UPDATE NEWS
Dear friends,
Happy Global Day against pain 15th Oct and World Anaesthesia Day 16th Oct 2007
Wish, a stander, safe and affordable anaesthesia, intensive care and pain-free services can be provided to the needed individuals all over the world

It is a matter of great pride that the executive committee meting during 7th SACA congress held in Kathmandu on 22-24 Feb 2007 had decided to publish a
“SAARC Journal of Anaesthesia”. The journal is published on 16th Oct 2007, the World Anaesthesia Day. It is published amidst the teleconference in all the seven SAARC countries simultaneously. I hope this journal will represent the status of development in Anaesthesology in this region.

It is a matter of great pride that the executive committee meting during 7th SACA congress held in Kathmandu on 22-24 Feb 2007 had decided to publish a “SAARC Journal of Anaesthesia”. The journal is published on 16th Oct 2007, the World Anaesthesia Day. It is published amidst the teleconference in all the seven SAARC countries simultaneously. I hope this journal will represent the status of development in Anaesthesology in this region.

It is a real difficult job to bring all the countries together and have common platform. It was a long awaited job that has been fulfilled by Prof Kotur.

I hope the spirit of SAARC, from the member countries namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be well reflected in our journal. We expect to have participation from Afghanistan as well.

I would also like to request in the capacity of President of SACA to Anaesthesiologists from all the member countries to participate in the development of our journal.

I invite all the regular participant Anaesthesiologists of SACA congress from the International forum and all the well wishers to help in making our journal of an international stander.

Last but not the least I would like to request WFSA to support whole heartedly in the development of our journal

A proposal for rename of SACA was endorsed in the Executive Committee meeting, as a resolution was filed by some of the members and the invitees in the meeting held on 24th Feb. 2007. The above agenda was discussed and the new name was suggested as:

‘SAARC Association of Anaesthesiologists, - SAARC – AA’ as there were some administrative and technical difficulties with the original name.

We may be meeting you in the banner of ‘SAARC Association of Anaesthesiologists, - SAARC – AA’ in future.

With best wishes.
Prof. (Dr.) Gautam Ratna Bajracharya
President, SACA, Kathmandu, Nepal


Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

Srilanka