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“I congratulate the organisers and wish them success. Such interactions help a great deal, and specially journalists who have come from faraway areas. Health is a dynamic issue and unless you are aware of the changing realities – technology, policy or new diseases, it would be difficult to report adequately. It gives me immense pleasure to note that you have decided to highlight women’s health issues and sensitise people on how it affects the success or failures of society. As the harbinger of information, you are in a far better position to enlighten people that women are the backbone of the family and in their health lies the health of the family and therefore the society”. Smt. (Prof) Kiran Walia, Health Minister, Delhi
“I am glad to be here at this forum today, which is a healthy one, for it facilitates critical dialogues among journalists, policy makers, pharma industry and doctors“.
Amar Singh, MP and Chairman of Standing Committee on Health & Family Welfare
“I personally wanted to be here but could not attend due to some urgent issues. I wish the best to organisers and would be happy to help HEAL and join you all on some other occasion”. Shri S Gandhiselvan, Minister of State for Health, Government of India
“It is an honour and a privilege for me to participate in this convention. Delhi is one of the most healthy cities in the country and we are happy this event is being held here. I wish participants success and good learning”. Dr Kanwar Sain, Hon’ble Mayor, Delhi
“It is indeed a constructive Endeavour and provides opportunities to all stakeholders for meaningful dialogues and exchange for ideas. I compliment HEAL” - Dr Ashok Kumar, CBHI, Ministry of Health
“It is a very good initiative and will go a long way in ensuring qualitative improvement in health information dissemination”. Dr. Prabha K. Taviad, MP
“ I congratulate organisers of this HEAL Con-vention and what a lovely opportunity this is to be interacting with health journalists from across the country”. Smt. Nandini Sahai, Director Media Information & Communi-cation Centre of India.
“This network of health writers is a very healthy idea and I am happy to be associated with this endevour. I am sure all of you would have learnt a great deal during the three-day engagement”. Shri ND Rajpal, President, PRCI
“This was a convention par excellence as far as my knowledge goes. “ G Ramanarayanan, Health Reporter, News Today, Chennai
“It was a great session for us, especially for me. I have started incorporating more health features in the light of sessions attended by me at Delhi, courtesy- heal foundation.” Ghanshyam Srivastava - Senior Deputy Feature Editor, Hindustan Daily, Ranchi
“Highly Informative” Challa Srinivas, Features Head , Andhra Jyoti, Hyderabad
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Health Essayists & Authors League (Heal) is a not-for-profit group that strives to act as a platform for facilitating meaningful communication between journalists, health communicators, research scientists, doctors & policy makers with the purpose of raising public awareness on health issues and effecting desirable changes. Heal has been committed to advocating policy making for long-term sustainable healthy living. Our work includes educating health professionals and communicators, strengthening health research network, fighting prejudices that harm society’s interests and supporting campaigns on smoke-free workplace, monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), food labeling and creation of effective pharmaco vigilance systems.
Heal MissionHealth Essayists & Authors League (Heal) is a not-for-profit group which began in 1995 and strives to act as a platform for facilitating meaningful communication between journalists, health communicators, research scientists, doctors & policy makers with the purpose of raising public awareness on health issues and effecting desirable changes.
Focus areas of HEAL: Organizing continuing education workshops and seminars for journalists and health researchers �Creating and using opportunities for brainstorming among key stakeholders in healthcare sector �including media, academia, medical practitioners, civil society and policy makers and using the outcomes to provide inputs for policy reformsHoning skills & creating opportunities for Health Writers for their education and training �Nominating Health Writers for awards, research scholarships & international conventions for work �exposure & motivationCreating a world-class wealth of data for all those who have anything to do with health information �especially for health communicators
Heal Achievements Conducted over 22 workshops/ seminars/ public lectures for regular interactions with over 500 key �stakeholdersRallied for the formation of National Pharmaco vigilance advisory committee (NPAC) by the Ministry �of health, Govt. of IndiaAdvocated implementation of stricter anti tobacco use policies by Govt of India, including smoke free �workplace policyProvided a platform to promote the cause of ADR monitoring �Organized food festivals /public lectures/ camps on health across the country �Sensitized health writers on food labeling guidelines. �
What is HEAL?
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Highlights of the 1st National Health Writers’ & Communicators’ Convention
HEAL (Health Essayists & Authors League) organized the Ist National Health Writers’ & Communicators’ Convention on April 11-12, 2008 at ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi. The Convention was inaugurated by Hon’ble Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss.
The convention was organized with the objective to address serious issues like honest and responsible health writing, and problems faced by Health Writers in general. Moreover, Health Writers play a crucial role in disseminating issues to the layman in a language he can understand, on the latest advancements and findings related to healthcare.
More then 100 health writers, Communicators and Broadcasters gathered from SAARC nations to participate in the Convention. The convention was addressed by distinguished speakers from diverse fields of medicine and corporate world on various subjects.
The First Session on Writing on Food & Nutrition Issues was spearheaded by Guest Speaker Dr. Shashank Joshi, Director and Sr. Consultant Endocrinology, Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai who spoke on “Latest issues related to Food & Nutrition in the country”. Dr. (Prof) HPS Sachdev, Sr. Consultant, Paediatrics & Epidemiology,
Sita Ram Bhartia Research Institute was also present and delivered the Key Note address on this topic.
A Cardiology Workshop was organized by the Cardiological Society of India (CSI). This was supported by HEAL under the aegis of the convention & was coordinated by Dr. Ashok Seth, President CSI Delhi & Ex-Chairman & Chief Cardiologist, Max Heart & Vascular Institute, New Delhi. Dr. H.K Chopra, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Moolchand Hospital, enthralled the audience by illustrating facts and figures on how changing lifestyle and food habits are responsible for the burgeoning incidence of Cardiac ailments in India. Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Chief Clinician and NIC Director, JROP Healthcare illustrated the methods of diagnostics and treatment.
The Future of Healthcare Convention was inaugurated by Former Hon’ble Union HRD Minster Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. Dr. Joshi said that these kind of initiatives are going to make signal contributions to the creation of networks and upliftment of the quality of Health Infrastructure in India. Dr. C.P Thakur, Member of Parliament & Former Union Minister, MOHFW, Govt. of India also graced the occasion. During the convention, Business Heads & CEOs addressed issues on the Future of Traditional Medicine, Future of
Medicine etc.
Considering the importance of Health Writers’ role in sensitizing the masses and in disseminating the latest findings and technology to the layman, HEAL recognized the Health Writers and honoured them with HEAL HONOUR 2008 Awards for excellence in health writing.
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Dear Friends,
It is indeed a great privilege for me to express my sincere gratitude to all the participants who made the Second National Health Writers’ and Communicators’ Workshop a
grand success. In fact, it was the biggest gathering of health writers and communicators from across India and across languages. This speaks volumes of the progress that Health Essayists & Authors League (HEAL) has made since its inception in 2005.
HEAL has so far held 22 workshops across India for health writers and communicators on a wide range of topics. It has worked for numerous public welfare campaigns like appropriate dosing of paracetamol in children, awareness campaign on trans-fatty acids, awareness of malnutrition in children and awareness campaigns on targeted cancer therapy, etc.
The idea behind the entire exercise was to create a platform for health writers from across the nation to seek, exchange and research topics on health.
The idea of HEAL as a platform was to link verticals like hospitals, pharma companies, research bodies in both the public and private sectors with health writers and communicators. Quite successfully we have achieved this milestone but many more milestones remain to be crossed.
In concluding my vote of thanks I look forward to welcoming you again at the next international workshop in April 2010.
Cheers,
R. ShankarPresident, [email protected] [email protected]
Vote of ThanksDear Patrons & Colleagues,
I must mention our deep sense of appreciation and gratitude to the speakers and participants who helped us to make 2nd National Health Writers’ & Communicators’
Convention a great event, a memorable milestone n the road to awareness amongst Indians.
Looking back at HEAL, it took me about 5 years to convince Editors & Writers associated with the health & wellness segment of their publications to come together on one platform with an objective to get Health Writing & Communication organized and recognized at the national and international level. Thus, in 2005 HEAL (Health Essayists & Authors League) was born which started with the First Health Writers’ Workshop at Goa. Recently this largest body of Health Writers and Communicators completed its 4 years of existence by organizing the 21st Health Writers’ Workshop in Goa, completing a full circle.
HEAL works with like-minded, socially inclined Health Writers/ Communicators, Doctors, Policy Makers & other KOLs, with an objective of upgradeing the Health Writing/ Communicating standards to improve health awareness levels and influence health policies in the right direction, so that everybody leads a healthy & happy life and helps build a prosperous nation.Your overwhelming presence/participation at the workshop marked the grand success of our endeavour and also encourages us to continue our noble pursuit.
Sincerely yours,
Swadeep SrivastavaPrincipal Consultant, HEALConsulting Editor & CEO, Heal [email protected] [email protected]
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Day I September 23, WednesdayInaugural Session
2nd National Health Writers’ & Communcatiors’ Convention Inaugural session
9:45am–10:05am Organ donation, a new lease of life
Dr. Harsh JauhariChairman, Renal Trans-plant and Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Brief Profile - Dr. Harsh Jauhari is a diplomat in Medical Ethics, a graduate from AFMC Pune. He was awarded M.S. (General Surgery) by G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur. Honorable Delhi High Court has appointed him as a member of a High Power Committee, comprising Union Health Secretary, and Union Director General of Health Services and others.
Session Synopsis – In this session, special em-phasis was laid on Organ Donation and organ transplant act. Presenting a bird’s eye view on Amendments of THOA 1994, Dr. Jauhari threw light on the specifics of the act and the relevant act, in the process pointing out the lacunae in the act. Dr. Jauhari also highlighted the role of ‘task committee on Organ Transplant act’ reveal-ing that all the recommendations of the commit-tee on the act have been accepted.
10:10am–10:30am Innovations in infertility treatment
Dr. S. Ghosh Dastidar Managing Director, Ghosh Dastidar Insti-tute, Kolkata
Brief Profile - Dr. S. Ghosh Dastidar is the MD of Ghosh Dastidar Institute. His achievements include first IUI birth in India (1983), second IVF baby in India (1986); first ICSI pregnancy in India (1995); first ICSI Triplets in India (1996). He was awarded the membership of IWG Inter-national Working Group in ART, twice.
Session Synopsis – Dr. Dastidar, a pioneer in the realm of Infertility treatment in the country, stressed on the need for modern IVF Labs in the country. He brought to light the challenges that he had encountered while setting up the first IVF lab in India. He also dwelt on the potential uses of human embryonic stem cells and outlined the obstacles that must be overcome before we begin to use embryonic stem cells routinely for treating various diseases.
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10:35am–11:10am Cancer care technology and Oncoeconomics – Cre-ating Models
Dr. B.S. Ajai KumarManaging Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HCG Enterprises Ltd.
Brief Profile - Dr B S Ajai Kumar is a radiation specialist .Dr Kumar was one of the founders of the Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO) in 1986, founded the Bharath Hospital in 1990 and acquired the Curie Centre of Oncology in 2000. Dr Kumar was awarded ‘Face of the year 2006’ by Modern Medicare. He has also received the prestigious B C Roy Award and the Kannada Rajyotsava award.
Session Synopsis – The need to do away with some common but untrue perceptions about Cancers and to create sustainable economic models for cutting edge Cancer Care delivery formed the leitmotif of Dr. B.S. Ajai Kumar’s presentation. Dr. Kumar is the man behind India’s first specialized cancer treatment chain of Hospitals. He stressed on the need to formu-late strategies to provide completely accessible, personalized, affordable and advanced cancer care to patients. “We do not want to be lenders, we want to be care tak-ers”, he said.
11:15am-11: 50amHealthcare in India, 2010 and beyond
Dr. Naresh TrehanChairman, Global Health Pvt Ltd (Medanta Med-City)
Brief Profile - One of the most respected medi-cal practitioners in India and abroad, Dr Naresh Trehan completed his MBBS from KG Medical College, Lucknow. He is the CMD of Global Health Private Ltd, Gurgaon and a Senior Consultant, Cardiovascular Surgery, at Apollo Hospital.
Session Synopsis - The metamorphosis of the Healthcare sector in India, its teething troubles and the need to create sustainable models that take Healthcare delivery to the primary level, making advanced Healthcare available in rural areas formed the crux of Dr. Naresh Trehan’s presentation. Dr. Trehan, pioneering Heart Sur-geon and CMD of the soon to be launched Global Healthcare, Medanta Med - city, a first of its kind Multi – super specialty Hospital underlined the need to explore ways and means to universalize Healthcare delivery if we are to completely real-ize the 2020 vision. He underscored the need for ‘a coming together’ of the private and the public sector in order to realize that vision. He also laid out the vision behind Medanta Med – city and emphasized that the institute is governed by the principle of providing affordable medical services to patients with care, compassion and commitment.
11:55am-12: 10am“Need for highlighting Women’s Health Issues”
Guest of Honour:Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dasti-darMember of Parliament
Brief Profile - Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is pres-ently a Member of Parliament (MP) aside from holding the post of president of West Bengal Mahila Trinamool Congress. Dr Dastidar ob-tained her medical degree from R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata and completed her post gradua-tion from King’s College, London.
Session Synopsis - Dr. (Mrs.) Dastidar dwelt at length on women Health issues. Every day over 300 women in India die due to childbirth related complications. This highly unacceptable rate of maternal mortality speaks volumes about the current status of women’s Health in the country. Dr. Dastidar called on Health journalists to ‘do more’ to highlight health issues facing women. “We have to ensure”, she said,” that there is an equitable distribution of Medical facilities be-tween the Rural & Urban areas”.
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12:15 PM – 1:50 PMINAUGURAL FUNCTION
Mr. R. ShankarPresident, HEAL
Brief Profile - Mr. Shankar has 26 years of experi-ence in the field of journalism, and is the former editor of the New Indian Express. He was in-strumental in launching the Health Supplement of the New Indian Express. Currently, he is the Consulting Editor for some of the media groups, and also the President of HEAL.
Synopsis: Mr. Shankar, the President of HEAL welcomed delegates to the 2ND National Health Writers’ and Communicators’ convention. He highlighted the essence of HEAL and also spoke briefly about its history. He expressed satisfac-tion with the progress that HEAL has made thus far and said that he looked at the future with hope and optimism.
Mr. Swadeep SrivastavaPrincipal Consultant, HEAL & Consulting Edi-tor and CEO, HEAL India
Brief Profile – Mr. Swadeep Srivastava pioneered the concept of ‘Healthcare PR’ in the country. In the year 2000 he set up a Health-care Communication company by the name of Via Media & Communications Pvt. Ltd., which is today a leading Consultancy, Knowledge, Networking & Implementation organization in Healthcare Communication, Public Affairs & Ad-vocacy. He has been associated with the forma-tion of first Health Writers Network of SAARC countries- HEAL (Health Essayists & Authors League) which has so far organized more than 20 Health Writers’ Workshops in 4 years of its existence, networking with and educating about 200 Health Writers/ Journalists & Editors from India & SAARC countries.
Synopsis - Bringing out the essence of the sec-ond HEAL Convention, Mr. Swadeep Srivastava,
Principal Consultant, HEAL, said, “ Our aim is to create a platform where Health Writers from across India and SAARC countries can seek, ex-change and research topics on Health. The idea is to get together eminent doctors, scientists, re-searchers and Health writers on a common plat-form to facilitate the flow of reliable and credible information to the public”. This, he said, would not only help improve general Health awareness levels but would also help influence Healthcare policies in the right direction. He also announced the 1st International Health, Lifestyle Writers’ & Communicators’ Convention, which, he said, would be held on the occasion of the World Health Day from April 7-9, 2010 in Mumbai
Dr. Naveen A. RaoManaging Director, MSD Pharmaceuticals, India
Brief Profile – Dr. Rao joined Merck & Co., Inc. in 1993. He spent over a decade at the New Jersey Headquarters of Merck & Co. Inc. working within the Research Labora-tories and Human Health Divisions. In 2005, Dr. Rao came to India as the Medical Director of the newly formed MSD Pharmaceuticals Ltd, local affiliate of Merck & Co. Inc.
Synopsis - Dr. Rao underscored the need for a ‘ shifting of emphasis’ as far as the Healthcare sector in the country is concerned. The need to concentrate on the preventive aspect of Health-care, he said, is greater than ever before. To that end it is important that clinical medicine and clinical research train their sights on prevention. He also stressed on the need for the corporate sector to come forward and shoulder its social responsibilities for it has the wherewithal to help the country deal with its problems.
Navneet Anand, Execu-tive Director, Via Media & Communicatins
Brief Profile - A Com-munication professional with a vast experience, he
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has been associated with The India Express, The Times of India and The Pioneer. A doctorate in media and communication from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, Anand writes for academic journals besides teaching communica-tion subjects.
Synopsis - Mr. Anand moderated the session and also spoke about the role media can play in raising awareness about and influencing policy decisions on Health issues.
Session Synopsis – The three day event was inaugurated by Chief Guest Shri Amar Singh, MP, Chairman, Standing Committee on Health, Govt. of India, in presence of eminent panelists Dr. Kakoli G. Dastidar (MP), R. Shankar (President, HEAL), Swadeep Srivastava (Principal Consultant, HEAL), Alok Mehta (Editor-in-chief, Nai Duniya Group of Publications), health writers from across India, doctors and healthcare professionals.
Speaking on ‘Health & Humanity: A global Concern’, Shri Amar Singh said that much more needs to be done to counter major public Health problems. His lively speech was an interesting interlude in the ongoing debates and discussions on healthcare issues facing the country. Stress-ing on the need to make doctors much more accountable to the system than they presently are, Shri Singh surprised the media by declar-ing himself to be a victim of medical negligence. He said, “You may be surprised to know that I have been a victim of medical negligence myself. A decade back I was erroneously operated on and a portion of my Intestines removed without reason. That has probably been, in part respon-sible for my Kidney Failure. It made me lose my faith in Indian doctors and that’s why I went to Singapore for treatment this time around.”
Before adjourning for lunch, all the eminent panelists and all 250 people from the audi-ence signed the HEAL Global Pledge for Good Health. Also, 2009 HEAL Honours were con-ferred on:
Padma Bhushan Dr. Naresh Trehan � (Chairman, Global Health Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon) for Leadership in Cardiac-surgery & for setting up India’s first Integrated Med-city.
Padma Shree Dr. J.M. Hans � (Director, Department of ENT & Cochlear Implant Centre, Primus Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi) for Leadership in Introducing Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique for Cochlear Implantations for Eradicating Deafness in India.Padma Vibhushan Dr Purshottam Lal �
(Chairman, Metro Group of Hospitals) for Leadership in Innovative Techniques in Interventional Cardiology & for Performing record number of procedures of Angioplasty in India.Dr. B.S. Ajai Kumar � (Chairman & CEO, HCG Enterprises Ltd., Bangalore) for Leadership in Establishing India’s first specialized Cancer treatment chain of hospitals.Mr. Venkat Changavalli � (CEO, EMRI) for Leadership in Emergency Care by setting India’s first Road Ambulance Service across various states.Dr. David M. Dror � (Chairman, MIA) for Leadership in Micro Health Insurance.
2:00pm-4:00pm - Special Session on Heart Health: Mission to Make India Heart Healthy
Dr. Praveen ChandraDirector Cardiac Cath Lab & Acute Myocar-dial Infarction Services, Max Devki Devi Heart & Vascular Institute, New Delhi
Brief Profile - Dr. Chan-dra is known as a proficient hand in operations and processes for Cardiac Catheterization Ser-vices at Max Hospital. Dr. Chandra is associated
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with Endovascular Intervention Society of India, Cardiological Society of India and Asia-Pacific Society of Interventional Angiography.
Synopsis - Dr. Chandra spoke at length about the menace of Heart Disease and the epidemic proportions it has acquired in the country. This, he said, is singularly unfortunate because heart disease is easily preventable. Dr. Chandra said, “We are staring a Heart Disease epidemic in the face and this, when heart disease is easily preventable. It is all about making some basic lifestyle changes in tandem with developing healthy eating habits. Increased physical activ-ity together with soluble fibre rich foods like barley, kala – chana, rajmah, jowar, ragi, wheat, oats, corn, bajra, grapes, apples, guava, pears and peaches have substantial potential to lower cholesterol levels.”
Mallika Janakiraman Vice President, Health and Wellness, PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
Brief Profile - Nutrition Science & Communication professional with more than twenty-three years of multi-faceted exposure in academics and food industry. She has over 10 years of experience in research & academics teaching. She holds a Mas-ters in Foods & Nutrition and an M.Phil in Food Service Management & Dietetics.
Synopsis - Ms. Janakiraman dwelt at length on the nutritional and other interventions that we should make to stay Heart Healthy. She empha-sized that Healthy foods are an essential adjunct to a healthy life. She also highlighted the fact that PepsiCo is aligning its product portfolio to the larger purpose of promoting health & wellness. ‘Performance with a purpose’ is the byline.
Shweta Rajpal KohliEconomic Affairs Editor, NDTV 24x7
Brief Profile - Shweta Rajpal Kohli, has been in
the media industry for the past 11 years, have worked with a number of organizations includ-ing The Indian Express, The Times of India, The Business Standard and The Hindustan Times. She is associated with NDTV 24x7 as the Eco-nomic Affairs Editor.
Synopsis - Ms. Kohli moderated the session apart from dwelling on the Heart Health issues facing the country.
Dr. George A. MensahManaging Director, Heart Health and Global Health Policy,Corporate Research & Development, PepsiCo, NY
Brief Profile – Dr. Men-sah is a noted acade-mician, distinguished scientist, eminent author, an accomplished clinician, enterprising researcher and a brilliant teacher. He is an alumnus of Harvard University and a graduate from the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Mensah received his post-gradu-ate training from the New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan, Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
Session Synopsis - Dr Mensah joined the Writers through a live videoconference from the PepsiCo Headquarters in New York for an interesting ses-sion and dialogue. He highlighted the rising bur-den of heart disease and the need for strategies to prevent and control the major risk factors. He closed with a call for increased partnerships between the media, academic health centers, professional health organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations and public health agencies.Mission to Make India Heart Healthy,” is a call to action, an initiative to help increase aware-ness on the risk and prevention of Heart Disease through diet, health and exercise. A group of health writers from across the country joined the pledge to demonstrate the superiority of the ‘awareness’ pen over the ‘heart surgery’ knife.
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6:30pm-8: 30pmInnovations in Research & Technology – Future of Healthcare
Chief Guest:Dr. V.M. KatochDirector General, Indian Council of Medical Re-search
Brief Profile - Dr Katoch is the Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. He is a distinguished scientist who has bagged acco-lades for his research work on Leprosy, Tuber-culosis and HIV-AIDS. His contribution towards the development of Molecular methods of rapid diagnosis of T.B, leprosy, DNA chips; to DNA fingerprinting methods and to viability determi-nation methods like ATP bioluminescence etc is commendable.
Synopsis - Dr. V. M. Katoch chaired the session. He spoke at length about the clinical research scenario in the country. He said that things are finally looking up. India is making rapid strides in the field of clinical research. However, to sustain the momentum it is extremely impor-tant that scientists show commitment and an
unfaltering resolve. He expressed confidence in the acumen of the Indian researchers. He said that he looks forward to a promising future.
Dr. Palat Krishna MenonSr. Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics
Brief Profile - Dr. Menon graduated and a doctor-ate from AFMC, Pune. He has been honoured with several prestigious awards for his contribution towards research. During his tenure in IAF, he held the chair in the department of Microbiology. He was also respon-sible for establishing the molecular diagnostic facility at AFMC and at Command Hospital, Bangalore.
Synopsis - Dr. Menon spoke about the future of Medical Diagnostics. He drew an immensely ex-citing picture of things to come as far as Health-care and Diagnostics are concerned. He also dwelt at length on what he termed ‘P5 Medicine’ – Personalized, Preventive, Predictive, Participa-tory and Positive Medicine. In describing various aspects of P5 Medicine he laid out a vision of the future of Medicine.
Day I Evening Session
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Dr. R.B. SrivastavaDirector, Life Sciences, D.R.D.O.
Brief Profile: Dr. Sriv-astava did his M.Sc. in Botany from Allahabad University and Ph.D. in Applied Life Sciences from Kumaun University. He joined DRDO in 1979 Thereafter he was endowed with the post of Joint Director at Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment, Kanpur.
Synopsis: Dr. Srivastava spoke at length about re-search and technology innovations made by DRDO for the armed forces and its spin offs to the civil society. He provided some extremely interesting insights into the research activity being carried out at the life – sciences division of DRDO. He threw a flood of light on research & innovations encompass-ing the whole range of clinical medicine and also on research in genetics finding application in other fields - research that would bring in a lot of benefits to the civil society. Dr. Ashok KumarC.B.H.I., Ministry of Health
Brief Profile - A post-graduate from the Insti-tute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Dr. Ashok Kumar special-izes in Public Health. He is presently the Director of Central Bureau of Health Intelligence and Deputy Director, General Central Health Service, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. He has to his credit more than 120 research papers, which have been published in National and Interna-tional Journals.
Synopsis - Dr. Ashok Kumar outlined the objectives of the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. He said that the activities of the bureau are central to the maintenance and dissemination of the national health profile of India. He revealed that inputs from the bureau are essential as far as reviewing the progress of the Health Sector in the country is concerned.
Dr. Purshottam Lal Chairman, Metro Group of Hospitals, Noida
Brief Profile - Hailing from a humble back-ground, Dr. Lal has to his credit the four highest civilian awards, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan Padmashri and Dr BC Roy National Award. Besides, he is listed in the Limca Book of World Records. He graduated from Amritsar in 1975 and has and has been trained in USA. Dr. Lal has played a major role in pioneering interventional cardiology in India. He introduced a number of new interventions for the first time in India such as diamond drilling for blocked arteries of the heart, closure of heart holes without surgery etc.
Synopsis - Dr. Lal, in an interesting presenta-tion, dwelt on the specifics of the numerous innovations in Interventional Cardiology he has pioneered over the years. He also highlighted the need for innovations in Interventional Cardiol-ogy in view of the faster recovery interventional procedure entail compared to Surgery. This, he said, is desirable for the patient from a financial perspective as well. He stressed on the need to provide affordable Healthcare and Heartcare to patients in resource poor country like India.
Mr. N. D. RajpalPresident, Public Rela-tions Council of India (PRCI)
Brief Profile - Mr. N. D. Rajpal is the President of National Executive of Public Relations Council of India and Resident Director of Alembic Limited. He is the recipient of several awards, which include 2006 IMM Award for Excellence, award for Best Corporate Director, a special Award by Chairman Press Council of India etc.
Synopsis - Mr. Rajpal moderated the session and spoke on Innovations and the role of Media in spreading awareness about them.
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10:00am-11:00am Pandemic Control: Are we ready?
Chief Guest:Dr. Kanwar Sain Hon’ble Mayor, Delhi
Brief Profile - Dr. Sain although a politician now, is basically a doctor by train-ing. He graduated from Mau-lana Azad Medical College, Delhi. He served in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospitals as a Resident Medical Officer (RMO). He has also held the post of President of District Medical Cell of BJP in Shahadara.
Dr. V.K MongaChairman, MCD Stand-ing Committee on Health
Brief Profile - Dr. V.K Monga is presently the chairman of MCD Stand-ing Committee on Health and President of IMA for east-Delhi branch. Dr. Monga was formerly the President of Delhi Medical Association and Chairman of Medical Relief and Public Health
Committee, MCD. He achieved a rare feat by con-ducting the biggest survey ever on Anaemia in Delhi. He was also the first man to have started Anaemia Control Programme in MCD Schools.
Mr. Umesh UpadhyayDirector, Rockland Hos-pital, Delhi
Brief Profile - A veteran journalists, Mr. Upadhyay is presently a Director with Rockland Hospital. Mr. Upadhyay started his career as a Lecturer, but his interest in jour-nalism led him to the Press Trust of India (PTI) after a short period of time. He has held senior positions in Doordarshan, Home TV & ZEE News in editorial capacities.
Dr. Danny Devasy Consultant, Kairali Ay-urveda Group
Brief Profile - A B.Sc, B.A.M.S from Delhi Uni-versity, working with Kai-rali Ayurvedic Group as a Consultant and Manager (Franchise Develop-ment). He was associated with Hindustan Times
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PACE mission for quite some time. He has also designed a unique activity brochure on Senile Cataract for old age division of National Institute of Social Defence.
Session Synopsis - In his keynote address as the chief guest, Dr. Kanwar Sain, the Mayor of Delhi laid down the regulations of the Municipal Com-mittee of Delhi.Dr. V. K. Monga, Chairman MCD standing commit-tee, in speaking about Swine Flu, said that there are lessons to be learnt from the whole episode. He said that although the Media had created an undesirable hype around the Swine flu related deaths in Pune, it had more than made up by spreading awareness about the disease as well.
Dr. Umesh Upadhyay, Director – Rockland Hospital lamented that in covering diseases like Swine flu, we, in India tend not to look at things in a broad perspective. Swine Flu, which was more wide-spread in USA, did not create as big a scare there, he said and put that down to responsible reporting.
12:15 – 2:15pm Prioritizing Women’s Health Issues
Chief Guest Smt. (Prof.) Kiran WaliaHealth Minister, Delhi
Brief Profile – Smt. Walia was born into a family of freedom fighters. She began her professional career as a teacher in Delhi University. During her tenure as Chairperson of Delhi Women Com-mission she fought for the rights of women. Be-ing a compassionate woman, she has been able to solve the problems of people and has ensured overall development of her area.
11:30am-12: 15pm HIV/AIDS – A compelling concern
Akhila SivadasExecutive Director, Cen-tre for Advocacy and Research
Brief Profile – Ms. Sivadas brings with her rich and varied experience as a researcher and advo-cate on issues related to gender and development and its impact on the masses in India. Under her stewardship CFAR has grown from an informal group called the “Media Advocacy Group” to an organization that has a presence in eight states
Session Synopsis – Ms. Sivadas, an AIDS com-munication expert pointed to the effectiveness of campaigns in raising awareness and in educating people. She cited the ‘Red Ribbon Express’ cam-paign as a case in point. She argued that media plays a central role in the dissemination of infor-mation.
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Guest of Honour:Dr. Prabha K. TaviadMember of Parliament
Brief Profile – Dr. Taviad is a Member of Parlia-ment and also a Consult-ing Gynaecologist. She has been running a maternity home since 1983 at Vari Hospital Godhra, Gujarat. She has conducted more than 6515 deliveries. She has been the Vice President of All India Mahila Congress since 2006. She has also served on various executive Committees.
Ms. Nandini SahaiDirector, Media Infor-mation and Communi-cation Centre of India
Brief Profile – Recently bagging the prestigious assignment of Director of International Centre of Goa (ICG), Nandini Sahai is a distinguished development journalist with more than 30 years of experience. She is an advocate of Right to Information (RTI) Act. She has also worked with International Rehabilita-tion Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) on issues of Torture and Human Rights. Ms. Sanchita SharmaHealth Editor, HT, New Delhi
Brief Profile – An emi-nent Health Writer of International repute, she also runs a weekly health column in Sunday HT and supervises the Health & Wellness reporting & writing at India’s leading newspaper – Hindu-stan Times. Her 15-year career in health writ-ing started with the Indian Express before she moved to HT City.
Dr. (Mrs.) Neerja BhatlaProf. of Obstetrics & Gynaecologist, AIIMS
Brief Profile – Dr. Bhatla has extensive experience in Gynae Oncology es-
pecially in cervical cancer prevention and early detection. Dr Bhatla has over 80 publications in several national and international journals. She is Executive Member of the Association of Gynae Oncologists of India and of the Indian Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. She is also the Founder-President of AOGIN-India (Asia Oceania research organization on Genital Infec-tions and Neoplasia).
Dr. S.K. AgarwalFormer President, I.A.P.
Brief Profile – Dr. S.K Ag-garwal was formerly the president of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics. He has held various senior positions in national and International bodies.. He has been conferred with numerous Awards, which include Vijay Rattan Award and Dr.B.C. Roy Memorial Award.
Session Synopsis - “There is an urgent need to address Health issues facing the women of this country and we can ignore them only at our own peril. A nation, which ignores the Health of its women, can lay no claims to being a prosperous nation. We need to focus more on the Health and development of the women of India. To that end it is extremely important to develop effective strategies to counter diseases in women”, said Smt. Walia.
Every day over 300 women in India die due to childbirth related complications. This highly unacceptable rate of maternal mortality speaks volumes about the current status of women’s Health in the country. All those who spoke stressed on the need to raise awareness and for-mulate strategies to deal with the Health prob-lems facing women.
Ms. Nandini Sahai stressed on the need for ef-fective communication on these issues. She said that the Media in general and Health Journalists in particular need to focus more on women. She also spoke about women empowerment.
Dr. Bhatla spoke about the high incidence of cervical cancer in women. “In India Cervical Cancer is the most common cancer in women.
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India reports approximately one fourth of the world’s cases of cervical cancer every year. This is really unfortunate since the cancer is, upto a great extent, preventable. Poor personal and sexual hygiene, especially in rural areas might be playing an important role in the development of this disease”, she said. Dr. Aggarwal highlighted the role of preventive vaccination in cervical cancers. He said that Preventive vaccines especially Quadrivalent vaccines are extremely effective as far as the prevention of cervical cancers is concerned.
Dr. Taviad spoke on a range of issues concern-ing women. She stressed on the need to edu-cate women in the rural areas and therefore empower them. She also called for increased
representation to women in representative institutions and legislative bodies. She called on journalists, especially women journalists to focus more on ‘woman – centric’ issues as they are in a position to understand the problems of women better.
All put together, it was an absorbing second day at the convention. Said Mr. Swadeep Srivastava, Principal Consultant, HEAL, “The deliberations and brainstorming that have been going on at the convention have been extremely enlighten-ing. We feel happy and proud to have organized this convention and look forward to organizing more such events in the future. We want HEAL to serve as an instrument to the furtherance of Health and well – being of the country”.
10:00-11:30amSpecial session on Health Insurance
Mr. Anuraag Sunder Principal Consultant, PWC
Brief Profile - Mr. Sunder has been responsible for guiding the performance improvement team at PWC. He is known as a focused professional in Insurance Sector. His core technical experience in Underwriting and Reinsurance, functional experience in new insurance start ups, JV cre-
ations, market entry, corporate planning and strategy, distribution, research and training has made him a distinguished professional.
Ms. M. Malti Jaswal CEO, E-Meditek, TPA Services Ltd, Gurgaon
Brief Profile – Ms. Jaswal started her career as a direct Recruit Officer (Management Trainee) with PSU-insurer Oriental Insurance. She did her post graduation in Commerce from Delhi Univer-sity. She has 22 years of experience. She has also
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handled various assignments as branch manager and as Divisional Manager in the insurance sec-tor.
Mr. Deepak Mendiratta Managing Director, Health & Insurance Integrated
Brief Profile - Mr. Men-diratta is an insurance professional with expertise in the field of Health Insurance operations particularly in establishing systems and processes using optimum technol-ogy. He is currently the Managing Director of Health & Insurance Integrated (HII) that does outsourcing work for hospitals and also designs, implements and markets health plans. He has been trained in the UK and holds a Masters de-gree in Business Administration.
Mr. Prabhakar SinhaDeputy Financial Edi-tor, Times of India, New Delhi
Brief Profile – Mr. Sinha is an avid Business Editor with a knack of breaking exclusive stories in Banking, Insurance & Tele-com sector and has vast experience of Business reporting. He has spent a decade with the Delhi Business Bureau of Times of India.
Session Synopsis - “Indian Health sector is facing massive challenges. The Lack of health insurance awareness among the masses is compounding the hindrance health promotion endeavours are facing. There is an urgent need for standardiza-tion and regularization of the hospital industry. There is also a pressing need for the correct use of technology to make insurance sector more efficient,” said Malti Jaswal. However, on the flip side, Mr. Mendiratta seemed to be quite positive with the growth of health insurance sector in the recent past. He stated optimistically, “There is bright hope for both consumers as well as insur-ers in the times to come.”
11:35am-12:05pm Global Perspectives on Appropri-ate Pain Management
Dr. Raju VaishyaSr. Consultant Ortho-paedic Surgeon, Indra-prastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
Brief Profile – Dr. Vaishya has been involved in numerous publications in international journals, including original research in the field of knee surgery. He has also presented several academic lectures at various National & International conferences, in CME programmes. Dr. Vaishya had been an Editorial Board member of I.J.O, and has received Professor’s gold medal for the best research at Oswestry, University of Birmingham, UK (1989)
Session Synopsis - In this session on pain man-agement Dr. Vaishya spoke, in the main, about the pharmacologic management of pain. He dwelt at length on the efficacy and side-effect profiles of NSAIDS. He underlined the impor-tance of effective pain relief with NSAIDs and emphasized that NSAIDs like Ibuprofen with a high efficacy and minimal side – effects are very effective instruments as far as managing pain is concerned. He also spoke about pain relief employing Opioids.
12:10pm-12: 55pmProduct Innovation for Management of Acidity, Gas and GERD
Improving protein sup-plementation through product innovation
Dr. PritiMedical Advisor, Ran-baxy Global Consumer Healthcare
Brief Profile - An MBBS and MD, who handles conscientiously the regulatory affairs of Con-sumer Health care business, which encompasses
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food & OTC drugs. Dr. Priti handles Gastro-in-testinal category with brands such as digestive Pepfiz and the antacid Pepflux. She has a keen interest in product development and in devising strategies that answer consumer needs.
Session Synopsis - Dr. Priti dwelt at length on the importance of Protein, outlining the at-tributes of good quality protein. She projected Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) as an important tool in gauging pro-tein quality. She also highlighted the attributes of an ideal antacid.
1:00pm-1: 30pmFighting Hypothyroidism
Dr. Tarun SekhriScientist ‘F’ & Jt. Direc-tor, Div. of Endocrinol-ogy & Thyroid Research, INMAS, Delhi
Brief Profile - Dr. Sekhri is working in the Division of Endocrinology & Thyroid Research, INMAS for 13 yrs, and has more than 25 publica-tions to his credit. He has a PG diploma in Radia-tion medicine and TB & Chest diseases.
Session Synopsis - Dr. Sekhri highlighted the fact that although Thyroid Disorders are as com-mon as Diabetes, a very small percentage of the patients with Thyroid Disorders get diagnosed. He put this down to low awareness levels. He emphasized that health writers can play a very important role as far as spreading awareness about the disease is concerned.
1:30pm-2: 30pm Valedictory Function“Current Healthcare Sce-nario in India”
Chief Guest:Dr. Ramesh Chandra DekaDirector, AIIMS
Brief Profile - Dr. Deka, a renowned ENT spe-cialist has received two national Gold Medals for his outstanding research in Cancer and Neurol-ogy. Dr. Deka has performed over 275 cochlear implant surgeries, including 200 in children, with excellent results. He is an expert in endo-scopic sinus and laryngeal/voice surgery. Dr. Deka has also published more than 200 research papers in national and international journals.
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Dr. A.S. SoinSenior Consultant, Liver Transplant and Hepato-biliary SurgeryDirector of Liver Trans-plantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Brief Profile - Dr. Soin is well known as the pioneer of India’s first Inter-national Level Liver Transplant Center. Having performed nearly 400 liver transplants at SGRH so far, his centre now rates among the first three in the world in the specialty of living donor transplantation. Dr. Soin was the first to perform the cadaver liver transplant in India. He was also the first surgeon to successfully perform Lapa-roscopic donor nephrectomy (removal of Kidney by Keyhole Surgery) in India in 1999. He has been honoured for his achievements by various national and international bodies.
Session Synopsis - Dr. Deka spoke about the current Healthcare scenario in the country, highlighting the grey areas. He emphasized that there is a pressing need to address public health problems on a war footing.
Dr. Soin spoke about the huge gap between the number of patients in need of organ transplants and the number of transplants performed annu-ally. “There is a huge gap between the number of patients in need of organ transplantation in the country and the number of identified potential donors. Nearly 5 lac people die of Heart, Liver and Kidney failure every year in the country. Shockingly, only 4000 transplant procedures are performed in this period. There is a pressing need to bridge this gap”, he said.
Vote of Thanks:Mr. B. K. DashFormer Chief of PR & Protocol, AIIMS
Brief Profile - A pioneer in healthcare PR in the country, Mr. Dash has served the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for more than 25 years. He retired as the Chief of Public Relations, Dept. of AIIMS. Basically, a Writer and Journalist, he has been associated with various NGO activities in the healthcare sector.
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Dr. J. M. HansDirector, Dept. of ENT & Cochlear Implant surgeon to the prime minister of India
Brief Profile - Dr. Hans is a pioneering ENT Surgeon, academician, inventor and a distinguished teacher. Currently he is the CEO of Primus Hospitals and ENT surgeon to the prime minister of India.
He was formerly the HOD of the ENT department at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. Hans is a pioneer in Minimal Invasive Cochlear Implantation technique in India, which has helped transform the lives of the deaf.
He is also the member of Central Parliamentary Co-ordination Committee for the handicapped. He has to his credit, perform-ing the first live cochlear Implantation in Pakistan and Ban-gladesh. He is the WHO nodal officer and is also credited with inventing the Hans Speaking valve.
2009 HEAL Honor Awardees
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Dr. David M. DrorChairman, Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
Brief Profile - Dr. David M. Dror is the Chairman of the Micro Insurance Academy (MIA). He is currently Professor of ‘Health Insurance in low-income countries’ at Erasmus University Rotterdam Medical Center (Institute of Health Policy and Management) and leads field research related to health econom-ics and health insurance in India and elsewhere. Dr. Dror holds a DBA (Magna cum Laude) and a PhD (Summa cum Laude).
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Mr. Venkat ChangavalliCEO, Emergency Management & Research Institute (EMRI)
Brief Profile - An M.B.A from I.I.M., Ahmedabad and B.Tech (Chemical) from REC, Warangal, Mr. Chan-gavalli believes in people’s development. He practices simple and transparent style for building talent. He believes in networking, learns continually and lectures at various fora. Prior to joining EMRI, Venkat was the CEO of Symrise (a German MNC), based at Chennai, for 11 years. Prior to this, he has earned 17 years of experience in Indian and multi-national Corporations in Pharma and chemical industries in varied functions: Finance, Planning, Marketing and general management.
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Dr. Purshottam Lal Chairman, Metro Group of Hospital, Noida
Brief Profile - Hailing from a humble background, Dr Purshottam Lal has to his credit the four highest civilian awards, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padmashri, and Dr BC Roy National Award. Be-sides. He is also listed in the Limca Book of World Records. He is currently the owner and the Director of Metro Heart Institute, Delhi.
Dr. Lal had to pursue his studies under adverse conditions. He stood first in the final MBBS from Amrit-sar in 1975 and was subsequently picked for further studies and training on a scholarship in USA. After returning to India in 1989 on the invitation of Apollo group of hospitals, Dr. Lal introduced several new procedures as an alternative to open heart surgery while training a number of other cardiologists across the country to do the same. Since then, Dr. Lal has played a major role in pioneering interven-tional cardiology in India. He introduced a number of new interventions for the first time in India such as diamond drill-ing for blocked arteries of the heart, shaving of heart arteries, closure of heart holes without surgery, gold stenting, atherec-tomy, supported angioplasty, valvuloplasty and many more.
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Dr. B.S. Ajai KumarManaging Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HCG Enterprises Ltd.
Brief Profile - Dr B S Ajai Kumar is a radiation specialist and oncologist with 30 years of experience in US and India. He carved a niche for himself in delivering can-cer care and managing cancer centres. Dr Kumar was one of the founders of the Bangalore Institute of Oncology (BIO) in 1986 and acquired the Curie Centre of Oncology in 2000. He also founded the Bharath Hospital in 1990. Dr Kumar was awarded ‘Face of the year 2006’ award by Modern Medicare. He has also received the prestigious B C Roy Award and the Kannada Rajyotsava award.
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Dr. Naresh TrehanChairman, Global Health Pvt Ltd (Medanta Med-City)
Brief Profile - One of the most respected medical practitioners in India and abroad, Dr Naresh Trehan completed his MBBS from KG Medical College, Lucknow. He is currently the CMD of Global Health Pri-vate Ltd or Medanta – Medicity, which is a multi super-specialty hospital located in Delhi’s NCR region, Gurgaon.
He is also a senior Consultant, Cardiovascular Surgery, at Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi. Dr Trehan got a rare appointment when he was made the Personal Surgeon to the President of India in 1991.
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Heal Salutes
Our Visual Director Vijay Guglani & Deputy Director (Admin)- Mr. K.M.Lal ( himself a Kidney Transplant Recipipent presenting a ‘PLEDGE BOARD’ to Shri. Amer Singhji.
Swadeep Srivastava, CEO, HEAL INDIA & Prinicipal Consultant, HEAL, Signing on the ‘PLEDGE BOARD’
Our Executive Director Dr. Navneet Anand along with K.M. Lal & Swadeep Srivastava receiving Shri Amar Singh ji & Dr Devendra Kumar
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Heal Pledge on Mission to make India Heart Healty
