A Combined Medical Education (CME) on ‘ Nuclear Medicine Update — 2016’ was organised by the Nuclear medicine department of Max Hospital.
The head of Nuclear Medicine department at Max hospital Dr Saumya Kumari said that the CME emphasised upon various applications of nuclear scans mainly pertaining to thyroid and parathyroid diseases, cardiac, nephrological, urological diseases, Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors and other areas in oncology. “Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and determine the severity of a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurological disorders and other abnormalities within the body. Nuclear medicine procedures are able to pinpoint molecular activity within the body and they offer the potential to identify disease in its earliest stage as well as patient’s early response to therapeutic interventions,’’ she said.
The Senior Director of Max Institute of Neurosciences Dehradun (MIND), Dr AK Singh said that CME was held to discuss various applications of the nuclear medicine in solving the clinical dilemmas pertaining to various surgical and medical fields “We are happy to proclaim that the residents of Uttarakhand and neighbouring states can avail medical care in world class infrastructure at upto 30 per cent lesser cost at Max Dehradun. However, the key attraction is that the climatic conditions and fewer pollutants in Dehradun augments post operative recovery and rehabilitation than any other metropolitan city, ’’ he said.