large number of people in the country is suffering from urology related diseases. Doctors and hospitals are alert about such kinds of diseases. The number of patients suffering from urological diseases increases due to modern lifestyle and diseases like high blood pressure and diabetics. For the prevention and treatment of such diseases, it is necessary to promote innovation at national and international level, preparation of medicines by searching new molecules and use of new process and new technology, said Governor Shekhar Dutt.
While inaugurating the four-day 23rd annual convention of Indian Urological Society (western region) in Raipur on Thursday evening, the governor said that in the 1990 decade, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched Edusat satellite from Sriharikotta to give special emphasis to education and health services in the country, with which, treatment and surgeory through telemedicine and new facilities related to education had been started and efforts were made to provide health services to far-flung regions, by using information technology.
He said, “In the area of treatment we have rich legacy of knowledge of our ancestors in the form of ‘Ayurveda’ and ‘Siddha’, but it could not be systematically compiled and recorded due to lack of history writing in the country. There is need for systematic recording of this vast storage of knowledge of the country, so that wide usage of it could be done in future research,” he added.
He said, it was a matter of pleasure that in 2003, with the coordinated efforts of CSIR, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Science and Technology Department, the ancient medicinal knowledge the country was recorded in the digital mode.
While presiding over the function, tourism and culture minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that Chhattisgarh has been moving fast on the path of development. Because of the vast deposit of minerals and thick forest, the number of urological patients has been increased. In view of that doctors and specialists should use their knowledge for providing best treatment to the poor and the needy, he added.
Chairman of Indian Urological Society Dr R Mayappan said that through this convention academic, government and private sectors got a better opportunity for the prevention of urology related diseases. This convention would be proved important for the doctors of the country in exchanging knowledge, he added.