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Message from the President: November 26, 2001
Greetings.
We have some good news to share with you.
At last, the Auditorium project is on the threshold of successful
implementation. Inaddition to the
obvious news of the enclosed G.O., we have secured permission for calling the
building 'GMCANA AUDITORIUM'. We
will have input into the design process.
There will also be acknowledgement of all donors.
We
anticipate display of all donors with $1000 or more donation in a prominent
fashion in the building itself.
We
have currently $176,000 in the Building account and our commitment is for
$225,000. We did not want to ask
for funds unless and until the project is
an absolute 'go' and hence this last minute appeal.
We are leaving to
Dr.Ramakrishna
Rao Pinnamaneni, Dr.Sudarshana Rao Akkineni, Dr.Ramaraja Yalavarthi (our
Building Committee Chairperson and Past President), Ravikumar
Tripuraneni (our President-Elect whom everybody knows) and myself will
be in
As
all of you know, we did best when Dr.Anji Reddy was the Superintendent of GGH.
The good news is that he is now the 'Director General of Medical and Health
Services', a newly created post to supervise DMS, DME and APVVP -- in other
words, he is 'the health care czar' in A.P.
He is also personally responsible for the enclosed G.O. And with him at
the helm, we have every reason to
believe the Auditorium is a reality in a very short time.
Sincerely,
Venkata Subba Rao Uppuluri
President, GMCANA
p.s.:
Please send your donations directly to our Treasurer in the name of
GMCANA to,
Dr.Nagarjuna
Ponugoti,M.D.,
From: "kallam anjireddy"
<reddykanji@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Auditorium and Comprehensive Proposal Date:
Iam
herewith sending you the operational part of G.O. regarding our auditorium.
G.O.NO.
448
DATED
4.
The Govt. after careful examination of the above proposal of Director General
of Medical& Health Services hereby accord permission to Managing director
APHMHIDC TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF 2.25 LAKH DOLLARS offered by GMC ANA for
construction of the multipurpose Auditorium including seminar and conference
hall in the premises of Guntur Medical College,Guntur with the amount donated
by GMC ANA and also with the amount of RS.80 lakhs already allocated for the
said purpose.
5.The
managing director APHMHIDC. is requested to take further action in the matter
accordingly in consultation with Director General of Medical and Health
services/director of medical education,
SD/ XXXXXX
SPL.CHIEF SECRETERY TO GOVERNMNT.
GMCANA General Body Meeting in TANA on June 30, 2001
Gmcana will have a general body meeting in TANA in Philadelphia on Saturday June 30 th from 1.30 PM to 3.00 PM in the third floor conference halls (Room 307 A/B) in Pennsylvania convention center, the location of the TANA biannual meeting. Several important issues will be discussed at the meeting including auditorium project and others. Please attend. Details of the exact room location will be posted at the convention center.
7th GMCANA BIANNUAL REUNION was held successfully in New york from Aug 4-6 th ,2000 in Huntingtoin Hilton Hotel, LongIsland, New York.
Volunteer professionals get their satisfaction out of their work, not the paycheck. It is important someone says: ‘Thank you very much, you’ve made a major contribution.’ -- Peter Drucker
Here is our thanks to the following and others who have contributed their invaluable time and energy to put on a grand show of the reunion.
Organizers
1. Dr. Rajeswara Rao Patcha
2. Dr. Shalini Patcha
3. Dr. Babu Bangaru
4. Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Atluru
5. Dr. Venkateswara Rao Atluru
6. Dr. Sudharam Idpuganti
7. Dr. Kalavathi Katikaneni
8. Dr. Nagamma Duddapaneni
9. Dr. Sivannarayana Paturi
10. Dr. Mani Paturi
11. Dr. Uma Chalasani
12. Dr. Mullapudi Vijaya Lakshmi
13. Dr. Seshagiri Doddi
14. Mrs. Padma Surapaneni
15. Dr. Pratima Kunchala
16. Dr. Rajyasri Bangaru
17. Dr. Tulasi Parvati Polavarapu
18. Dr. Kolli Rajasekhar
19. Dr. Koppola Sundarrao
Children That Helped :
Naveen Atluru, Pooja Atluru, Saroja Bangaru, Aneela Cherukupalli,
Vikranth Patcha, Ravi Idupuganti
Entertainment
M.C. Babu Bangaru and Santi Nandiwada
1. Naveen Kumar and Company dance group
2. Telugu Orchestra by Thangirala group
3. Great Dances by youngsters Ms. Anjali Nigalaye and Ms. Smitha Badhey
4. Songs by Mrs. Sita Devi Pillarisetty
CME
Organized by: Dr. K.V. Krishnasastry, Dr. Venkateswara Rao Atluru
Speakers
1. Dr. K.V. Krishnasastry- Carotid Artery Disease
2. Dr. Ram Kailram- How Not To Treat Epilepsy
3. Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Atluru- Migraine Headache
4. Dr. Mark J. Geller- Congestive Heart Failure
5. Dr. Bradley Sporkin- Peripheral Arterial Disease
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Andre-Jacques Neusy, Global Health-Common Threats and
Benefits
Picnic Organizers: Dr. Rajeswarao Patcha and Ravi Idpuganti
AMC President: Dr. Sriram Sonti ; RMC President: Dr. G.R. Reddy
Here are some of the pictures of the reunion. Please click on the pictures. Some of the pictures are big jpeg files and may take sometime to download.
Y2K BIANNUAL REUNION OF GMCANA: Aug 4-6, 2000 inLong Island, New York at Huntington Hilton Hotel, Melville, Long Island, N.Y
Reunion was held successfully and all the details and pictures will be posted on the website in the next few days. PROGRAM DETAILS: Friday August 4 Registration
2-8 pm Saturday
August 5 Registration
7:30 am- 12 noon Sunday
August 6 Breakfast
8 -11 am Agenda
for General Body Meeting: Call to
Order 1975-80 Batch Silver Jubilee reunion was held on July 8-9, 2000 Click here for a group picture of the reunion.(117K download) Details of the reunion will be posted soon. 1974 batch Silver Jubilee Reunion in Guntur on Dec 11-12 '99
About 80 of classmates attended the reunion in Guntur held on
Dec 11-12 '99.Click here for a group picture (99 KB) Michigan Fund raising Dinner on October 23rd 99 Detroit Fund Development meeting was organized successfully at New Priya Restaurant, Farmington Hills on 23rd of October. About 40 guests attended the meeting. Dr.Kondragunta Venkata Rao, Dr.Kodali Srinivasa Rao, Dr.Bandla Hanumaiah and Dr.Mandava Vasudeva Rao are responsible for the success of the meeting. Dr.Venkata Rao coordinated the discussions. Dr.Kanuru Sreehari Das and Dr.Venkata Subba Rao Uppuluri presented "GMCANA UPDATE 1999". Dr.Appa Rao Mukkamala and Dr.Pydipati Butchi Babu spoke eloquently on the occasion. Others contributed significantly to the discussions. A total of more than $20,000 was contributed instantly and several thousand dollars more are expected from members who could not attend the meeting. Dr.Das, Endowments Committee Chairman, announed that these funds would be a great beginning towards upgrading the Radiology department, primarily the purchase of a fullfledged Ultrasound machine with color doppler(Cost:approx.$50,000). A flouroscopy attachment(cost: $30,000) to the x-ray machine we already bought is also scheduled to be purchased, hopefully before the end of this year. GMCANA is appealing to all the members to please contribute generously to complete this project soon Even if you could not attend please contribute generously. Your dollars will help medical care of poor people and improve Medical Education. Write your tax deductible checks to GMCANA and mail it our treasurer.
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The graduating class of 1974 had a reunion in Albany,NY.from Aug 6 to 8 organized by Dr. Pratima Kunchala. More than 20 classmates attended some with spouses and children.Everybody enjoyed the reunion and were glad to see some of the classmates for the first time since leaving Guntur in 1976. It was decided to have another reunion in about 2-3 years. The group also raised $8000 to buy a much needed bronchoscope for Guntur Govt.General Hospital. The funds will be channeled through GMCANA on behalf of entire graduating class of 1974. Further efforts are underway to raise additional funds for similar badly needed equipment at Guntur GGH. GMCANA meeting in TANA, July 5, 99 : GMCANA held a general body meeting at TANA meeting this year which was attended by well over 120 people. The executive committee presented various activities that have been undertaken over the last year and being undertaken in a slide presentation including x-ray machine, chemistry analyzer, OR renovation among various other things. Future projects being considered are also presented including CME/ multimedia center research awards and scholarships. Building Project fund was also discussed. Click here for a picture of audience. Dr.Jayprakash narayan IAS also spoke on the occasion. Click here for the picture Dr. K.Vasudeva Rao Prof. of Biochemistry spoke on the occasion and had very useful advice and suggestions to the alumni including acquiring a room at the college premises for the alumni. He released the 1999 Alumni directory,(Click here for a picture) which was distributed to all the attendees. Dr.Thota Asha MD Assoc. Prof. Pathology also spoke and stressed the need the need to develop a student counseling center for educational, financial and psychological counseling of students who undergo severe stress and major depression especially at the time of examination. (Click here for a picture) Fundraising campaign was kicked off with the introduction of mission statement by Dr. Aruna Prasad Kancherla and Dr. Subba Rao Uppuluri. Dr.Ravikumar Tripuraneni presented the details of the website since it was started
including the various sublinks including database search and the future plans. He also
discussed the details of CME/Multimedia center that will be established soon at GMC
library with state of art computers, CD-ROMs, internet access, various medical journals in
form of CD’s & audio and video equipment with needed video cassettes. Dr.Gowtham
Mulpur presented the financial statement of the association and discussed various ways
Alumni can donate including appreciated stocks, estate planning etc. Dr.Sulochana
Yalavarti presented details of their recent trip to GMC/GGH and discussed various
projects. Dr. Polarapu Tulasi Devi donated $ 5000 to the Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology at GGH (Click here for a picture) and seven other female OB & Gynecologists have donated $ 1000 each (total of $12000) which is being used to purchase Ultra sound machine with vaginal probe. Dr. Ravikumar Tripuraneni and his two brothers have committed $10,000 to the CME/multimedia center in the name of their grandparents Sri Gattineni Ramaswamy Choudary and Mahalakshmi. Dr. SubbaRao Uppuluri announced institution of Research Award project, in name of his relative, Dr.Tummala Ramabrahmam,M.D. Memorial Research Endowment Fund. He was our alumni and passed away recently.The interest on the$10000 donated will be used to reward those who present research to the scientific journals. Sri Vasireddy Seethapathi and Sreemathi Gowri Devi Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund is being established with a donation of $ 20,000 which has been already committed and the interest on the fixed deposit will be given to two best students in year. Dr.Aruna Prasad (Click here for a picture)announced that separate Reunion at Hyderabad at the turn of the millennium is cancelled because of inadequate response. Those who are interested may attend the AP medical college Alumni reunion that is held at Hyderabad at the end of December. The location of the next reunion was also discussed. Two batches of 1975 are interested in having their 25th reunion along with GMCANA biannual reunion in 2000. Fundraising Dinner in Huntsville: December 12, 1998
Dr. Sriharidas Kanuri came back from to India recently. He and other alumni
members met in an informal way and discussed his recent trip to GMC. All the people felt
the urgent need to help the GMC education needs. He announced that GMCANA bought 500 mA
Xray machine to the Radiology Dept. at a cost of about $ 20,000 and it is being delivered
this week. Prior to this generous move the dept. has no functioning Xray unit. They are
very grateful to us. It goes a long way in not only helping the needy but also for better
teaching in radiology. Similar fund raising dinners are being considered and planned in different parts of the country. Chicago focus group meeting: November 11, 1998 Our President Aruna Prasad met with several members in Chicago and discussed various issues. The following is a summary: The Focus Group agreed with the President that the Directory Project is the number one priority. The idea is to include all alumni of GMC – whether members or not. Data is to be collected via our Website or the postcard enclosed with the newsletter as soon as possible. This GMC Directory is intended to be more comprehensive than the previous and is due out in early 1999. The Focus Group also developed a Mission Statement for our GMCANA JANMABHOOMI PROJECT: "To help develop Guntur Medical College and Government General Hospital, Guntur as premier, modern Medical Education facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, staff and medical community at large". In other words, our focus should be primarily Educational activities and secondarily Patient Care Projects. Accordingly our major goals are GMCANA CME Center staffed by visiting Faculty and GMCANA Multi- Media Center. However, all activities that increase Occupancy Rates and enhance Patient Care and thereby promote Educational activities should also be supported. All Departments at GMC and GGH submitted lists of their needs. With the help of corresponding Specialty members, GMC Co-ordinator in Guntur and other interested members, the Executive Committee will categorize all the requests into four baskets: 1.High impact and high feasibility 2.High impact and low feasibility 3.Low impact and high feasibility and 4.Low impact and low feasibility. This final product will form the primary basis of our activities for the next year or two. GMCANA Executive Committee decides all policy decisions and the President will implement the decisions by delegating responsibility to different people for selected projects. Define goals and implementation guidelines clearly before fundraising for specific projects. Special emphasis should be placed in enhancing our credibility both here and at GMC. As such, only high impact and high feasibility projects should be undertaken, at least in the beginning. We need to continually inform our members of all our donations-past, present and planned and their impact –real and potential through our newsletters and our website. At GMC, we should only promise what we can deliver and deliver what we promised in a timely manner. Appoint GMCANA Janma Bhoomi Project Representative or Coordinator and an Advisory Board in Guntur with possibly a part-time office to facilitate our GMC activities as soon as possible. It is noted that the Auditorium Project is being thoroughly reassessed by the Building Committee in consultation with all the Donors for the project. The Executive Committee is to act on the recommendations as soon as they are submitted. Explore Janma Bhoomi Scheme and Naandi Foundation to find out if we can enhance our donations with matching grants from the government of A.P. Fundraising activities discussed in detail. Multiple approaches are advocated. Donations by (1) individuals (2)groups – eg.: (a) different classes (class of 67 or 72 etc.) or (b) different specialties (Ob.Gyn. or Anesthesia) adopting and overseeing specific projects ; (c) donations in memory of friends, classmates, parents etc.; (3) donations through pension plans (post-humus) as part of Estate Plans to maximize tax efficiency; (4) VDTPP (Voluntary Deferred Tuition Payment Plan); (5) Fundraising events. (6) Marriage and grandparent gifts etc. discussed. We need to refine and implement these and other ideas. It would also be helpful if all alumni channel their donations through GMCANA so that all efforts could be coordinated. Finally, all these and other ideas are to be discussed, ratified and acted upon by the President and Executive Committee. ---- submitted by Venkata Subba Rao Uppuluri.--- Nov.11, 1998, Chicago.
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