The doctors of the State capital would be informed about intricacies of the medico legal cases by senior counsel of the Supreme Court during the 59th annual symposium of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dehradun. The symposium would be held on December 24 and 25.
Informing about the symposium the president of the district unit of IMA, Dr JP Sharma told newsmen here on Thursday that the symposium is being organised to abreast the doctors with the latest developments in the fields of medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, neurology and nephrology. “ This year we are having a separate medico legal session which is quite interactive to help us do our job within the limits of the law as well as to deal with ever increasing incidents of nuisance against the doctors,’’ he said.
The secretary of the IMA Dehradun Dr Mohit Goyal said that transport minister Nav Prabhat would be the chief guest on the first day of the symposium. The President- the association of surgeons of India, Dr SK Mishra would be the guest of honour in the programme. Dr Goyal informed that internationally famed speakers like Dr Priyank Uniyal, Dr Arti luthra, Proff Brig R Kakkar,Dr Amar Upadhyaya and others would hold discussions on infertility, management of infections in newborn children, arthritis, kidney failure, heart attack and epilepsy. A special session on minimally invasive surgery of the spine and cancer of the gall bladder would also be held in the symposium.