title: Early development of emergency medicine in Chennai (Madras), India.
abstract: India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population approaching 1 billion people. The development of emergency medicine is still in its earliest stages because the Medical Council of India (MCI) does not yet recogonize the specialty. Recent developments may cause the MCI to reconsider specialty status for emergency medicine as an academic discipline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long IslandCampus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY, USA. alagappa@lij.edu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alagappan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cherukuri
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D014505:Urban Population