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S. Raja Sabapathy |
Dear Colleagues,
I am very grateful and humbled to be elected as the 21st President of our Federation. A brief look into the list of the past Presidents and the legacy they have left behind makes me aware of the responsivities that I have to fulfill. I am confident that with all our cooperation, we will help raise the stature and increase the effectiveness of the efforts of the IFSSH.
I think the term of three years provides a President and his team of office bearers a good enough time to do something meaningful to further the goals of the Federation. The IFSSH was formed in 1966 for the purpose of coordinating the activities of the various Societies for Surgery of the Hand throughout the world and in this way to increase and spread knowledge of surgery of the hand. I have articulated an audacious goal of ‘Providing quality hand surgical care to the millions who are less privileged’, as the theme for this triennium. This can happen only when there are adequate skilled personnel to deliver the care at the places of need, and an infrastructure and logistics that supports the effort. Spreading knowledge and capacity building will be our main thrust areas of work. The initiatives also require funding and for that we have established the IFSSH Patron of Hand Surgery programme. We hope that the programme, initiated in 2024, will reach the target by 2028 or earlier.
The members of the council and myself are ever willing to listen to your views and ideas to take things forward. Please feel free to write to me at rajahand@gmail.com or to our Administrative Secretary at administration@ifssh.info. I look forward to hearing from you.
Dr S. Raja Sabapathy
President
