Launch of Punjab Chapter will boost Emergency Medicine in North India too- Dr Imran Subhan Dr Goma Bajaj becomes President of Punjab Chapter SEMI to promote standard of emergency Healthcare Kuldeep S Chahal IPS SSP Mohali was Chief Guest Harman Singh Sidhu Founder NGO Arrive Safe was Guest of Honours

Chandigarh April 30 Punjab Chapter of SEMI was launched today at a ceremony held In J W Marriott,DrTamorish Kole (Past President SEMI) was Special Guest ,while Dr Imron Subhan ( President SEMI)Dr Shabbar Joad(VicePresident SEMI Northwest Zone)(President SEMI Rajasthan)Dr T S Srinath (Immediate Past President SEMI)Dr NarendranathJena( General Secretary SEMI) and Harman Singh Sidhu Founder NGO Arrive Safe were Guest of Honours  

Dr Goma Bajaj President Punjab Chapter said on the occasion  "Emergency medicine is one of the youngest recognized specialties in India , and its growth in clinical practice and academic development has been challenging.There  are very few emergency physicians working in India. Most of them are concentrated in institutes which support emergency medicine's growth,Other emergency physicians are scattered across the country, majority of them in South India.

Punjab Chapter Team

Dr Goma Bajaj President

Dr Naresh Kaushal Vice President

Dr Jaya Kumari Secretary

Dr Harpreet Singh Thind Treasurer   

SEMI is a registered organization in India with its head office at Hyderabad. SEMI has State Chapters in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal and New Delhi. Today we are Launching Punjab Chapter of SEMI .

SEMI India President Dr  Imron Subhan  said "Hospitals have always had to make arrangements for those who arrive at their doors seeking help. Over the years the numbers and complexity of problems presenting in this way have increased at an exponential rate. This increase in demand has a new medical specialty has evolved, that of accident and emergency known as  Emergency Medicine that deals in caring for the acutely ill and injured patients.

One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 die on Indian roads

every hour.

1214 road crashes occur every day in India.

Two wheelers account for 25% of total road crash deaths.

20 children under the age of 14 die every day due to road crashes in in the country.

377 people die every day, equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every day.

Two people die every hour in Uttar Pradesh – State with maximum number of road crash

deaths.

Tamil Nadu is the state with the maximum number of road crash injuries

Top 10 Cities with the highest number of Road Crash Deaths (Rank –Wise):

Delhi (City)
Chennai
Jaipur
Bengaluru
Mumbai
Kanpur
Lucknow
Agra
Hyderabad
Pune
Source of Information: National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Road Transport &

Highway, Law commission of India, Global status report on road safety 2013

But in India we presently have Emergency Medicine Department in very few hospitals and there is urgent need to start Emergency Department in all major Hospitals. An emergency is commonly defined as any condition perceived by the prudent layperson, or someone on his or her behalf, as requiring immediate medical or surgical evaluation and treatment.The practice of emergency medicine has the primary mission of evaluating, managing and providing treatment to these patients with unexpected injury or illness.

Why we require Emergency Medicine

-Every patient has a new unexpected problem.

-Diagnosis is unknown in majority of the patients, therefore a clinical challenge.
-There will not be any patients for regular follow up like in other specialties
-Work is only during duty hours. You're free once you leave the emergency department. You don't have to worry about any patients.
-The scope of EM extends throughout the breadth of medicine & surgery. You can see patients who can be categorized into every known specialty.
-You get to know every consultant and doctor in the institute or hospital due to the referrals given from the emergency department.
-You are never bored in emergency medicine.
-You play a major and most significant role in prehospital care and disaster management.

SEMI is a registered organization in India with its head office at Hyderabad. SEMI has State Chapters in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal and New Delhi.