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Doctor’s Day celebrations organised by Heart Care Foundation of India and eMedinewS
Dr KK Aggarwal gets DMA Vishisht Chikitsa Award from Lt Governor
In a special Doctor’s day function organized on 1st July at Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi Medical Association honored Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee Dr K K Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India with “Vishisht Chikitsa Ratan Award”. The award was given by Hon’ble Lt Governor of Delhi Mr. Tejinder Khanna. Dr Aggarwal received this award for outstanding contribution to the medical profession and the society.
Dr Aggarwal is known for his contribution to the society as an anchor, writer, columnist, public speaker and a campaigner. He is also known for his annual event Perfect Health Mela.
Speaking on the function Mr. Tejinder Khanna said that British prefer Indian doctors at the National Health Service over their English counterparts as they have accomplished distinguished work in the health-care service. He said that Indian doctors are unique as they serve the patients with a touch of compassion and humanity. The Delhi Lt Governor also paid tribute to Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy who was the founder member of Medical Council of India. Doctor’s Day is celebrated every year in his honor on the date of his birth (and death) July 1.
On the occasion Dr Harshvardhan Former Health Minister Delhi said that Medical Professionals do not need a certificate of merit from the film actors for their nobility.
Dr A K Walia Health Minister of Delhi said that medical profession can and is doing a lot to the society.
Forty four doctors were also honored at the DMA function. Notable among them include Dr P K Dave, Dr Ranjit Rai Chaudhary, Dr J S Pasricha, Dr Ashok Seth, Dr Rajgopal, Dr Ambrish Mithal, Dr Y P Munjal, Dr OP Kalra, Dr D S Rana, Dr G K Mani, Dr Shekhar Aggarwal, Dr Neelam Mohan, Dr Subhash Gupta, Dr G K Mani, Dr Ajay Gambhir, Dr Girish Tyagi, Dr P Lal, Dr Bawa Das, Dr Rajesh Chawla, Dr Nimesh Desai, Dr. Mahesh C. Misra, Dr. A.K. Aggarwal, Dr. S.K. Sarin, Dr. S.K. Mittal, Dr. Praveen Khilnani, Dr. Sunil Gomber, Dr. Sumit Ray, Dr. Adarsh
Chaudhary, Dr. Radha Krishnan, Dr. Anil Aggarwal, Dr. Harsh Mahajan, Dr. Yatin Mehta,Dr. Ashok Khurana, Dr. Anurag Krishna, Dr. Atul Kumar,Dr. Daljeet Singh, Dr Ajay Kumar, Dr Kunal Bagchi, Dr. Rajendra Prashad Tripathi, Col Dr. Rajat Dutta, Brig. Dr. S.S. Anand, Dr. A.K.Dewan, Dr. P.K. Bhardwaj, Dr. P.S. Nayyar, Dr. G.R. Sethi, Dr. I.C. Verma, Dr. Jagdish Suri, Dr. Vinay Goel, Dr. Sundeep Guleria, Dr.Mohan Nair and Dr. Ravi Malik.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Nobility of medical profession cannot be questioned- Justice Shah
Delivering a key note address on
the occasion of Doctor’s Day celebrations organised by Heart Care Foundation of
India and eMedinewS, Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Former Chief Justice of
Delhi High court, said that medical profession was noble, is noble and will
remain a noble profession.
Guest of Honour
was Delhi High Court Judge, Justice Vipin Sanghi.
The program
was organized by the Foundation in view of the recent controversy created by
commercial cine star Aamir Khan in his show Satyamev Jayate, where he directly
blamed medical profession as one amongst corrupt professions.
Justice Shah
said that difference of opinion, errors of judgments, medical errors and
medical accidents should not be linked to medical negligence. There is always
an element of wilful omission and commission in any medical negligence.
Speaking on
the occasion, Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK
Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India, said that for every 98
people saved there will be at least two patients who will die because of
medical treatment.
In US alone,
one lakh people die every year because of medical treatment. This number in India would be
much larger. For saving crores of people in the society many will die because
of side effects, high risk cases or medical errors.
Dr. Aggarwal
said that the need of the hour is to create safe and effective system and not
target medical doctors who provide the best of the care in the available
circumstances.
Dr. Yugal
Mishra, Director, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre gave presentation on “Choice of
Heart Valves: Bioprosthetic Vs. Mechanical.
A panel discussion was also
organised where the panelists discoursed on how to ‘Rebuild the image of
Medical Profession’. The panel was moderated by Mr. Vijay Dutt, Nehru
Fellow, former Editor Hindustan Times. The
panelists included Dr D S Rana Chairman Ganga Ram Hospital, Padma Shri
Awardee Dr Ashok Vaid Chairman Oncology Medanta - The Medicity, Mr Pramath Sinha, Entrepreneur,
Mediworx Pvt Ltd., Dr Arun Bhatanagar - Former Secretary, GOI; Mr
Nripendra Mishra Former Secretary,GOI,
Mr Rajiv Dogra Former Ambassador and Secretary External Affairs, Ms
Priya Hingorani Sr Advocate, Dr Sanjiv Malik Past President
IMA, Dr A K Aggarwal President Delhi Medical Council, Dr D R Rai
Secretary General IMA, Dr Harish Gupta President DMA and Dr Neelam
Mohan Director Pediatric Hepatology & Gastroenterology, Medanta – The
Medicity.
Dr Pawan
Gupta, Dr Sudesh Ratan, Dr O P Jain, Dr G M Singh, Dr A K Kansal, Dr N K Gupta,
Dr Dinesh Negi the core members of Dr KK Study Circle also interacted.
The
consensus that emerged from the panel discussion was that health should be
taken on priority by the government. Medical profession should work in a
transparent and accountable system and the public should have faith in their
doctors and the concept of family physician should be revived.
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