The 10th International Eco Course and Workshop was organized here on Sunday at Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Bhopal. Dr Navin C Nanda, known as the father of echo from Birmingham, USA presided over the programme. In this daylong workshop, physicians from different cities of the country shared their experiences through scientific sessions, panel discussions and live demonstration.
Dr Anita Saxena, specialist and professor of Pediatric cardiology AIIMS, Dr SC Govind from Bangalore and Dr Vinayak Agrawal from Gurugram also marked their presence. Rishi Kumar Shukla Police Director General Madhya Pradesh was also present as a special guest in the programme. Principal Faculty of the programme Dr Naveen C Nanda said that the latest advancements are being made in the treatment of heart diseases over time.
He said that in the last decade, we have moved so well in this direction that the modern techniques of treatment of various heart diseases have equipped us so well to treat the patients in various ways which was beyond our imagination. Now we are working on making them even better.
While having a talk about foetal Eco, Dr Anita Saxena, the Pediatric Cardiologist and Professor of AIIMS, Delhi said that through this modern technique, different asymmetries related to heart diseases can be identified before birth in children and their treatment can also be done.
DGP Rishi Kumar Shukla said that the work of doctors and police, in reality, share one key factor, believing in the jurisdiction of both of them is very important. He said that this belief is surely like a challenge for our services but it also keeps pushing us to strive harder every day.
Organising Committee Chairman Dr PC Manoria said that the workshop was organised in collaboration with the International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, and was focused on delivering the latest information about echocardiography or echocardiogram which is both important and necessary in investigation of cardiovascular diseases, and what differentiates this conference from others is that here we took help of 50 Live demonstrations of different patients to explain the techniques.