Chennai: 19th July, 2009 WWW.CAREULTIMATE.COM is a complete non profit philanthropic initiative with no direct referrals to any hospitals and institutions.
Careultimate objectives:
CareUltimate.com is a non-profitable, social welfare global initiative of Sudha Foundation in addressing and meeting the needs of the society. The web portal aims to provide reliable, up-to-date information on Cancer and Paediatric cardiology ailments with the aim to guide and provide moral support for the suffering patients.
When Cancer hit my wife Sudha, our entire family had to undergo several challenges either on the treatment or on the social aspects life. All the learning exercise and the lessons learnt were the motivating forces to achieve several of aspects of visions translated into objectives that reach all the needy globally
Hence the formation of Sudha foundation in bringing global knowledge and experiences and also in providing all types of technological infrastructure and tools in a cost effective fashion for the entire medical, patient community, occurred
The experiences we have gathered in the year 2008 have compelled us to expand in the field of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery also.
This website is one year of age.
Primarily the site provides and addresses, informations on all types of cancers and Paediatric Cardiology ailments
Continuously the informations get updated by tracking the changes on the development globally.
Our portal facilitates “interactive” sessions such as “Ask your Panel” services, in which patients can ask their queries related to disease or treatment options or unbiased second opinion to the panel is possible. The panel members respond to such queries with a general outline of your disease, line of treatment without referral to any doctor or institution globally. These services facilitate and guide patients to make and decide the treatment process. The panel members are represented by a cross section team of experienced global medical and Para medical professionals in their respective domain experience.
Careultimate.com also provides a medical forum, wherein the patients, parents and survivors discuss, all topics, in medicine and treatment. These facilitate sharing of knowledge and experiences and cushion their sufferings to a considerable extent
This knowledge journey provide the patients a “moral support’ in facing the challenges and difficulties when undergoing treatment
Part of the moral support is to aid and track the treatment and store in our web site. This will facilitate removing the stress in remembering the history of the treatment and gives a good feel in handling the planned future treatment, by getting SMS and mail alerts etc,,
Also the site provides infrastructure support with complete data security and protection for the doctor community in developing the statistics and analyzing the success rates of different treatment processes and ailment categories. This knowledge base by the experienced doctors, will guide the future medical practitioners and society.
Site will also facilitate supporting the global research development process in eradicating killing diseases. Innovative ideas expressed without inhibition even by the youngest of scholars can find some source where it can be pursued.
In sharing and driving the excellence in the field of treatment and diagnostics annual meetings have been planned with people and doctors on general awareness, prevention and screening of diseases by the participation of professionals locally and globally .
One of the Main objectives of the site is to bring out the talent, excellence and compassion in Doctors and Nurses and recognize them by awarding annually a “Care Ultima Award”. It is an international award purely based on the medical poll which is provided in the website.
This year, we launched Paediatric Cardiology segment. While Paediatric cardiology and Cardiac Surgery have made rapid strides during the past decade, its impact in India has been profound. Pioneering efforts in this field has been sporadic In different parts of India .Gradually a consensual pattern is evolving. Paediatric Cardiology Association ushered in, in this scenario, a healthy contribution from its members, updating knowledge, encouraging interpersonal relationship between professionals and in the sharing of experiences and publications.
careultimate.com’s VISION is “To use collective knowledge, wisdom and skill to conquer heart diseases in children.” MISSION is “to achieve through a renaissance of scientific, technological methods”.
Dr P S Sreemathi, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon is the Chairperson of the Paediatric Cardiology segment.
Inauguration of the Paediatric Cardiology segment of web portal was performed by Dr Suresh Rao, Head of the Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Koklaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital, Bombay. Second Sudha Memorial Oration delivered by Dr K R Balakrishnan, Director, Cardiac Sciences, Fortis Hospital.
The ceremony was presided by Prof S Vasudevan, the first Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Government General Hospital, and Madras Medical College,
in the august presence of Prof. Dr Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor of Anna University.
Dr Devi Shetty’s video on “Innovations in Healthcare Delivery system” was presented.
The guests of honours are pioneers in the fields of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Adult Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, distinguished professors of different specialities and those who have made an indelible mark in the horizon of medical profession, assisting in the strides it has made in India. Honouring them is only the beginning. There are many more Paediatric Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons in India who may be in various corners of India whose contributions will be projected in the website.
Dr Thirugnanasambandam, Paediatric Physician at the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children was the mentor of Dr Merlyn Joseph who was responsible for building up the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the Institute of child Health and Hospital for Children.
Special invitees for the session were Prof. R Venakatasamy, of “Hand injury unit Fame” of Department of Plastic Surgery of Stanley Medical College Hospital and Prof. Mathangi Ramakrishnan of Burns unit of Plastic Surgery, Kilpauk Medical College.
.This is a field where the afflicted, their parents and relatives undergo intense suffering similar to cancer but with a difference. 70% of the children can live after surgery or interventional catheterisation and become normal subjects. 20% have slightly less exercise tolerance and 10% have a better quality and longevity of life. At the rate of progress made by scientific advancement , better results can be expected in the near future.
Thus our efforts under Sudha Foundation is slowly evolving into greener pastures hoping that cure in Oncology can also occur some day with the same scientific progress
Paediatric cardiology encompasses complexities of neonatal and infant care. Its extention into the field of foetal care has laid open the box of many possibilities. That all this information coming from authorities well versed in them will be available for those interested will surely benefit the whole world. This website strives for that.
Part of our vision is to provide medical professional 24×7 back office assistance in planning, scheduling and managing the days to activities.
In the endeavour of serving society we are very pleased to inform that National Cancer Institute in USA has gladly consented to share the information on cancer by us.
This year’s entry into the field of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery is bound to take us far into the realms of human understanding of scientific advances. What can be more important than the sufferers getting help, knowledge and understanding support by the learned when needed most! Indirectly the medical professional community also gets consolidated to deliver the quintessence of their knowledge to benefit globally