CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA HOSPITAL
(Karnataka Central Diocese)
No.2, Hazarat Kambal Posh Road,
Bangalore 560
051
(For private circulation only)
No.9. November 2003
You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who
keep Your purpose firm and put their trust
in You. Trust in the Lord for ever: He will
always protect us.
- Isaiah 26:3-4.
Annual Thanksgiving Service
YFC
Administration - Mr.David Raju and Staff
L.C.P.
Monday to Friday - 6:45am – For students
Saturday - 8:30am
Sunday - 6:00pm
Dr.Sheela Stephen as a consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
CSI Hrudayalaya : A free Cardiac and Diabetic Screening Camp was held on October 14, 2003 at St.John’s School for the staff and parents. One hundred and seventy five people were screened. We thank Astra Zeneca for the free ECG rolls and Mr. C.Nagaraj, Abbott India Limited, for doing the strip blood sugar test for free.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: A free Bone Mineral Density Camp for screening and detecting Osteoporosis was held on Monday October 13, 2003 for both men and women. A hundred people were screened and adviced by the doctors on prevention and treatment. Our thanks to Ranbaxy for the use of the machine and their staff Mr.Godsend Placid, Field Sales Officer and Mr.S.K.Srinivas, District Manager who patiently screened all the people who came for the camp.
World Menopause Day October 18, 2003. A free Cancer Screening Camp was held on October 18 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Free Blood and Urine test, Pap Smear and Mammography for those who required, was done. Thirty-two women were screened. This programme was conducted to create awareness among women about cancer.
Another free Screening Camp was held on October 30 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for women. Free Blood and Urine test and Pap Smear was done. One hundred women were screened. This programme was sponsored by the Bangalore Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology to create awareness among women about their health needs.
Day
to Remember
November 14 – Children’s Day
Department of Pediatrics is conducting a free Cardiac, Eye, ENT, & Dental Screening Camp for children.
VISITORS
We welcome the following visitors from the Diocese of Gloucester
Bishop John Went
Arch Deacon Venerable Hedley Ringrose
Mr.Thomas Recker
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics started 1968. Dr. Hilda Koilpillai MRCP was the first Pediatrician to head the Department and was responsible for laying a strong foundation. She trained in Pediatrics at London and brought with her the rich experience in Tropical Pediatrics that she had gained while working at the Polio Center at London. Apart from the clinical services, she took great interest in academics resulting in the Department being one of the most active participants in the clinical meetings. The Pediatric Case Presentations were always well attended and some were published in the Journal of the Christian Medical Association of India. The Department also presented papers at the IMA conferences. The doctors were involved in Community pediatrics in the urban slums of Bangalore and the semi urban center at Hoskote. They lent a helping hand in controlling an epidemic of Viral Encephalitis at CSI Hospital at Chikballapur. She was ably assisted by Dr. David, who qualified from CMC Vellore. The Department trained interns who flocked to the hospital from other medical colleges. Consulting Pediatricians like Dr. Thimmarayappa also visited the Department lending their expertise to patient-care. The Pediatric Ward was then situated in the upper floor of the old building.
Dr. Vasant Kamath joined the Department in the year 1974 after Dr. Koilpillai. The Department was reorganized and newer procedures instituted. Exchange Blood Transfusions for newborn babies were conducted for the first time, a procedure very few hospitals in Bangalore could boast of during those days. A Neonatal Unit with incubators was established.
The Department grew further under the stewardship of other pediatricians including Dr. David, Dr. Sheila Thomas, Dr. Sathyanarayana, Dr. Malathi Yeshwanth, Dr. Kohli and Dr. Srinath. Dr. Srinath would be remembered for the record number of exchange transfusions conducted during his tenure. Dr. Srinath was assisted by Dr. Christi D Savio and Dr. Sesha Prasad both of whom joined the institution in 1984.
The arrival of Dr. Victoria Mathews, a USA Board qualified pediatrician, in the year 1987 was a milestone in the history of the Department as she was the first Head of the Department of Pediatrics to stay in the hospital campus and took care of Pediatric Emergencies round the clock. The foundation for a Level II Neonatal Nursery with qualified staff nurses and additional incubators and phototherapy units was established during her time. Another landmark during her time was the shifting of the Pediatric Ward to the ground floor where the present School of Nursing is situated. Dr.Vinodh Shah Joined the Department as a Pediatric Surgeon and conducted many pediatric and neonatal surgical procedures.
In 1990 Dr. Vasant Kamath rejoined, as a part-time Senior Consultant Pediatrician. Under his guidance the Neonatal Services and General Pediatrics were further consolidated with the addition of more incubators and other equipment. Dr. Christi remained as full time Assistant Pediatrician in the campus. Dr. Jose Mathew joined as assistant in the year 1991 to fill in the gap left by Dr. Christi (who had gone away to Vellore for his MD) and helped to steer the Department admirably under the guidance of Dr.Kamath. He was followed by Dr. Kavitha and Dr. Ravi Shankar as assistants.
The year 1993 saw two full-time resident Assistant Pediatricians joining the institution. The first was Dr. Christi Dominic Savio who rejoined after obtaining MD in Pediatrics at Vellore. The second was Dr. Roy Abraham DNB, DCH, who graduated from St. John’s Medical College. This resulted in the strengthening of the round the clock emergency Pediatric Service as both pediatricians stay on the hospital campus. Dr. Hemalatha was a part-time pediatric surgeon.
In 1995 Dr. Ashok Rijhwani, MCH from CMC Vellore, joined as part time Pediatric Surgeon. A daily OPD in Pediatric Surgery was established with his arrival. apart from Pediatric and Neonatal surgeries, Dr. Rijhwani also performs Bronchoscopies for the removal of foreign bodies from the airways, a facility available in very few hospitals in Bangalore.
The Department was strengthened by the addition of a third full-time assistant Pediatrician in the person of Dr. Amudha in 1995.
Twenty eighth February 1996 was another landmark in the history of the Department. As the Pediatric Ward was shifted to the spacious C floor. The Department has an ICU with Central Oxygen and Suction and other monitoring equipment and also a separate ward for Pediatric Surgery, for outborn Neonates and an isolation ward for infective cases.
Dr. Maria Lewin, DNB, DCH, joined as Assistant Pediatrician in 1998 to fill in the gap left by Dr. Amudha who left for Singapore.
The Department at present has three full-time Pediatricians headed by Dr. Christi Dominic Savio, Dr.Roy Abraham being the Associate and Dr. Maria Lewin the Assistant. Dr. Vasant Kamath is the Senior Consultant Pediatrician providing guidance with his vast experience and knowledge. Dr. Ashok Rijhwani is the Pediatric Surgeon. Dr. Joyce and Dr. Manjunath are Senior House Officers of the Department.
The doctors are also involved actively in the affairs of the Bangalore Branch of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Kamath had been its Treasurer and President, Dr. Christi the Secretary for two terms and Dr. Roy Abraham as Executive Member for the year 2002.
Creating awareness of heart disease in children
- Dr.Sunitha Maheswari, Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist,
Narayana Hrudayalaya & CSI HRUDULAYA
Oft-repeated
complaint from parents of children with heart disease is “ How come our doc did
not pick it up earlier?” The answer is not easy. Sometimes, it is not easy to
pick up. At other times it was obvious but everyone ignored the signs. There is
this myth that heart disease just doesn’t happen in children. Not true! One out
of every 100 kids in the world is born with heart disease. The good news is treatment is now
available either by medication or with surgery or non-surgical interventions
such as ballooning of valves etc. The key to a child with heart problem doing
well is early detection before any damage is done to the lungs or heart and
institution of appropriate and timely treatment.
So what are the clues that a child may have heart disease?
Babies
Clue 1: Blueness is the most obvious sign. However not all blue babies are blue babies! The blueness from heart disease is on the tongue, lips, nails and fingers. Blueness on the feet or hands or around the mouth can be a normal finding in babies, especially when they cry or get cold.
Clue 2:
Breathing fast. Babies who breathe fast (>50 times a minute) and pull in the
muscles around the stomach may have a heart problem such as a hole in the
heart.
Clue 3: “Fluttering heart”. If you put your hand on your babies chest and the whole chest feels like it is pounding under your hand, think of the heart.
Clue 4: Sweating is considered a sign of heart failure in babies. However, a lot of babies are naturally sweaty (sweetie!). If the baby sweats while feeding along with signs of rapid breathing and an active chest then it may be due to heart disease.
Clue 5: Tired feeder. Normal babies maybe fussy feeders who don’t want to feed often but babies with heart disease are typically always hungry. However, as they feed they get tired easily and keep stopping to breathe and take a rest. Heart failure due to holes or other more complex problems makes breathing and feeding at the same time difficult.
Older Children:
Clue 6: Shortness of breath. Kids who seem to breathe more heavily after less exercise than other kids may have a heart problem.
Clue 7: Fatigue. Getting easily tired while playing may have many causes such as anemia but a check up for a heart problem is not a bad idea.
Clue 8: Chest pain. This is an uncommon complaint in kids and amazingly, mostly not from the heart. Chest pain that occurs while at rest or on Monday morning before school (school phobia!) is probably not cardiac related. Similarly chest pain that increases when the child moves or bends or takes a deep breath is most likely muscular in nature. However chest pain that occurs while exercising is worrisome and is worth investigating.
Clue 9: “Asthma”. Some children being followed and treated for asthma may, infact, have an underlying heart problem and its worth having a thorough cardiac examination once.
Clue 10: Leg pains. Although leg pains at bedtime are common and are mostly related to electrolyte imbalance, calcium deficiency or “growing pains”. Leg pains that repeatedly occur while exercising can be a symptom of a condition called coarctation of the aorta where there is narrowing of the blood vessel that supplies the lower body. If the blood pressure is high in the right arm it could also because of a coarctation.
Listen to the parents – many a time they know! Listen and watch your kid – you may pick up the clue.
Rights of the
Child
UNITED NATIONS
Convention on the Rights of the Child,
20th Nov 1989
(A Summary)
Taking into account the vulnerability of children
and the need to protect them, the United Nations Organization issued the
Declaration of the Rights of the Child in the year 1959. This has been
periodically updated and in 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child was
issued. This document is made up of 3 parts and part I which is further divided into 41
articles deals with the rights of the child. The following is a summary of this
UN document.
Article 1 defines a child as any human being under the age of 18 years.
Article 2 ensures that the rights set forth in the present Convention is available to every child without any discrimination, regardless of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, language, religion etc.
Article 3 says that in all actions concerning children, the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration.
Article 6 mentions that every child has the inherent right to life and that the government shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child.
Article 7 says that the child should be registered immediately after birth and gives the child the right to have a name, a nationality and the right to know his or her parents and to be cared for by them.
Article 9 says that the child shall not be separated form his or her parents against their wil7l except when competent authorities determine that such separation is necessary for the best interests of the child.
Article 19 provides for all measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.
Article 20 states that if a child is deprived of his or her family environment temporarily or permanently, the state should make alternative arrangement, like adoption or foster care, in order to provide proper care for the child.
Article 23 ensures that a child with mental or physical disability is given proper care so as to enable him or her to lead as full and decent life as possible.
Article 24 makes it mandatory for the government to ensure proper health care facilities for the child and to diminish infant and child mortality.
Article 28 ensures the right of education to the child.
Article 31 ensures the right of the child to rest, leisure and recreational activities.
Article 32 ensures that the child is protected from economical exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
Article 33 protects the child from narcotic drugs.
Article 34 from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
This is a very brief summary of the UN document. Those who are interested in going through the entire document may contact the Department of Pediatrics or e-mail the request to saviocd@vsnl.com.
CHILDREN’S DAY SPECIAL
When I was in the midst of ‘Merry’, I could feel somebody by,
Through Him I discovered the joy of Life
And felt His caring warmth so nigh!
When I was in the midst of ‘Peace’, I could feel somebody by,
His presence made me feel at ease,
Stopping a very big sigh.
When I was in the midst of ‘content’, I could feel somebody by,
The very thought that He’s there for me,
Bid my desires good-bye!
When I was in the midst of ‘doubt’, I could feel somebody by,
The moment I remembered His unfailing love,
All kinds of evil turned to be a lie.
When I was in the midst of ‘sorrow’, I felt somebody by,
This time I felt Him so close to me,
That my anxieties went flying high.
When I was in the midst of ‘pain’, I felt somebody by,
Finally, I found Him, it was my Father-
JESUS – High, above the sky!!!
Then I noticed: At any situation of our life, He’s always been in our midst. “At times of sorrow or in pain; at times of glee or great gain” – He’s always been there, is there and will be there for us, solving all our problems. JESUS IS THE ONLY ANSWER FOR ALL OUR PROBLEMS. “No matter what.... Let’s just make a start.... And will end up with answers for any sought!!!” You only need to ask for his help and be his child at any situation - Has the SECRET BEEN REVEALED??? !!!
MS. SHALOM
ANANDARAJ
D/O REV. MRS. SHANTHI
ANANDARAJ
PAUL NIVEDITH SAVIO, S/O DR.CHRISTI studying in National Public School won the First Prize in the inter School quiz at DESHA 2003-2004.
TIMOTHY VIMAL SAVIO, S/O DR.CHRISTI studying in St.Josephs Boys High School won the Chess championship for the year 2003-2004.
Each one of us at some point or the other, are guilty of believing that people we care about will always be there for us and will always be available for us. But I’m afraid, it is not so. Most of us have a tendency to put off things we want to say and do, until tomorrow.... Sometimes, we run out of tomorrows.
Our parents, our family and friends are the core with whom we interact everyday. We must realize that there is no guarantee that each one of them would be available to us at will. By thinking that they will always be there, we can easily take them for granted. The good deeds and their contributions to make our lives can sometimes go unnoticed. We casually mutter phrases like Mom’s always there, ‘Anne’s a great friend”. Isn’t dad great?”, like programmed robots.
Then one day, out of the blue, the phone doesn’t
ring, the letters stop coming... the person is gone. At that point of time, we begin to
realize just how much we’ve lost.
The space that’s left in our lives, that once was full is now empty. Regret starts to creep into our thoughts
that may be we didn’t say enough to the person while they were still
here.
Even though it is very hard and sometimes impossible to change the past, we can change the present. Look around... think about who in your life contributes to your development on a regular basis... and those that you too help. “Thank you” is not a very difficult phrase to say... but its meaning to a given person can be tremendous.
It’s all right to tell people how much you need them and how much you love them. Do it while they’re here.
IDA LENORA, PUC I D/O MRS.SANTHOSHA SRINIVASAN.
D/O
MRS. JULIET VIJAYAKUMAR
Achievements:
Secured - 1st place in “Moral Instruction” at Goodwill Girls High School.
2nd place in “Creative Writing Competition held at Goodwill Junior College on the topic of “Women’s Empowerment”.
3rd place in Author it organized at St. Joseph’s College (Inter College Competition) on the topic “Significance of Sermon on the Mount in today’s World”.
3rd place in Business Quiz held at Goodwill Women’s Christian College.
The Seven Qualities and Principles required and to be followed by a child to attain or achieve his/her goal.
1. God Fearing
2. Answerable
3. Dutiful
4. Confident
5. Inquisitive
6. Obedient
7. Convincing
The Bible contains 66 Books. The Bible is divided into 2 – NEW TESTAMENT and OLD TESTAMENT. The New Testament consists of 27 books and the Old Testament consists of 39 books. The first book in the Bible is GENESIS and the last one is REVELATION. The first verse in the Bible is ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”. And the last verse is “The grace of the Lord be with you all”. The middle verse in the Bible is “It is better to trust the Lord than trust the people”.
D/O MRS. JULIET
VIJAYAKUMAR
Environment comes to our mind open space, dense forest, green jungles teeming with life, water-falls, blue streams, lakes and rivers with fishes, reptiles, purple mountains & deep valleys.
Urbanization is inevitable the foremost thought in our mind. Man has to grown and evolved. His egoistic quest for scientific knowledge has resulted in pollution of air, water and earth. The environment has been injected with massive toxic doses of pollutants that biologists have warned, could threaten the very existence of man. On a large scale it wiped the dodos & dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Man is now thoroughly entangled in a vicious web of
his own making. In his quest for
better life he has discarded all the tenants of pure and clean living. He has
degraded the gift of nature.
Pollution has been a global threat mostly to the highly developed
industrialized countries, who are trying to tackling the problem. Pollution has caused a great deal
of concern to health experts,
social scientists and environmentalists.
A new sensitivity has manifested itself in a desire to avoid pollution,
before earth becomes an irremediable garbage can.
Our dream of life in tune with nature will appear
more distant and unattainable.
What’s left of nature will be nothing but a barren land. Our earth is being destroyed by
pollution. Man has been given ability to think. So let’s wake up one and all! We can’t afford to be burned with
guilt. We have to do everything
possible to save our planet. To
live a life intended by our creator, we should merge with the things
created. Let’s all rebuild our
beautiful earth.
NEETHU
JOY, STD X
D/O
JOYFUL GURUDAS
Neethu Joy had the privilege interviewing Mr. Venkatachal (Lokayukta) and Mr.Sanglianna.
Son : I learnt that the sums you did for me were wrong.
Rahul : I hate eggs
Rohit : Why?
Rahul : They always appear on my answer paper.
Allan : Nurse., will the doctor put the stitches well?
Nurse : Don’t worry 2 years ago he was a tailor.
David : Mum, does God go to the bathroom?
Mum : No dear, why do you ask?
David : Well this morning I heard Dad knock on the bathroom door and
say “oh God! are you still there”.
Daisy : Mother, what was the name of the last station our train stopped at?
Mother : I don’t know – can’t you see me reading
Daisy : Well its too bad, because little Benny got off there.
MS. REBECCA
D/O MRS. JOY
CHARLES
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