient and thus, there was a strong chance of rupture of the lesion. The patient is now maintaining normal BP without any medication and had a ceasarian section delivery five months ago.

The second paper was on a rare transplantation in which a kidney with three renal arteries was transplanted after doing ‘bench surgery’ on it and making it one single vessel out of the arteries. This patient was undergoing his second transplant.

Dr Aulakh also shared with the international community of transplant surgeons, his experiences with new drugs, which have significantly increased the graft survival after kidney transplantation.

Dr Aulakh was also awarded the prestigious Hargobind Memorial Fellowship at Lucknow this year. Last year Dr Aulakh was selected as Secretary for the annual conference for the Urological Society of India, which would be held from November 7 to 9, 2003 at DMCH. As many as 500 delegates from all over India and abroad would be attending this conference. It would include a live workshop and scientific workshop, where various urologists will share their experiences with each other.

20 fresh dengue patients admitted
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 11
About 20 patients suffering from dengue-like symptoms have been admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here during the past 24 hours. A majority of the patients are from Aggar Nagar, Church Road, Civil Lines, Prem Nagar, Janata Nagar, Vishva Karma Colony, Rishi Nagar, bus stand etc in Ludhiana.

With the new admissions, the total number of dengue patients have increased to 225, out of which 128 patients have been discharged and 95 are still admitted in the hospital.

According to the attending doctors, the condition of these patients is said to be stable. More than 100 patients have been reported from Ludhiana so far.