Friends,
I would like to know the experiences of my colleagues who have used clonidine.

Dear Colleagues,
Recently i had the good opportunity to go for a short visit to Tata memorial Hospital in Mumbai where the annual ARC(Anaesthesia review course) was being conducted.A common feature witnessed by me was that EMO,Flagg's can,Vapourisers,Boyle's machine were being taught to the student delegates who were seeing these old instruments for the first time!!! A young delegate was clicking photos of the EMO on his mobile camera!!!
This made me happy that at least we old timers are used to all these so called antiques in anaesthesia.
Another thought that came to my mind was that there should be a refresher course for the private practising anaesthesiologists who need to be updated with the newer anaesthesia machines,drugs etc to update our knowledge.This is indeed the need of the hour.
This should be made mandatory to all the practising anaesthesiologists.
I would like my fellow colleagues who are seniors in this field, to express their valuable suggestions and opinions about this topic without any bias.

Many new anaesthetic drugs are being launched by many pharma companies in the market.Many of us may not have used the new drug at all.just reading the literature or getting information from the websites is not enough.I personally feel we should get proper information of the newer drugs from experienced people who have used a particular drug for a reasonable time.Their good/bad experiences will definitely be an eye opener to all of us.
I welcome all members to express their views on the newer drugs in markets with no proper informations.

Hello everybody,
Many of us are still using the old and outdated boyle's machine for delivering general anaesthesia.As a result we are compromising on the patient's safety and our own safety medico legally.Every Boyle's machine is treated as junk after 15 years and if not serviced regularly.The vaporisers in these old machines are meant for ether and trilene.Goldman vaporiser is used for halothane.It is shocking to note that Halothane which is banned in USA and UK and several countries is still being used in India.
This problem can be solved if we instruct the nursing home owners to go in for the newer machines with vaporisers for isoflurane and sevoflurane.In anesthesia,the dictum"old is gold" does not hold true.When surgeons are going in for newer techniques and instruments,why is it that we anesthesiologists are afraid to open our mouths and demand for newer things?
A gynaecologist in India has spent around Rs.50 lakhs for interrior decoration of his house with an inbuilt swimming pool,but in his own OT,fish tank is used for delivering oxygen to the patient!!!!
I would like all viewers of gasbag to read this article and send in their vciews,opinions and experiences.   

nemaa
NEMAACON 2008
NEMAACON 2008-International Conference
NEMAACON 2008 presents the first International conference of practising Anaesthesiologists on the 18th&19th october 2008 at mumbai.We have confirmed National and international Faculty.Dr.Bhavani Shankar Kodali from USA,Dr.Ram Kumar from Manipal and Dr.Ramesh from Chennai are the star attractions.We will be having 6 workshops,lectures,debates,pro&con,Poster presentation etc.
We also have "Young Achiever's Award" to promote young talent.
Our website is:nemaacon2008.org
You could also contact Dr.R.madhav Rao,the president of the conference on madhav.1949@gmail.com
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Hello everybody,
I am a consultant anesthesiologist practising in the metropolis city Mumbai in India.We have a very funny system of anesthesiologist's charges.The surgeon fixes the anesthesia charges and we usually get anywhere between 15-20-30-33% of the surgeon's charges.Many of our own colleagues resort to the practice of Undercutting their anesthesia fees to survive in this terrible rat race to earn some paltry sum of money.
I would like to know the state of affairs in other parts of the world.