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January 2020

Dr. Amar Nath Tandon National Award 2019 to Mrs. Sheela Chitnis

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National Society For Equal Opportunities For the Handicapped, India (NASEOH, INDIA) established in 1968 & has been steadily working towards developing comprehensive rehabilitation opportunities for the persons with disabilities so as to facilitate integration into the mainstream of the society.

This year’s Dr. Amar Nath Tandon National Award for Voluntary services by Naseoh is given to Mrs. Sheela Chitnis, Co-founder of MSSI, India, who has pioneered the care and support to persons with MS in India through physiotherapy, Counseling & Medical Support. She has also mobilized sizable funds through creative ideas and events for the rehabilitation of Persons with MS.

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Symptoms and Care of Eyes – MSPs

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MSSI Hyderabad Chapter has conducted a session on symptoms and care of eyes of MSPs by Dr.Akshay Badakere, a Consultant Neuro Ophthalmologist from L V Prasad Eye Institute.
A one to one session which was not only interactive, beneficial but informative too. Dr.Akshay spoke about Optic Neuritis and its symptoms, the tests to be performed, the diet to be followed and exercises to be done to keep MS at bay.

Neuro Update 2020

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The “Madras Neuro Trust” organises the “Neuro Update” annually as a continuing educational programme for the practising neurologists and exposing the neurology residents to recent clinical research works being done all over the world. The Chennai Chapter of MSSI is invited for a special session.

This year, Neuro Update 2020 was held on 11/01/2020. Dr Velmurugendran, Secretary, Neuro Update, Chennai, welcomed the gathering. MSSI Chennai Chairperson, Mrs Ann Gonsalvez welcomed the guest speakers and a shawl was presented to each of them by an MS person. A one-hour session for MS persons was chaired by :

Prof. David Zee, M.D, Professor of Neurology, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. He addressed our MS persons on eye disorder in MS. One of the major vision problems that he focused on is called Nystagmus – the jumping of eyes ( up and down) or changing direction – left to right and its treatment.

Prof. Sarosh Irani, BMBCH MS (Oxon) D Phil FRCP FEAN, Head, Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group, Associate Professor, University of Oxford, Welcome intermediate clinical fellow, Honorary Consultant Neurology, UK, updated us with latest on NeuroImmunology. He said drugs available to fight or calm down the immune system is being researched on a big scale and he is hopeful it will come into the market in the near future at an affordable cost.

It was a highly interactive session. The MS patients and their caregivers gained more knowledge and felt more educated after attending the session.