The Orthopaedics Department of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) has started a joint replacement training centre to train young orthopeedic surgeons with the help of Depoy Synthes Institute.
There will be a basic Arthroplasty workshop of hip and knee on July 26 and 27. The programme is meant for surgeons who are performing joint replacement surgery with assistance and are eager to become independent operators. The course is being conducted for the first time in Odisha at KIMS and is organized by KIMS in association with Odisha Orthopaedics Association.
Dr Basanta Kumar Behera, Associate Professor and senior joint replacement surgeon is organizing and co-coordinating the programme, while Prof Dr UN Mishra, eminent orthopaedic specialist of Odisha, would chair and supervise the overall programme.