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BOGSTimesTHE BENGAL OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY

May 2014

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EDITORIAL MANAGING COMMITTEE 2013-2014

BULLETIN & WEBSITE COMMITTEE

Inspite of the soaring temperatures of the summer drain-ing out the energy from us, the enthusiasm for bringing forth another edition of the BOGS Times has not yet melt-ed. Here we are with the swan song edition of this year.

Prof Kalyani Mukherjee is the stalwart this time who un-veils the story of her teaching life. She was not only a teacher but a mentor who had immense contribution in fashioning the career of many of her students.

The last few months have seen a flurry of academic and so-cial activities.We have tried to capture them in a nutshell in this issue for our readers.

This bulletin attempts to bring glimpses from different ar-eas and serves as a breath of fresh air amongst the regular hard core academics. It is on your part to give feedback and help us in improving its outlook.

Enjoy reading Long live BOGS Jai Hind

Members Dr Sukumar Barik Dr Alok Basu Dr Amit Basu Dr Jayita Chakrabarti Dr Saktirupa Chakraborty Dr Ramprasad Dey Dr Biswajyoti Guha Dr Arup Kumar Majhi Dr Raja Pal Dr Nirmala Pipara Dr Bulbul Raichaudhuri Dr Bibek Mohan Rakshit Dr Rabindranath Ray Dr Joydeb Roychowdhury Dr MM Samsuzzoha Dr Shyamal SettMembers (Junior) Dr Rajasish Majumder Dr Sandip Kumar Sengupta Dr Probodh S SorengSpecial Invitees Dr Suranjan Chakraborty Dr Sebanti Goswami Dr Aruna Tantia

President Dr Krishnendu Gupta Hony. Secretary Dr Bhaskar PalPresident Elect Dr Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay Sr Vice President Dr Sukanta Misra2nd Vice President Dr Subhash Chandra Biswas 3rd Vice President Dr Sudhir AdhikariHony. Joint Secretary Dr Dibyendu Banerjee Hony. Treasurer Dr Abinash Chandra RoyHony. Clinical Secretary Dr Mousumi De BanerjeeHony. Jt. Clinical Secretary Dr Basab MukherjeeImmediate Past President Dr Kalidas Bakshi

Advisors Dr Sudip Chakraborty, Dr Sajal DattaChairperson Dr Arup Kumar MajhiSecretaries Dr Sebanti Goswami, Dr Susmita Chattopadhyay, Dr Tulika JhaVP-in-Charge Dr Sudhir Adhikari

Page 3Message from Team BOGS

Page 4Up, Close and Personal

Page 6BOGSCON 39

Page 8Activities and Events

Page 10Medicolegal Update 2014

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BOGS ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

56th Sir Kedarnath Das Memorial Oration The 56th Sir Kedarnath Das Memorial Oration was held on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. The oration was delivered by Prof. C N Purandare, President Elect, FIGO on “Operative Vaginal Delivery in Modern Obstetrics”. About 70 delegates attended the oration.

26th Dr Chunilal Mukherjee Memorial Oration The 26th Dr Chunilal Mukherjee Memorial Oration was held on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at SSKM and IPGMER Hospital, Kolkata. The oration was delivered by Prof. Sajal Datta, Past President, BOGS on “Human Teratogenesis - Is it a myth”. About 70 delegates attended the oration.

Fourth clinical meeting The fourth clinical meeting was held on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. About 70 delegates attended the programme. Dr Ashmita Ghosh, PGT, presented a case series “Adnexal SOL: surprises at Laparotomy” and Dr Richa Hatila, PGT, presented a very rare case of “Harlequin Icthyosis”.

Fifth clinical meeting The fifth clini-cal meeting was held on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at SSKM and IPGMER Hospital, Kolkata. About 70 delegates attend-ed the programme. Dr Sudeshna Dut-ta presented “Ovihara Syndrome” and Dr D Joyce Rani presented “Successful Pregnancy Outcome Following Sponta-neous Resorption in a Case of Triplet Pregnancy Conceived after IUI”.

CME on “Reproductive Medicine” The Sub Fertility and Reproductive

Endocrinology Committee, BOGS organized a CME on “Reproductive Medicine” on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at “Pratishruti”, Salt Lake City, Kolkata. About 64 delegates attended the CME.

Dr Krishnendu Gupta and Dr Gita Ganguly Mukherjee chaired the first session. Dr Baidyanath Chakraborty spoke on “Male infertility: ROS and Antioxidants”.

An interesting panel discussion on “Management of Infertility: Dos and Don’ts” was moderated by Dr Indranil Saha. Panelists were Dr Pradip Kumar Mitra, Dr Biswajyoti Guha, Dr Rohit Gutgutia, Dr Aindri Sanyal, Dr Suparna Bandyopadhyay and Dr Biplab Deb.

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MESSAGE FROM TEAM BOGS 2013 -14

Dear friends

It just feels like yesterday in May last year when I was installed as your 55th President and now the time has already arrived to pen my

final message for the third issue of “BOGS Times” this year to be released on May 24, 2014 during the AGM……it truly is amazing how time has just whisked by!!

Although each and every academic and social programme that was held or supported by our Society was special in its own way, which will forever be etched in my memory, for me the ones that clearly stood out were the “77th Foundation Day Celebration” in memory of Late Dr Sobha Ghosh at the glittering Crystal Room of Taj Bengal, the Inaugural “Dr Subhas Mukherjee Memorial Lecture” at the magnificent Ballroom of The Oberoi Grand, the live workshop on “Advanced Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery”, “ART-AIM Update 2013” at Hyatt Regency, the hugely successful “BOGSCON 39” at ITC Sonar with a record 557 delegates in attendance, ISCCP 2014 Annual Conference at Hotel Hindustan International and the recently

concluded “Medicolegal Update 2014” the 4th National Medicolegal Conference at Hyatt Regency. What made it even more palpably moving was the noble gesture of our Managing Committee (MC) members to initiate scholarships for needy MBBS students and provide a token grant of Rs.1,00,000/- each to Mrs Namita Mukherjee (ailing wife of Late Dr Subhas Mukherjee) and to Bharat Sevashrama Sangha for facilitating on-going relief and rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand!!

It has been an absolute privilege to serve as your President this year and behind the scene there have been numerous heroes who have collectively made my task of running our beloved Society like “a piece of cake”!! I take this opportunity to sincerely thank my able and dynamic Hony Secretary Dr Bhaskar Pal who shouldered most of the burden (sometimes almost single-handedly!!) and to all the members of the MC for their unstinting support, love and affection. To the office staff of BOGS, I really have no words to thank Biswajit, Sanjoy, Jakir and Shiba for their hard work, diligence and untiring efforts, often well beyond their hour of duty, in addition to coping up with my frequent tantrums!!

I wish the incoming team led by Prof Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay all the very best. I’m sure with their vibrant thoughts and newer ideas, the Society will go many notches higher.

Team BOGS this year has strived very hard to maintain harmony, transparency, consistency and strict fiscal discipline. This would not have been possible but for the solidarity, trust and faith of all our members in us, to whom I am personally indebted, reminding me of two famous statements very apt for me personally this entire year:

“Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends”– Czech proverb.

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher” – Oprah Winfrey.

Long live BOGS!!

Jai Hind.

Prof Krishnendu GuptaPresident, BOGS (2013 – 14)

Dear Friends

I feel overwhelmed as I sit down to write my final message of the year for BOGS Times. It seems just yesterday that Team 2013-14 took over.

How a year has gone by! It has been a busy year at the Society; apart from our usual activities of Foundation Day celebrations, BOGSCON, Orations, clinical meetings and CMEs, we participated in two collaborative

conferences, the ART-AIM Update and the ISCCP Annual conference. We organized the First Dr Subhas Mukherjee Memorial Lecture, a two-day Live Endoscopic Surgery Workshop and finished the year with the National Medicolegal Conference. We also managed to start the scholarship scheme for needy and meritorious MBBS students.

I thank you all for participating in the events and making them successful. My sincere thanks and gratitude to all the members of Team BOGS who

successfully executed all the events.I feel happy passing on the baton to the new team, and am certain they will take the society to new heights.

Long live BOGS

Dr. Bhaskar PalHony. Secretary, BOGS (2013 – 14)

Your President Speaks ...

Hony. Secretary Speaks ...

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BT: Didi, would you please tell us about your early days?

KM: My mother resided in Kalighat while my grandmother lived in Faridpur, East Bengal. She took my mother to her house where I was born on 1st September, 1933. We are three sisters and four brothers.

I was not at all like my other sisters, who were quite studious. I was very naughty, inattentive at studies, always busy playing or climbing trees, plucking flowers and fruits from neighbours’ gardens.

We studied at Kamala Girls’ school. It was only in the 9th standard that I got interested in studies. This was due to the influence of one our school teachers.

BT: Who were you most attached to?

KM: I was very attached to my grandmother. She also liked me very much. Our bond was so strong that I could not think of leaving her. I often proclaimed proudly “I am my granny’s daughter, I will never leave this house. I will stay here forever.”

BT: Who inspired you to enter the medical profession?

KM: In 1948, I passed Matriculation and passed My ISc from Ashutosh College in 1950.

My father was a liberal person. He always encouraged us in our pursuit of higher education. After I passed ISc, he took me to NRSMCH for the admission test and eventually I got admitted to MBBS. Two days later I appeared for the admission test in CMC Hospital. Though I got selected I was not allowed admission in CMC as I was already enrolled for MBBS in NRSMCH.

BT: Who influenced you select Obstetrics and Gynaecology as your speciality?

KM: My decision to become a gynecologist, and not a general surgeon, was influenced by a remark made by my elder brother- “Male patients won’t allow a female surgeon to operate on them”.

BT: Would you please recollect and share with us your enviable academic achievements?

KM: I did my house job under Dr Bimala Bhattacherjee who later married Prof Kripa Nath Mitra. Inspired by her, I completed and submitted my M.O. thesis during my house-surgeonship which I continued for one and half years. I passed my DGO exam from Chittaranjan Seva Sadan Hospital under the legendary Prof Subodh Mitra.

Thereafter, I joined government health service and was posted at Lady Dufferin Hospital, Kolkata. Subsequently, I applied for the M.O. course through service quota and was selected for the course at SSKM Hospital under the legendary teacher Prof. Chunilal Mukherjee.

In 1962, I joined as RS in Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, Kolkata, Here I got the opportunity to improve my individual skills as a surgeon, as well as an obstetrician. Even after I had completed my M.O. course and when I was working as RS of Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, I used to go to his place every evening to discuss my cases with him and learn from him so as to be perfect in my subject.

BT: You have always been straightforward and bold. We have heard that even in front of Prof. CLM you wouldn’t hesitate to speak your mind. Would you please recollect the incident?

KM: Yes, I was never afraid of anything. The fact is: During my M.O. course along with others at SSKM, there was a point of time when I had already submitted my thesis which had also been accepted and therefore I was relatively free. One day Prof. CLM asked one of us to assist him during an operation. Every body kept silent, but I volunteered. After scrubbing I stood at the first assistant’s place. Suddenly CLM asked me to stand at the surgeon’s place and start the operation and that he would like to assist me. I was so nervous that my hands started trembling. Seeing this CLM laughed aloud. Feeling embarrassed, I said even CLM will have tremor in his hands if he had to operate after a gap of two years. He did not mind my words and encouraged me, rather affectionately, to perform the surgery. This was his greatness as a teacher.

BT: We heard that you went to London university directly for doing your PhD. Would you please give us some inputs regarding this?

KM: This is something I must mention. At that time government rules did not permit anyone, who had finished M.O. to go abroad for MRCOG on study leave. In 1964 I joined as registrar in Eden Hospital and was working in the unit of Prof Sreemanta Banerjee and Prof Mukulika Konar.

It was Prof. Sreemanta Banerjee who not only guided me to go abroad with study leave but also arranged for my guide under whom I could pursue my PhD in London University Hospital. When I showed the acceptance

Up, Close and Personal

KALYANI MUKHERJEE

PROF. KALYANI MUKHERJEE, is the only Indian lady gynaecologist who earned a PhD on endocrinology from London University. As a teacher and as a person as well, she was loved by one and all, irrespective of age and status. This was reflected truly at her farewell reception when the venue had to be shifted to the GLT from Eden hospital so as to accommodate everybody. On behalf of BOGS Times, Dr Sukanta Misra, Senior Vice President of BOGS and Dr Suranjan Chakrabarti, Chairperson, Medical Disorder Committee, BOGS, recently met her to reminisce her life and experiences.

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letter, the then Writers’ Buildings officials immediately granted me study leave with pay.

In 1968, on reaching London I met Dr. Sayer with Prof Banerjee’s letter. He asked me to select a topic and I selected “Relation of adrenal cortex with PET”. This study design required working with radioactive isotopes of hormones in blood and their measurements, which was then in very nascent stage. I had no exposure on basic research but lab technicians helped me overcome all the obstacles of research with animals and radiolabelled antibody titre measurement was successfully done within the stipulated time frame.

In this regard one incident is worth mentioning. At the beginning Dr Sayer sent me to a reputed endocrinologist, who was working with radioisotopes, to learn the basics. The endocrinologist was shocked to hear that I intended to complete my work in 3 to 4 years’ time and said it to be impossible. By the end of the second year when I was able to measure the antibody titre and doing my work at a reasonably good pace, I went to meet the said endocrinologist with my workbooks and data. Going through the data, he shook his head and said “hats off to you young lady, go ahead.”

My determination and courage helped me to complete my PhD in time and during that period I also acquired my MRCOG.

In 1973, I had to return to India to shoulder the responsibility of my aged parents. I returned without completing my FRCS which I sincerely wanted to.

I then worked as a gynecologist at Kalyani JNM Hospital before joining Eden hospital as lecturer in1976. Since 1976 I spent all my service life at Eden Hospital.

BT: Do you want to say something about the working atmosphere in Eden, then?

KM: I received a lot of affection from Bhabeshda (Dr Bhabesh Lahiri). One such advice which I still follow is “Look at your watch before starting and after completion of your operation, if you see your watch is not running then you will be considered as a fast surgeon.”

During my tenure at Eden hospital, I have cherished the association of all of my seniors, to name a few, Prof Mukullika Konar, Prof N N Roychowdhury, Prof K M Gun, Prof A K Sarkar, Prof H Duttagupta, Prof Anila Sengupta, Prof Biman Chakraborty.

I loved to teach and was always surrounded by students.

BT: As a teacher you are loved by all. Your motherly love and protection to your students, and house-surgeons along with your strict disciplined guidance as a teacher helped many to shine in their professional life both in India and abroad. Would you like to say a few words for the next generation?

KM: Yes, I love teaching. Since my early professional life, whenever possible, I used to teach youngsters. Even in London, I took regular tuition classes for MRCOG aspirants.

To fulfill my father’s desire, I wrote my first book on practical aspects of our subject, in 1999. The updated second edition of the book has been published again in 2013.

BT: How do you spend your leisure hours?

KM: I am always doing something or the other. I love writing poems, drawing sketches, listening to music etc. One of my patients published a collection of my poems.

BT: One personal question, why didn’t you marry?

KM: No particular reason. Frankly speaking, I never felt the urge to get married. One way I felt it is good for me. Moreover, I am happy and proud to be mother of so many successful people like you.

BT: Didi, any regrets?

KM: Nothing as such. I have always accepted life with a positive frame of mind. At times I felt, it would be nice to see my photo in Eden hospital along with other professor-directors of Eden.

BT: You were a very active BOGS member and did a lot for the society. Why have you withdrawn yourself after being the second vice president of BOGS? What is your message to the younger generations?

KM: No, no, I hav’nt withdrawn myself. At that time I felt it would be difficult for me to give anything more to the society.

Presently, BOGS team is going great guns.

I would like to ask the new generations — do not run after money, love the profession and never give it up. Think positively, always.

BT: Thank you, Didi. On behalf of team BOGS we wish you a long and healthy life and stay young in mind forever. PRANAM.

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39th Annual Conference of BOGS : BOGSCON 39

The 39th Annual Conference of BOGS, “BOGSCON 39” was held on Saturday and Sunday, January 18 and 19, 2014

at ITC Sonar. The response to two full days of scientific programmes was overwhelming. For the first time 8 CME credit hours were granted by the WBMC.

Registration: Like previous years, we tried to involve all the society members. Five hundred and fifty seven delegates attended this conference.

Inauguration: The conference was inaugurated on January 18, 2014 by Dr Hema Divakar, President, FOGSI. Dr Sanjay Saran Baijal, Director, Division of Interventional Radiology, Medanta—The Medicity, Gurgaon, was the Guest of Honour. Prof Krishnendu Gupta, President BOGS and Organizing Chairperson welcomed the delegates. Dr Kalidas Bakshi, Chairperson, Reception Committee and Dr Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay, President Elect, BOGS were also present on the dais. Dr Bhaskar Pal, Hony. Secretary and Organizing Secretary offered the vote-of-thanks.

Academic: The Scientific Committee left no stone unturned to make the scientific programme a mix of science and academia related to clinical practice. The discussion during the various sessions highlighted key research in basic sciences, new treatments and treatment related complications

International Faculties: Dr Gautam Chaudhuri from the USA and Dr Usha Menon from UK participated as faculty.

National Faculties: Dr Hema Divakar, President FOGSI, Dr Alka Kriplani, Dr Jaydeep Malhotra, Dr K.K.Roy, Dr S Shantakumari, Dr P.C.Mahapatra, Dr Atul Ganatra, Dr S.S. Baijal were present as faculties.

Scientific sessions included 9 symposia,3 Keynote Lectures, 6 Industry Sessions,5 Panel discussion,2 Orations, 2 Debate sessions, 1 CME and 2 capsules.

Free papers: This year we had received eighteen paper presentations as free communication from the postgraduate trainees of different medical college and institutes. Each competitive paper session was judged by senior members and teachers of our society.

Poster Session: There were 13 poster presentations.

ORATIONS

Name: 16th Dr D C Dutta Memorial Oration; Orator: Dr Hema Divakar, President, FOGSI (2013-14); Topic: “Emerging Role of Fetal Medicine in India”

Name: 29th Dr Sreemanta Banerjee Memorial Oration; Orator: Prof Gautam Chaudhuri, Distinguished Professor and Executive Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles; Topic: “Hormone Therapy – Current Perspectives”

CME: Like previous years, the highly prestigious Dr Subodh Sur Roy Memorial Conference CME was held on January 18, 2014.

The session was chaired by Dr Baidyanath Chakraborty and Dr Kalidas Bakshi.

Dr Bhaskar Pal spoke on ‘Controversies in Management of Ectopic Pregnancy’. Dr Mousumi De Banerjee highlighted the Investigations, while Dr Krishnendu Gupta spoke on the Role of Progesterone and its future directions in RPL.

Banquet: The banquet dinner on January 18, 2014 was held at the ITC Sonar. Miss Jojo also performed in the evening. About one hundred delegates attended the gala party.

Valedictory: The prizes for the free paper competition were announced by Dr Mousumi De Banerjee, Chairperson, Scientific Committee, during the valedictory session. This was followed by a lucky draw, which was a huge success.

Free Paper Competition: Dr Mariam Khanam (PGT, Medical College Kolkata), was awarded the first prize, Dr Subrata Samanta (Howrah District Hospital) and Dr Sujata Kumari (PGT, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata) won the second and the third prize respectively.

Poster Competition: Dr Debraj Mondal (Junior Resident, R G Kar Medical College) was awarded the first prize.

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Pre-congress Workshop of BOGSCON 39 on “Obstetric Skills”

A workshop on “Obstetric Skills” was held on Friday, January 17, 2014 at Swami Gahanananda Hall,

Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, Kolkata. 69 delegates participated.

The hallmark of the workshop was active participation and interaction by the PG students with teachers.

Following stations were demonstrated: Eclampsia, Management of Massive PPH, Assisted Breech Delivery, Shoulder Dystocia, Instrumental delivery: Forceps/Ventouse.

Faculty included Dr Partha Mukhopadhyay, Dr Somajita Chakraborty, Dr Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Dr Sebanti Goswami, Dr Subhash Chandra Biswas, Dr Ramprasad Dey, Dr Joydeb Roychowdhury, Dr Susmita Chattopadhyay, Dr Sudhir Adhikari, Dr Subrata Lal Seal.

There were also lecture classes where Dr Md Allauddin spoke on “The Partograph”, Dr M M Samsuzzoha spoke on “CTG and its classification”.Dr Sukumar Barik and Dr NarayanJana spoke on “CTG: Case discussion”.

The sessions were chaired by Dr Amit Basu, Dr Aruna Tantia

Pre-congress Workshop of BOGSCON 39 on “Fetal Medicine”

A workshop on “Fetal Medicine” was held on Friday, January 17, 2014 at Swami Dayananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Seva

Pratishthan, Kolkata. 71 delegates participated. There were live demonstration of the following cases:

First Trimester USG: The NT Scan, The Anomaly Scan, Fetal Echocardiography, Pulse wave and Colour Doppler in Pregnancy Assessment, 3D / 4D Scan.

Following topics were also discussed: First Trimester USG, Abnormalities in First Trimester USG, Second Trimester USG: ISUOG Guidelines, Abnormalities in 2nd Trimester USG, Fetal Echo: What is ‘Normal’. The concept of STIC, Five Common Abnormalities: Diagnosis and Counselling, Multivariate Screening in Antenatal Care, Non Invasive Prenatal Testing.

Faculty included Dr Krishnendu Gupta, Dr Kamal Oswal, Dr Seetha Ramamurthy Pal, Dr Kanchan Mukherjee, Dr Nikhilesh Khawash, Dr Dhritabrata Das, Dr Kusagradhi Ghosh, Dr Pradip Goswami.

The sessions were chaired by Dr Sukanta Misra, Dr Mousumi De Banerjee, Dr Ratnabali Chakraborty, Dr Pushan Kundu, DrRajiv Dhall, Dr Kusagradhi Ghosh, Dr Mamtaz Sanghamita and Dr Krishnendu Gupta.

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FORCE 2014(FOGSI REVIEW COURSE FOR EXAMINATIONS, 2014, Kolkata)

The FORCE 2014was held at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata from January 10-12, 2014. About 160 students, mostly in their final year of post graduation, participated very actively in the programme. The Colleges represented were: Medical College, Calcutta, NRS Medical College, R G Kar Medical College, National Medical College,IPGMER, KPC Medical College, Kolkata, VIMS (RKMSP), Kolkata, ESI MSR, Joka, BurdwanMedical College, B S Medical College, Bankura and North Bengal Medical College, Sushrutanagar. Apart from these medical colleges, final year DNB (G&O) PGTs from S N Pandit Hospital, M R Bangur Hospital, BNR Hospital and B R Singh Hospital and Centre for Medical Education and Research also participated in large numbers.

Faculty members from all the above medical colleges were invited. Senior consultants from renowned corporate and private hospitals like Apollo Gleneagles hospital, Columbia Asia hospital, Vision Care hospital, Kolkata, only to name a few, were also invited.

The PG classes started at 9 am sharp and continued till 7 pm daily with a lunch break of one hour. The hallmark of the sessions was active participation and interaction by the PG students with teachers, even during lecture classes, a feature normally absent in traditional theory classes. There were special revision theory classes of 20 mins duration, highlighting only the gray areas in the students’ mind concerning each topic.

Long cases and viva sessions were held in the form of mock examinations where 2-3 final year PG students of different medical colleges were examined by two faculty members. In both cases, emphasis was laid on crossing and flying questions on difficult and atypical topics asked by the external examiners. On the spot instructions were also passed to the students on how to answer the questions effectively during viva or crossing.

CME on “Hematology–Obstetrics–Cross Talk”: A CME on “Hematology–Obstetrics–Cross Talk” was organized by the Medical Disorders in Pregnancy Committee, BOGS on Saturday, March 01, 2014 at Sandhya Ghosh Memorial Hall, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, MCH Building, 3rd Floor, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.

The CME started with a welcome address by Dr Krishnendu Gupta, President, BOGS.

Dr Tulika Jha presented her talk on the basics of hematopoiesis in a lucid and interesting way followed by a very interesting presentation by Dr Chaitali Dutta Roy about the ‘Normal blood parameters and physiological changes during pregnancy and their clinical significance’.

Prof Prantar Chakrabarti, with his informative and analytical presentation on ‘How effectively we can utilize and interpret modern laboratory reports”, set the bar of the CME very high. This was followed by an interactive panel discussion on case presentations e.g. (Thalassemia, Thrombocytopenia, Primary Thrombocythemia, SLE etc in Pregnancy). Dr Joydeb Roy Chowdhury moderated the session along with Dr Suranjan Chakrabarti.

About 84 participants and faculties including eminent hematologists Prof Prantar Chakrabarti, Prof Maitreyee Bhattyacharyya and Dr Soumya Bhattacharya interacted and exchanged their views and expertise with the audience.

FOGSI Dr Usha Krishna Quiz: The state level rounds of the FOGSI Dr Usha Krishna Quiz was held in SSKM Hospital and IPGMER, Kolkata on May 14, 2014. The topic of the quiz was “Population Stabilization – Contraception”.

The Quiz masters were Dr. Basab Mukherjee, Dr. Sebanti Goswami, Dr. Chaitali Datta Roy, Dr. Susmita Chattopadhyay & Dr.Rajashish Mazumdar and the score keeper was Dr. Avishek Bhadra. A total number of 18 teams from different medical Colleges participated in the elimination rounds. Dr. Sujitha G and Dr. Smriti Prasad from IPGMER won the first position and are going to participate in the zonal rounds in East Zone Yuva FOGSI at Bhuvaneswar.

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BOGS ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

CME on “Safe Motherhood: The Safe Motherhood and Maternal Mortality Committee, BOGS organized a CME on “Safe Motherhood” on Saturday, March 08, 2014 at “Pratishruti”, Salt Lake City, Kolkata. About 50 delegates attended the CME.

Dr Krishnendu Gupta, Dr Manab Kumar Sanyal and Dr Hiralal Konar chaired the first session. Dr Bandana Biswas spoke on “Safe motherhood and child survival initiative – where do we stand?” and Dr Alok Basu spoke on “Prevention of IUGR and Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia – how much is possible?”. Dr Gourisankar Kamillya spoke on “Strategies for prevention and management of PPH” and Dr Shyamal Sett spoke on “Anemia in pregnancy and management of Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy”.

Dr Biman Kr Chakraborty, Dr Partha Kr Bhattacharya and Dr Kalidas Bakshi chaired the next session. Dr Sebanti Goswami spoke on “Maternal Mortality in India -- current scenario”, Dr Sutapa Dasgupta spoke on “Anaesthesia in critical obstetric conditions” and Dr Shubhasish Roychowdhury spoke on “Peripartum Cardiomyopathy”.

Workshop on “PICSEP” (Programme for Inculcating the Culture of Scientific Enquiry and Pursuit): A workshop on “PICSEP” (Programme for Inculcating the Culture of Scientific Enquiry and Pursuit)” was organized by Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology of India (JOGI) in association with BOGS on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in the main auditorium, NRS Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. It was attended by 63 delegates including postgraduate trainees from different medical colleges.

The following topics were discussed:PG Thesis, Types of Research, Drug Trials, Art of Presenting

Research Work, Writing a Paper, Essential Biostatistics, Evidence Based Medicine

Faculty: Dr Bibek Mohan Rakshit, Dr Snehamay Chaudhuri, Dr Joydev Mukherjee, Dr Krishnendu Gupta, Dr Arup Kumar Majhi, Dr C V Hegde, Dr Avijit Hazra, Dr Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Dr Subrata Lal Seal.

Chairpersons: Dr Suranjan Chakraborty, Dr Siddhartha Dutta, Dr Gouri Shankar Kamilya, Dr C V Hegde, Dr Alok Basu, Dr Joydeb Roychowdhury, Dr Debjani Bhadra, Dr Bandana Biswas, Dr Sudip Kumar Saha, Dr Sukanta Mishra, Dr Mousumi De Banerjee, Dr Partha Kr Bhattacharyya, Dr Abinash Chandra Roy, Dr Shyamal Sett.

Workshop on “RPL”: A workshop on “Recurrent Pregnancy Loss” was organized by FOGSI in association with The Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecological Society on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Dee Empresa, 12/2A, Dr Md. Ishaque Road, Park Street, Kolkata – 700016. About 50 delegates attended the workshop.

The first session was chaired by Dr Manab Kumar Sanyal and Dr Sudip Chakraborty. Dr Sudip Kumar Saha spoke on “Autoimmune Factors in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss” and Dr Sadhana Gupta spoke on “Threatened abortion: Role of Progesterone”.

An interesting panel discussion on “RPL”was organized and Dr Shailesh Kore moderated the panel. Panelists were Dr Sadhana Gupta, Dr Saktirupa Chakraborty, Dr Amit Basu, Dr Joydeb Roychowdhury, Dr Rajiv Dhall, Dr Indranil Saha and Dr Raja Paul.

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Medicolegal Update 2014

The “Medicolegal Update 2014, the 4th National Medicolegal Conference” was held from May 09–11, 2014

at Hyatt Regency, Kolkata. The BOGS, under the aegis of FOGSI, organized the event, which was a huge success. About 140 and 260 faculty members and delegates attended the workshop and the conference, respectively.

On the first day, May 09, two very topical and interesting workshops were organized on “Safety first” and the “PC PNDT” act.

The pre-lunch workshop on “Safety first” had three sessions in which the basics of universal precautions, minimal standards in OT and LR, LR protocols and training were discussed. Important aspects of safety like consent, check list and documentation were also dwelled upon as was the very important topic of “Saving yourself from mob violence”.

• Faculty: Dr Rajendrasingh Pardeshi, Dr Rajasish Majumder, Dr Susmita Chattopadhyay, Dr Shyamal Sett, Dr Ramprasad Dey, Dr Suchitra N Pandit (President, FOGSI), Dr MM Samsuzzoha, Dr Jayita Chakrabarti, Dr Seetha Ramamurthy and Dr Jayam Kannan (Chennai)

• Chairpersons: Dr Bulbul Raichaudhuri, Dr Kalpana Sarkar, Dr ArunaTantia, Dr Saktirupa Chakraborty and Dr Rajiv Dhall.

The post-lunch workshop on the “PC-PNDT” act also had some interesting sessions on the act, itself and the MTP act, as well. A lively interactive hands-on exercise in filling the appropriate forms (Form F etc), followed by a

keynote lecture on “PC-PNDT Act: Basic Awareness” by Dr Aditi Kishore Sarkar, Addl DHS (Admin), Dept of H&FW, Govt of West Bengal and an interactive panel discussion on the “Day-to-day problems” faced by clinicians with regard to the PC-PNDT Act moderated by Dr Kusagradhi Ghosh and Dr Milind Shah (Solapur) were also held. Chairing the various sessions were Drs Arati Basu Sengupta, Pushan Kundu, Sanjay Gupte (Pune) and Kusagradhi Ghosh. The faculty were Drs Gorakh Mundrupkar (Jt Secretary, FOGSI), Girija Wagh (Pune), Subrat Ray [DADHS (Admin), Dept of H&FW, Govt of West Bengal], PK Nemani (Member, WBMC), Sanjay Gupte, Hitesh Bhatt (Mumbai), Adv Amit Karkhanis (Mumbai) and Ms Koyeli Mukhopadhyay (Sanglap, Kolkata). The conference symposium on “PC-PNDT Act”, which was chaired by Drs Suchitra Pandit and Krishnendu Gupta, had two informative presentations entitled “PC PNDT Act: Do’s & Don’ts” by Dr Hitesh Bhatt and “PC PNDT Act: Diverse Judgements” by Dr Geetendra Sharma (Ahmedabad).

A glittering inaugural ceremony followed, with Hon’ble Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta, Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court as the Chief Guest of the conference. Justice Sengupta gave a very elaborate and educative speech on the various IPCs. Prof Krishnendu Gupta (Organizing Chair & President, BOGS) gave the welcome address. Dr Suchitra Pandit (Conference President & President, FOGSI) and Dr Sanjay Gupte (Past President, FOGSI), Chairperson, Scientific Committee addressed the gathering and Dr Bhaskar Pal (Organizing Secretary & Hony Secretary, BOGS) gave the customary vote-of-thanks. The inaugural lecture was chaired

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by Drs BN Chakravarty and Sanjay Gupte, the speaker being Dr RS Sharma (Senior Scientist and Dy Director, ICMR, New Delhi) who gave a detailed insight on the current burning topic of “Third Party Reproduction: Legal & Ethical Issues”.

The next two days (May 10 & 11) were devoted to varied aspects of medico legal issues. The “moot court” enacted by Adv Amit Karkhanis, Drs Hitesh Bhatt, Geetendra Sharma, Dipanwita Banerjee and Biswajyoti Guha was a big hit!! There were numerous symposiums with interesting topics entitled “Prescribing in pregnancy”, “Neonatal and birth injuries”, “CP – arising out of normal delivery” to name a few and all of them were delivered by eminent doctors from the city, including those from specialities other than gynaecology - to name a few - Drs Suresh Ramasubban (Critical Care), Saikat Sengupta (Anesthesiology), Krishnendu Mukherjee (Vascular Surgery), Debashis Roy (General Surgery), Atanu Banerjee [ADHS (Clinical Establishment), Dept of H&FW, Govt of West Bengal), Mr Rupak Baruah (CEO, AMRI Hospitals), Mr Sujoy Kar (Apollo Hospitals), Mr Sudipto Dasgupta (Human Rights activist) and Mr Jhilam Karanjai (Media). The names of a few renowned doctors who travelled from near and far: Nozer Sheriar (Secretary General, FOGSI), Lalit Kapoor (Mumbai), Arun Madhob Baruah (Sibsagar), Sarita Agarwal (Bilaspur), Bharati Dhore Patil (Pune) and Dilip Kumar Datta (Kalyani).

The two very interactive plenary panel discussions were held on “Sudden Death” moderated by Drs Girija Wagh and Ashis Kumar Mukhopadhyay, and on “Violence against Medical Profession” moderated by Dr Bhaskar Pal. The panelists included legal luminaries namely, Hon’ble Justice Biswanath Samaddar, Hon’ble Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Adv Shiladitya Sanyal as well as a senior police officer Mr Sivaji Ghosh (IPS).

A very interesting “Role Play on Communication Skills” by Dr Kedar Ganlaand his team from Mumbaiwas enacted which went down extremely well with the audience.

An “Open forum with lawyers” was held on both days and covered various topics on medicolegal issues. Along with Adv Amit Karkhanis, Dr Manish Machave, Dr Lalit Kapoor, Dr Hitesh Bhatt and Dr Geetendra Sharma, Adv Abhik Kumar Das and Adv Binota Roy from Kolkata answered a lot of queries from doctors.

On the cultural front, versatile vocalist Mr Saptak Bhattacharyya and his troupe provided great entertainment at the banquet on May 10. The chefs at the Hyatt Regency provided some gastronomic delights on all the three days.

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Life Members: Dr Syed Shah Nawaz Al Hossaini, Dr Cheomin Sandra Lee, Dr Sudhansu Kumar Ghosh, Dr Debarati BiswasAnnual Members: Dr Veronica Arora, Dr Prasenjit Mukherjee, Dr Priyadarshi Kundu, Dr Monalisa Majumder, Dr Basumita Chakraborty, Dr Shamina Ali, Dr Kalipada Murmu, Dr Rini Ghosh Pal, Dr Neha Ladha, Dr Meenakshi Tiwari, Dr Srijoni Chowdhury, Dr Sudeshna Dutta, Dr Reshmi Baid, Dr Rajarshi Das, Dr Shefali Banerjee, Dr Malay Saha, Dr Bithi Biswas, Dr Manisha Bajaj, Dr Rikhia Das Barbhuiya

May 24, 2014 Annual General Meeting PratishrutiJune 14, 2014 ICOG CME on Reproductive Endocrinology Hotel Stadel, Salt Lake City, KolkataJuly 25, 2014 BOGS 78th Foundation Day Celebration Hotel Lalit Great Eastern, Kolkata

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Antidepressants & neonatal problemsWomen who take antidepressants late in

pregnancy are slightly more likely to deliv-er babies with pulmonary hypertension than mothers who do not take antidepressants (Grigoriadis et al BMJ 2014;348:f6932).

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn was found more frequently in in-fants whose mothers took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors throughout their pregnan-cy or in the third trimester. To give an idea of the absolute effect about 300 women would have to be treated for one additional case of pulmonary hypertension to be caused. A reminder of the need for caution in any drug prescription in pregnancy.

Prevention of HSV infection sheddingGenital herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a

chronic infection characterised by the recur-rence of lesions with viral shedding. Treat-ment is based on antiviral agents such as acy-clovir which was discovered 3 decades ago.

A new antiviral agent – pritelivir – acts by inhibiting replication of the virus in a way different to the nucleoside analogues. It is active in uninfected cells and now a report suggests it reduces viral shedding even in weekly doses (Wald et al NEJM 2014;370:201-10). The researchers showed that pritelivir prevents HSV lesion development so there will soon be a new drug available to treat an intractable disorder.

The Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Colposcopy and Cervical

Pathology (ISCCP) was held on February 22 and 23, 2014 at Hotel Hindusthan Interna-tional, Kolkata in collaboration with The Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecological Soci-ety (BOGS).

There were live workshops on Colpo-

scopy and LEEP and many symposias, panel discussions with interesting topics.There were competitive free papers and posters for the young PGTs. Six international and about 50 national faculty members attend-ed the conference.

Two hundred Seventy Eight delegates attended the Conference.

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