Warm greetings,

At the outset, I express my sincere thanks to ‘ISA Bengaluru metro branch’ office bearers and esteemed members for electing me to the post of ‘PRESIDENT’ for the year 2024-25 and indeed it is a great honour to represent the Bangalore metro branch. I hope to continue the good work and fulfil the responsibilities given to me.

The field of anaesthesiology has evolved in terms of newer drugs, newer techniques, newer gadgets, and advancement in technologies and artificial intelligence coming into the practice of anaesthesiology in the last century. The practice of anaesthesia has spread beyond the four walls of the operating theatre into ICU, Pain management and palliative care, cancer care, hospital infection committee and hospital management.

Then came the COVID-19 pandemic across the world which caused a lot of morbidities and mortalities both for the general public and the medical fraternity. During this time the anaesthesiologists worked tirelessly in treating patients in ICU and have saved millions of lives. My heartfelt condolences to bereaved families of medical fraternity especially anaesthesiologists and intensivists. We became the heroes amongst the general public and the public came to know the role of an anaesthesiologist.

Hence our aim is to deliver safe anaesthesia, adequate pain relief during and after surgery, early mobilisation and faster recovery so that better outcome of many surgical procedures would be possible.

Last but not the least, we should uphold the tradition and dignity of our profession and light the lives of many individuals and save humanity.

Long live ISA...
JAI HIND, JAI KARNATAKA.

Dearest ISA Members of Bengaluru, Warm greetings to all the ISA members of Bengaluru chapter from the Secretary

I have been interested to be the Honourable of ISA, Bengaluru at annual general body meeting held on ----

ISA Bengaluru is the second largest branch in India which is very vibrant and dynamic following firm foundation by our predecessors. I'll thrive hard to keep up the motto and activities and also improve further to make it number one state branch in India for which I need all your support and encouragement.

We have established programs like PGEXCEL and state conference held at various places in Karnataka every year. The PGEXCEL will be remodeled further according to the curriculum and examination pattern after getting inputs from all the HODs of various institutions in Karnataka. The state conference is scheduled in October 2020 at Shivamogga; we look forward for your active participation.

I request all the medical colleges, institutions and hospitals and various city chapters in Karnataka to conduct various academic activities related to anaesthesia regularly under the banner of ISA Karnataka.

Long live ISA
Jai Karnataka