Believe in yourself to remove improbable.

Abstract

Oscar Wild said “We need to believe in impossible and remove improbable”. A surgeon always feels that nothing is impossible, and you need a truthful determination and knowledge to back it up. Make it “I am possible” by understanding the reality of patient care where uncertainties always come in your way. Train yourself to deal with all probabilities to achieve your goal and remove the fear of the improbable. The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) is completing 75 years of its journey to its present position and has seen many ups and downs but stood well above circumstances with head up high. Our mentors have laid a sound foundation with wisdom to promote academics of high standard involving surgeons from all over the world, to give a platform to show our ability to others and learn to improve ourselves fromworld leaders. Many such Speciality Sections are doing excellent work and putting example to teach other nations on newer techniques. A new generation is grooming with high hopes and looking forward to ASI to spread its wings to teach peripheral surgeons and be a part of the system to improve surgical services in order to give better care to our society. It is a government duty to provide such medical care to its citizens, but it cannot do so alone as evident from various reports. ASI should come forward to be a partner and help in implementing various schemes of surgical oriented programmes and improve quality of work. We have members with high devotion and determination. What is needed is to collaborate on the right direction and develop a joint system and promote it with good result. ASI wishes to be a partner with State Chapters and Speciality Sections to guide them and take their help in promoting various workshops, symposiums and teaching programmes at various parts of the country and develop 10 to 15 skill centres. Similarly, arranging education programme of CME, P.G. teaching and focused symposium on practical basis in each state at periphery with local and other resource persons will help to freshen the knowledge and also gain teaching hours for the purposes of the Medical Council of India (MCI). We have talents unparallel in each state, to be identified and involved to teach our young generation and be a part of the ASI responsibility. A high-quality skill centre at Chennai ASI building is our priority. Plenty of space is available, and we are looking for a partner to help us in developing it into a skill course round the year on minimal cost. SAARC cooperates on equal terms to entertain surgeons from our neighbour countries and give a good atmosphere of learning from each other’s resources—to develop a S. K. Shukla (*) LakshmiMemorial Hospital and Research Centre, Near Nehru Nagar Bridge, Indore 452001, India e-mail: drsatishkshukla@gmail.com