Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS)
23-Oct-2011

Government of Maharashtra through NRHM - State Health Society, Maharashtra and Directorate of Health Services, Mumbai intends to launch Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) with a fleet of 937 Ambulances (Advanced Life Support & Basic Life Support). Envisaged after the Mumbai serial blasts in 2006, the MEMS will have a 24X7 call centre and a fleet of ambulances to cater to the emergency medical needs of the rural and urban population.

The state government re-invited tenders for setting up the ambitious emergency medical system as the first tender notification has received poor response.

Click here to read full article from Times of India
Download the tender document

Maharashtra first to have standard ambulance design - Indian Express
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13th National Conference in Emergency Medicine (EMCON 2011)
17-Oct-2011
Editors Desk

The 13th National Conference in Emergency Medicine (EMCON 2011) is scheduled to be held at Kolkota on 18th to 20th November 2011.

Go to official website of EMCON 2011

EMCON conferences are being hosted by the Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) since 1999.
Click here to see list of EMCON conferences
Click here to go to SEMI official website
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PPP (Public Private Partnerships) must be seen in
the context of viewing the medical sector as a national asset
with health promotion as a goal for all health providers, private or public.

Ghulam Nabi Azad
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare

The Future
A collaborative effort is needed not only by the medical community,
but also by other agencies to reform the emergency response system
in India. With India burdened...
Emergency care in India: the building blocks (2010)
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Rules for Foreign Degrees Eased
26-Sep-2011

Indians who have studied medicine in five English speaking countries, UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, will now be eligible to practice in India. In a significant move, the Union health ministry has decided to recognise their degrees, making them eligible to practice in India without appearing for the screening test.

Click here to read full article from The Asian Age
Click here to read full article from Deccan Chronicle
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EM, SEMI & MCI: MD Emergency Medicine - When and How Initiated?
26-Sep-2011

The Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) recommends that the Medical Council of India (MCI) sit with it and other societies working in the sphere of EM to improve and upgrade standards of this specialty. MCI should retrospectively recognize the degrees granted to emergency physicians by various UGC recognized universities across the country. Training should be given to other specialists interested in Emergency Medicine with the help of existing emergency physicians.

Authors
Dr. V. P. Chandrasekaran
President, SEMI

Dr. T. S. Srinath
Joint Secretary, SEMI

- EMS India Page 31-33, July 2011 Issue Good Article!
To read full article, visit www.EMSIndia.in to download magazine
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