The Association of Physicians of India (API) Odisha Chapter and Institute of Medical Sciences of SUM Hospital organised the 35th State conference on November 14 and 15 last here. Nearly 500 participants from Odisha and across the country participated and deliberated on the current professional challenges, newer developments in the field of medicine and the possible solutions.
Focus was on expertise on ICU care, chronic liver disease and acute renal failure by chief guest Prof (Dr) Rajesh Upadhaya, problem of drug resistant to TB patients and treatment by Prof Digambar Behera, diabetes, liver disease, heart failure, thyroid dysfunction, pneumonia and asthma by Prof Siddharth Das, Prof R J Dash, Prof H N Mishra, Prof PK Sahoo, Prof PR Mohapatra and Prof Narayan Mishra.
Among others, internationally acclaimed dignitaries like Prof Amit Gupta from lucknow, Prof Raghu Nandan Nadig, Prof (Gp Capt) S Shankar from Bengaluru and Dr Anjana Mohan from Chennai participated in the conference. Dr BN Panda and Dr Chandan Das conducted the conference.