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2013 stamp dedicated to the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. The Indian Academy of Pediatrics is the association of Indian pediatricians.It was established in 1963, in Mumbai, India and claims to have 23,000 members, as of the year 2013 [1] The head office of IAP is in Mumbai while Delhi is the seat of its official publication – Indian Pediatrics, a MEDLINE indexed medical journal. [2]
The Indian Nursing Council recognizes several levels of nurses: [6] [7] Auxiliary Nurse & Midwife - 10+2 passed in any stream + 2 years ANM training. General Nursing & Midwifery - 10+2 passed in any stream + 3 years GNM training. Bachelor of Science in Nursing - 10+2 passed in science stream (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) + 4 years of Nurse ...
Pediatric nursing is part of the nursing profession, specifically revolving around the care of neonates and children up to adolescence. The word, pediatrics, comes from the Greek words 'paedia' (child) and 'iatrike' (physician). [1] 'Paediatrics' is the British/Australian spelling, while 'pediatrics' is the American spelling.
The Institute of Child Health was set up by Dr. K. C. Chaudhuri, the doyen of Indian pediatrics, in Kolkata in 1953. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the institute on 16 January 1956. It is the first pediatric institute of India. [3]
Indian law requires these institutions to be recognized by the National Medical Commission, which replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2019. The Indian government keeps an updated list of these approved medical colleges. [1] Many persons without MBBS degrees practice like doctors in India. They are called quacks.
Meharban Singh is an Indian pediatrician, neonatologist and medical writer, who has published on child care. He was WHO consultant on Newborn Care in South-East Asia for longtime. He has served for more than 3 decades in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was president of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics in 1993. [1]
The term pediatrics was first introduced in English in 1859 by Abraham Jacobi. In 1860, he became "the first dedicated professor of pediatrics in the world." [20] Jacobi is known as the father of American pediatrics because of his many contributions to the field. [21] [22] He received his medical training in Germany and later practiced in New ...
The Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by Medknow Publications on behalf of the Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. The journal publishes articles on oncology, pediatric oncology, hemato-oncology, and oncopathology.