About 300 pediatricians from across the country would congregate here to hold deliberations on various infectious diseases like jaundice, dengue, tuberculosis besides irrational use of antibiotics etc, and to find better treatment for these ailments.
The doctors will participate in a national conference being organised by the Chhattisgarh Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) in association with Chhattisgarh State Children Academy and JlN Medical College on September 20-21, said President of Chhattisgarh Academy of Pediatrics Dr Jayesh Kavadya.
Chairman of the Organising Committee Dr Kavindra Sarabhai and Secretary Dr Anup Verma said that IAP National President Dr BN Yevle will be the chief guest while Dr A T Dabke will be the guest of honour of the programme.They said that about two dozen research papers will be read, discussions and expert talks besides panel discussions will be held in the conference. The main topics of discussion will be jaundice, tuberculosis, rabies, dengue, new vaccines, irrational use of antibiotics, etc during the conference.
A cartoon exhibition on antibiotics will also be organised on the occasion.The prominent doctors participating in the conference include Dr Abhay Shah from Ahmedabad, Dr Jaideep Mukherjee from Kolkata, Dr Baldev Prajapati from Gujarat, Dr Rohit Agrawal from Mumbai and Dr Narayanappa from Mysore.
Before the national conference, a State-level conference of Chhattisgarh Chapter will be organised on September 19, added Dr Kavadya.