Blood donated by donors may be stored safely and may be available to each and every needy person. On this theme Indian Society of transfusion medicine (ISTM) is organizing its 5th annual symposium under Transmedcon 2016 being organised from November 18 to 20. Theme of this symposium is ‘Safe blood, healthy India with each life providing drop’.
Drop of safe blood may reach to each and every needy rural pregnant woman who needs it for her safe delivery. Only to achieve this aim this national scientific symposium is getting organised. Sanmukh Joshi who has recently invented a new blood group is also coming from Surat to attend this symposium. He will deliver his lecture on this subject and the society also honors him for his achievement.
Dr Manisha Shrivastava, Secretary of the organising committee told media persons that it was a great challenge for us to organise this scientific symposium. But, if there is a good cause, we are ready to take every challenge.
“We believe that all the participating doctors and students associated with blood bank will get an opportunity to meet new experts of this field and to take proper guidance regarding safe storage of blood and they can also present their views and ideas to other participants,” she added.
Professor JP Allen from Cambridge University, Dr Anup Chand, from New Zealand, Dr Andreas from Germany and Dr Marina will be main participants in the 5th annual symposium of the Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine. Dr Neelam Marwah, President of the society.
Popular personalities like R.K.Choudhry, SGPGI, Dr, Surendra Singh, NIB will also participate in the symposium. In this occasion doctors, nurses and medical students of the Madhya Pradesh will also present.
Before this symposium a work shop will be held on November 17 at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre in which students will be educated on various techniques and important aspects of safe storage of blood.