Marathi becomes 2nd official language

of Maharashtra State branch of IAP !!!

    At the recently held annual general body meeting of IAP Maharashtra state branch, held at Amaraoti it was unanimously resolved that Marathi will be second official language of IAP Maharashtra state branch.The resolution was proposed by Dr. Hemant Joshi and seconded by Dr. Rajendra Kulkarani. Survey:A small sample survey of 30 IAP members of Maharashtra showed that 80% of them had their school education in Marathi and their thinking language was Marathi,their mother tongue.Similar situation would be true in all states.
In our mother tongue, and in the language we think, we communicate,learn and retain knowledge in JET speed. In English we crawl.English has on one side given us the knowledge.Yet it is one of the bottles necks in communicating as it is not the thinking language of vast majority of Indian doctors, nurses, health workers and people and children.
Empowering people with knowledge on child care is the most economical way of improving child survival and reducing childhood morbidity.
Ineffective communication in English or in the parent’s language loaded with English terms that they do not understand often leads to consumer cases.
The real problem is lack of suitable parent education leaflets in all Indian languages on all child health problems.

Need of the hour is that 1.We have standard parent education leaflet. All speciality chapters can do them in one year.say 2006.
2 All state branches can make them in their own state’s language.
3 Every pediatritian can write on at least on one topic of his choice in his own mother tongue.The branches can publish an encyclopaedia of child care in the language of their state in one year and release it in the forth coming state natinal annual conference... .