Today, for the first time, ISCCM Day, ( the day of inception of ISCCM on 9th October 1993) is being celebrated as National Critical Care Day, a moment to recognise a specialty that quietly touches every branch of medicine and to celebrate how far it has come. The specialty has grown in leaps and bounds steadily, building on the foundation laid by visionary forefathers and led by subsequent dynamic leaders through every generation. It’s been an exciting 33 years!!!

From a few monitored beds of yesteryears to current protocol-driven ICUs, trained intensivists, lung-protective ventilation, early sepsis care, and a growing focus on recovery after the ICU, critical care keeps moving forward, always with the patient at the centre.

The ISCCM Chennai Branch is a thriving community of dynamic intensivists, active through dedicated work by the bedsidd and teaching/ learning programs like seminars, workshops, conferences, journal clubs, webinars and nursing training. We also reach the public with awareness on essential life-saving areas like training on **CPR, antimicrobial stewardship, stroke, and organ donation**.

*To every intensivist, nurse, and allied professional: your vigilance at 3 a.m. is the quiet backbone of modern medicine*.

A big salute to every Critical Care Physician whose vigilance, knowledge, care, and compassion have had a huge impact on the life of a sick patient entrusted by the family with implicit trust.

*Critical care is people caring for people at their most vulnerable.*

Dr. Kalavathy Swarna

Chairperson, ISCCM Chennai Branch

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