The Diabetes and Endocare Clinic, Brahmapur, organised the second south Odisha thyroid symposium here on Sunday.
Brahmapur MLA cum chairman, Ganjam District Planning Committee, Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik was the chief guest with Dean and Principal, MKCG Medical College Prof Radha Madhab Tripathy, Superintendent, MKCG Medical College Prof Charan Panda, former Head, Dept of General Medicine, MKCG Medical College Prof Dr P C Sahu, former Head, Department of General Surgery, MKCG Prof Dr N C Padhi, IMA, Berhampur president Prof Prasanna Padhy and Chairman, BDA Subash Maharana as the guests.
Dr Sunil Kumar Kota, Consultant Endocrinologist from Diabetes and Endocare Clinic, presided.
MLA Dr Chyaupatnaik highlighted the rising prevalence of thyroid disorders and called for enhancing the skills of practitioners to deal with the problems. Prof PC Sahu advised the audience to be watchful of thyroid disorders by diagnosing them early followed by timely initiation of treatment.
Prof NC Padhi and Prof Prasanna Padhy opined that these scientific symposia would help updating the knowledge of treating physicians on thyroid disorders. There were 10 different topics on thyroid disorders delivered by eminent speakers from Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
In total around 250 doctors from Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Rayagada, Koraput attended the workshop. Dr Kota revealed his plans of undertaking thyroid blood testing for general public from different sectors to detect the undiagnosed cases.
Prof K T Subudhi lauded the efforts by Dr Sunil to educate both doctors and general public.