Monday 20 June 2011

State to host national medical meet in October

The emergence of health concerns like tuberculosis, malaria and filarial, viral and , particularly in the eastern states will be the major theme at the three-day annual conference of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, NAMSCON-2011 to be held at the Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed University here from October 14 next.


"The conference is being held for the first time in Orissa. It will be attended by the who's who of India's health care sector including policy makers for medical education," Prof (Dr) Sureswar Mohanty, organizing secretary of the event, said. tnnThe conference will have a Continuing Medical Education (CME) component where the focus will be "emerging and re-emerging infections with special reference to eastern India".


Faculty members of all the medical colleges of Orissa, medical students, medical professionals and officials of the union ministry of health are expected to attend the meet. Around 300 fellows and members of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) including former directors, deans and eminent professors of national institutes like All  Institute of Medical Sciences and post graduate institutes (PGI) are also expected to attend the conference. 

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