Irregular life style and carelessness towards health can lead to devastating results in the future. The health experts have invented parameters that are named biomarkers.
Biomarkers are certain such indicators of any disease that alert the person far before the disease attacks the person.This was the common opinion expressed by experts in a two-day national symposium organised on the occasion of foundation day of Biochemistry department, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences in Dehradun on Wednesday.
The topic was “Biomarkers in Health and Disease: Bench to Bedside” and was inaugurated by Dr VM Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.Dr Katoch said that from the point of medical science, the subject of biomarkers is very significant. In the coming days, the research on the various types of biomarkers will play a significant role in the treatment of various diseases.
He also expressed deep condolence over the natural calamity that hit Uttarakhand. Speaking on the occasion, Mahant Davendra Das, Darbar Sahib said that research works should be motivated more in the country. He said that discovery of accurate biomarkers will be able to make the people more alert about their health.
later, Shri Guru Ram Rai Education Mission’s Vice-Chairman Prof SP Ghildiyal said that the development of health facilities is too slow in state. In particular, people from the hill areas have to struggle even for the basic health facilities. Addressing the gathering, Dr RK Singh, HOD of Biochemistry department, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences appealed the Union Government to establish a trauma centre in SGRR Medical College and establish an advance diagnostic centre.
Prior to this, the gathering observed two minutes silence and prayed for the peace of the departed souls in the recent natural calamity that hit Uttarakhand.It is noteworthy that for the first time, a national level symposium with the help of Medical Council of India and Indian Council of Medical Research. Earlier, Dr PK Seth, ex- Director, Indian Institute of Toxicological Research, lucknow and Dr YN Rav, AIIMS Rishikesh Director Dr Rajkumar, SGRR PG College’s Principal Dr VA Bourai, Dr Amit Kumar, Dr Sanjeev Mittal and Dr Tariq were also present.