Frontier Mediville Hosts Frontier Lifeline Hospital’s 8th Annual Day Celebrations

Frontier Lifeline Hospital celebrated its 8^th Annual Day at Frontier Mediville today. The program was inaugurated by the Guest of Honor, His Excellency David Holly, Australian Consul General for South India, Chief Guest, Professor J.S.N. Murthy, Vice Chancellor of Ramachandra Medical University and Dr. K.M. Cherian, CEO and founder of Frontier Lifeline Hospital who also gave the welcome address. The highlight of the event was the award ceremony felicitating the achievers of the year from the hospital, the convocation and the highlights of the key milestones of Frontier Lifeline Hospital during the year.

Summing up the highlights of the year at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Dr. Ravi Agarwal and Dr. Subramaniam gave the audience a brief insight on the past year while announcing the awards for key achievers amongst the employees for the year. Dr. Sadasivan Pillai, Mediville Science Park took the audience present on a verbal tour of the developments at the centre. Talking on the occasion, His Excellency David Holly, Australian Consul General for South India said that the need for developing niche solutions to cardiac care was essential in the current environment where costs for health services were increasing making it difficult for the common man to gain access to these basic necessities. He urged for further collaboration between the two countries to further R&D in the field of cardiac care.

Ten students from Meenakshi University were given their convocation certificates by Professor J.S.N. Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Ramachandra Medical University.

Commenting on the occasion, Dr. K M Cherian, CEO and Founder of Frontier Lifeline Hospital and Heart Foundation said “Every year we at Frontier Lifeline Hospital recognize the exemplary contributions of our doctors, care staff and employees. This is a unique moment for us all when we can show our appreciation to those who have helped make a difference to others. The hospital is like a big family and we are proud of the achievements of its members. Hearty congratulation to the awardees!”

Congratulating the awardees, Professor M Srinivas, Dean and Principal of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and Sri R.S. Munirathinam, Chairman of RMK Group of Educational Institutions stressed on the need for the medical fraternity to be abreast with the latest advancements in their respective fields. While medical institutions invest heavily in R&D, it is also paramount for them to recognize the need to update doctors and care staff on these breakthroughs. Applauding Frontier Lifeline’s efforts on this front, the importance for care staff to be updated on the latest developments was also stressed.

The event also saw the staff of Frontier Lifeline showcase their talent on the stage through various cultural programs like fusion dance, traditional dance and mime programmes. There was also a song performance by Reena Raju, heart transplant patient from Frontier Lifeline hospital.

It’s that time of the year!

Christmas Celebrations at Frontier Lifeline Hospitals were marked with a number of fun filled activities. Carols were sung by the FLL stuff and ‘Luthran Mens Voice’. Father Aby Elias and Father Jerry Kurian read out the prayers and blessed the Hospital and its staff.

On the occasion, it was decided to pick a person’s name from a lot and that lucky person would receive a gift. This time around, the chief, Dr K M Cherian got lucky. A kid recuperating at the hospital gave away the gift to the doctor.

Then it was time for Santa Claus to spread some cheer. Peter from Frontier Lifeline, was dressed up as Santa Claus. He danced his way around and gave away gifts to kids, spreading the joy around.

Dr. K. M. Cherian also cut the Christmas cake and distributed it among kids and staff. Speaking on the occasion, he said “By god’s grace, the hospital has been able to function in a fine balance between a corporate hospital and missionary” He sought the Almighty’s blessings for the good work to continue and wished everyone a Merry Christmas

Know your Lung Health

Hope you all remember the thought provoking post on COPD which was posted on the COPD day (November 17th, 2010).

We at Frontier Lifeline, conducted free Spirometry test for the World COPD Day at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair on November 17 & 18, 2010. A team of specialists and doctors led by Dr. Madhu, Pulmonologist Frontier Lifeline conducted free spirometry test for the general public in sync with the theme of this year’s World COPD Day theme “Know your Lung health”.

Dr. Madhu, Consultant Pulmonologist, supervising while a registrant undergoes the Spirometry test

First day saw close to 60 participants who registered previously and got the tests done from 9 AM to 5 PM. Besides, the doctors also explained the importance of maintaining lung health, cardiac health and created awareness about COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).

The participants were taken through systematic process of checkups by the nurses and Physician Assistants of the hospital. Finally, they went through Spirometry tests. The participants were consulted by pulmonologists based on the results of the test.  The doctors explained the importance of treating this disease at the early stage due to its progressive nature. Educative reading materials were also handed out to the registrants.

The registrants were largely from the age group 40-80 and at least 80% of them had a history of smoking. The registrants were worried about their lung function and some of them were quiet relieved to learn that their results were normal.

At least 60% of them were diagnosed with abnormalities. They consulted with our pulmonologists and had begun their treatment. The workshop helped in beginning the management of disease at an early stage.

One of the registrants, Mr. Ramanathan, aged 70, said “I have been smoking for over 30 years and I have also undergone a bypass surgery. I was naturally worried about my lung health and hence came to take the tests. Though I have quit smoking, I still have breathing problems. I have consulted with the doctors and will begin my treatment soon.”

Though the tests were basically to diagnose COPD, some of the patients were also diagnosed with Pneumonia, Bronchial Asthma and other lung disorders.

Dr. Madhu K., Consultant Pulmonologist in our hospital said, “It was great to see people being conscious about their health and well being. The day saw many people including children, house hold women getting consulted for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.”

Due to the overwhelming response from the participants,we extended the activity for one more day.

Below are some of the articles that appeared in the media:

The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article894335.ece

The Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Smoking-is-not-the-sole-cause-of-smokers-disease/articleshow/6951217.cms

 

Lifeline conducted free Spirometry test for the World COPD Day at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair on November 17 & 18, 2010. A team of specialists and doctors led by Dr. Madhu, Pulmonologist

A Day with Little Dolls

Someone said “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see”. It’s seemed very true when we celebrated the Children’s day with a young bunch of students on November 14th. We had fun filled events with children from the hospital and outside participating in it.

Prior to children’s day, Frontier Lifeline organized a Painting and Quiz competition for school students. Students from eight different schools enthusiastically participated in the competitions conducted by the hospital. The theme of the painting competition was conservation and environmental protection. Mr. Ashish Kumar distributed the prizes for the shortlisted participants.

Little Dolls with Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh

During the event, Dr. KM Cherian, Chairman & CEO, Frontier Lifeline said, “We are happy to celebrate Children’s Day with the children from different schools and also with the kids at the hospital. In addition to caring for them at Frontier Lifeline, we believe a bit of cheer was brought into the children through the celebration today”

Speaking at the event Mr. Ashish Kumar IAS, Commissioner of Ambattur Municipality said, “I take immense pleasure to be in the company of Dr. K. M. Cherian and his team. It is always a pleasure to be amidst kids.”

The celebration also was marked by number of activities providing the opportunity for the staff and children to spend valuable and joyous time together during the day.

Check Dr.KM Cherian’s official Facebook page for more pictures of the event

We did it…

Wow, a wonderful week it was. We were overwhelmed by the participation and wonderfl feedback from the International participants. Would you believe that we had more than 600 delegates and 400 of them were from 40 different countries excluding India. The world congress became a platform for knowledge sharing because this is the first time the congress was attended not only by Cardiac surgeons but also Cardiologists and scientific researchers too.

As the World Congress co-hosted 6th Global Forum for Humanitarian Medicine, we also saw diverse groups of surgeons and cardiologists coming forward to take up a more proactive role in humanitarian efforts around the world.  Missions were actively planned to bring the best of cardiac treatment to remote corners of the world.

 

Dr. KM Cherian awarding the Presidency

For instance the Italian organization, Bambini Cardiopatici nel Mondo, headed by Dr Allesandro Frigiola, has supported free surgery for 10 children at Parumala, Kerala where the first tertiary cardiac care centre of the country, promoted by Dr K.M. Cherian,  is situated in this remote village with a population of 7300. We also had hands-on workshops and special sessions from world renowned Cardio Thoracic Surgeons.

But the focal point of the congress was the thematic oration from Mr. Al Gore, 45th Vice President and Climate Champion. As you all know, Al Gore is a crusader against global warming and he has been awarded the Nobel Price for Peace in the year 2007. His speech was the real attraction to the World Congress where he spoke about how the Human development has affected world climate and also how doctor’s can play a vital role in arresting the Climate Change. A few snippets like how we have increased the carbon content from 280 to 390 in the last 152 years due to the industrial development was startling

 

Al Gore delivering Key Thematic Oration at the World Thoracic Congress

What we have done, we have made a PDF of the transcript of Al Gore’s Speech for you. You can download it here and read it. Must read..Al Gore Speech At World Congress

We are very proud and honored to have hosted the World Congress of Thoracic Surgeons and the Global Forum of Humanitarian Medicine. We thank everyone who helped us to make Chennai proud.

We did it …