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By Our Special Correspondent
Delivering the 7th convocation address of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), here today, Dr. Aatre said computers and communication systems were going to have a profound effect on the way medicine was practised. Telemedicine was still in its infancy in the country, but it could be used effectively to deliver health services with the availability of satellites, increased bandwidth for data transmission, and new medical image and data transmitting techniques. Telemedicine was being practised in Hyderabad, he said. Explaining emerging trends and technologies in healthcare, he said "tele" had gone beyond telemedicine. Now telesurgery had become a reality and it offered exciting prospects in countries like India. Surgeons sitting miles away from the patient could make a diagnosis and perform surgery. New technologies in biomedical care and cognitive sciences were likely to offer many exciting developments in the 21st century, which would be "A Century of Life Sciences", he said. The Defence Ministry had formed the Society of Biomedical Technology (SBMT), with the assistance of other departments, to promote the indigenous development of biomedical equipment, Dr. Aatre said. Presiding over the function, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shatrughan Sinha, said the ministry would take steps to introduce guidelines for minimum standards of care in mental health institutions, based on the recommendations of NIMHANS and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Union Government had adopted the Bellary model developed by NIMHANS for the national health programme and it had been extended to 25 districts in 22 States. Appreciating the efforts of NIMHANS to generate Rs. 8.3 crore in research grants from various national and international bodies, Mr. Sinha said the ministry was considering the grant of a `gamma knife' to the institute. The ministry would spend Rs. 300 crore over five years through the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) to prevent the spread of AIDS in the country. "We still have tuberculosis, AIDS and water-borne infections affecting the population at large," he remarked. The Minister for Medical Education, A.B. Maalakaraddy, urged the Centre to increase the budgetary allocation for health. The Centre had been allocating 0.9 per cent of the total budget grants for health, while countries such as Sri Lanka were spending nine per cent, he pointed out. The NIMHANS Vice-Chancellor, D. Nagaraj, welcomed the guests and read out the report. NIHMANS had started Ph.D. programmes in all disciplines and, in the current year, 16 fellowships were introduced. In addition, the institute offered 14 postgraduate courses and 4 diploma courses. In the current year, 2,64,987 patients were treated at the out-patient department and 28,484 utilised in-patient and emergency services. Currently, there were 72 ongoing research projects at NIMHANS, he said. Two candidates were awarded Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, five were awarded D.M. in Neurology, two were awarded M.Ch. in Neurosurgery, 10 were awarded M.D. in Psychiatry, two were awarded diploma in Psychiatry, two were awarded M.Phil. in Neurophysiology, 6 were awarded M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology, 10 were awarded M.Phil. in Psychiatric Social Work, and four candidates were awarded M.Sc. in Psychiatric Nursing.
Award winners
As many as nine students received awards for outstanding performance in various disciplines. They are: Srikanth Reddy Emani (best outgoing student in D.M. Neurology), Sudhir Dubey (best outgoing student in M.Ch. Neurosurgery), G. Venkatasubramanian (best outgoing student in M.D. Psychiatry), Ganesh Prasada Mudraje (best outgoing student in Diploma in Psychiatry), Arpita Lal (highest marks in M.Phil., Clinical Psychology), Ranjini Gopinath (highest marks in M.Phil., Psychiatric Social Work), D. Anandh (highest marks in M.Phil., Neurophysiology), Chaitanya Saxena (highest marks in M.Phil., Biophysics), and Sherly George (highest marks in M.Sc., Psychiatric Nursing).
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