Fifth volume of Archives of GMC to be released on Feb 10 NT Staff Reporter
Panaji Feb 6: The Health Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar will release the fifth volume of Archives of Goa Medical College at a function to be held on February 10, at 3.30 p.m. in Lecture Hall I of Goa Medical College, main building, Bambolim.The Archives of Goa Medical College, a scientific publication, published by the Goa Medical College Staff Society is edited by Dr R Wiseman Pinto (professor and head of pathology department). The Dean of GMC, Dr V N Jindal is the advisor to the editorial board. The Archives of Goa Medical College is published every two years and this is the fifth volume since it was first published in 1961. Report of the GMC activities is given by Dr Jindal and Dr Wiseman Pinto. The articles featuring in this edition are contributed by Dr Francisco Colaco, consultant physician, cardiologist and echocardiographer from Margao, Dr Arcanjo de Menezes, consultant general surgeon, obstetrician and gynoecologist from Margao and Dr V G Dhume, former dean of GMC. Besides, the archives also contains original research articles, clinical case reports, review articles, articles on medical education, and papers on medicine and the law. The archives were initially published as Arquivos da Escola Medico-Cirurgica de Goa in 1961 with a symposium on cerebro vascular accidents and then in 1973 with Dr P Rajaram as the editor. The archives were revived over again in 1997 due to the efforts of Dr Wiseman Pinto and Dr V G Dhume who were then secretary and president of the GMC Staff Society respectively. Now the Archives of GMC is being regularly published by the GMC Staff Society every 2 years. Certificates will be presented to the life members of the Goa Medical College Staff Society on the occasion. Other members of the editorial board are Dr Jeevan Vernekar (associate professor of radiology department), Dr Amit Dias (lecturer of preventive social medicine department), Dr Ian Pereira (lecturer of pharmacology department), Dr S Mandrekar (assistant professor of pathology department), Dr A Ferreira (associate professor of PSM department), Dr E J Rodrigues (associate professor of forensic medicine), and Dr P Rataboli (assistant professor of pharmacology department).
