Focusing on various health issues, Indian Medical Association (IMA) Chas organised ‘District Medical Conference’ at Bokaro which included several scientific programmes. More than 110 delegates from different part of the country participated in the conference. The prominent speakers Dr Rajnesh Sadana form New Delhi shared his views on cardiac arrythmia — ECG diagnosis, Dr Pranav Kumar Mandal exchanged his views on dyspepsia and its management, Dr Dinesh Kumar Sinha on evaluation of lumps and mass, Dr BK Pankaj shared his views on depression and headache.
IMA is the voluntary organisation of doctors of modern scientific system of medicine, which looks after the interest of doctors as well as the well being of the community at large said Rajiv Singh of Mission Hospital. A week-long ‘Health Week Programme’ was also organised by IMA which was concluded on Sunday. Five doctors from Bokaro have been conferred with ‘lifetime Achievements Award’ for their significant contributions in Medical and Health services.
During this health week programme, a screening camp was organised to test the heamoglobin level in adolescent girls of Class VII and VIII and blood samples of at least 250 girls were tested in the camps, he said. The test results found that 75 per cent girls with 8 mgs of hemoglobin while 20 per cent found with the heamoglobin level of 6 mgs or less. All girls were given iron capsules and other medicines; they also taught how to eradicate anaemia, added Rajiv.