About ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
Happy Heart, Healthy Heart
It was in 1946, an early summer evening; some of the doyens of Medicine in India were traveling by a train to Asansol in West Bengal to attend the State conference of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). It was like any other summer evening in this part of the country, replete with clamor of men and women engaged in their livelihood, the whistle of the engine and the muttering of the wheels grinding against the track. Beyond the window one could see the roads that ‘spread out like a tedious argument. The evening was drawing in with the darkness descending like a patient etherized upon a table’. And then there were of Bengal.
The Cardiological society of Bengal was thus born on the 11th April, 1946 with Dr. B.C. Roy, the legendary physician (who later on became the Chief Minister of West Bengal) as its first President. Political instabilities round the corner. But nothing seemed to deter these gentlemen inside the compartment. For it was a historical moment and they were discussing formation of the Cardiological Society Two years passed by and on the 11th January, 1948, the eminent physicians of India met in Calcutta and decided to form a national Society of the Cardiologists. The decision was conveyed to all the physicians of India interested in Cardiology. The response was overwhelming.
And thus the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) was born on the 4th April, 1948 at Calcutta; a long march to a glorious future was flagged off!
It is interesting to note that the CSI was established one year earlier than the formation of the American College of Cardiology and the International Society & Federation of Cardiology (ISFC).
The first official conference of the CSI was held in 1950 at Calcutta in conjunction with the All India Medical Conference. It was in 1954 that the CSI decided to have its Annual Meeting along with that of the Association of Physicians of India (API). The second decade of its existence was a record of steady progress of the CSI with both membership and scientific activities growing immensely. The most important achievement at this stage was the successful organization of the 5th World Congress of Cardiology in 1966 at New Delhi under the leadership of Dr. S. Padmavati with Dr. K. K. Datey of Mumbai as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Dr. D. P. Basu of Calcutta as the President of the CSI. The CSI continued having its Annual Meeting with API upto 1976. In the meantime the Silver Jubilee of CSI was held at Calcutta in 1973. During this period of 30 years, the organizational activities of the CSI, the membership strength, research work, and scientific achievements – all had grown to a height that necessitated a separate conference for the Society.
The Society has its own building now which has been constructed by the members of the Cardiological Society of India, West Bengal Chapter with their own contribution. Here free of cost cardiological consultation is given twice a week by respected members of the Society.
Cardiological Society of India has twenty five branches of its own spread all over the country.
The Scientific Council of the CSI is responsible for formation of various subcommittees to help the growth and development of different sub-specialties like, Preventive Cardiology, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Electrophysiology, Non-invasive Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology etc. It was in 1946, an early summer evening; some of the doyens of Medicine in India were travelling by a train to Asansol in West Bengal to attend the State conference of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). It was like any other summer evening in this part of the country, replete with clamour of men and women engaged in their livelihood, the whistle of the engine and the muttering of the wheels grinding against the track. Beyond the window one could see the roads that ‘spread out like a tedious argument’.
The evening was drawing in with the darkness descending like a ‘patient etherized upon a table’. And then there were of Bengal.
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