Surgeons of Palamu , Latehar and Garhwa in their joint efforts are to hold a State-level surgeons’ meet here in Daltonganj under the aegis of Jharkhand chapter of Association of Surgeons of India.
It will be a 3 day marathon session beginning Friday October26. More than 150 surgeons from major parts of the country are coming to attend this meet said organizing secretary of the meet Dr Sanjay Kumar.
The venue of the meet is Deendayal Upadhaya Smriti bhavan called Town Hall as well.
State health minister Ramchander Chandravanshi and local MP V D Ram are to grace it said the organizing chairman Dr R N Singh.
Surgeons of Delhi, Kolkata. Lucknow, Hyderabad etc are coming here. There is an expected gathering of more than150 surgeons.
Dr A A Hai of Patna will deliver a lecture on prevention of cancer said organizing chairman Dr R N Singh..
At a press conference held this afternoon organising chairman Dr RN Singh organising secretary Dr Sanjay Kumar, joint secretary Dr Ameet Kumar, Dr Sushil Kumar Pandey, Dr Satish Kumar and others reiterated that this meet of surgeons is for the benefit of the common masses as this kind of meet brushes up our know how of different kinds of surgeries.
It was Dr Sushil Kumar Pandey who expressing concern said “ Breast cancer is fast rising in Palamu. Cases of breast cancer are on the upper side. Young girls in the age of 22 to 24 are getting afflicted by this cancer. Young mother having just one baby too are diagnosed for breast cancer.”
Dr Sanjay Kumar and Dr Sushil K Pandey said “ We have a separate slot for citizens to ask questions from noted surgeons here in our special programme of this event called Town Hall session. Here surgeons will answer queries of common people. The focal point of this session is breast cancer. It needs to be made known among the masses.”
Pandey said this practice of doctors/ surgeons meeting elites of the place is very common in America and here too this is going to start on Friday. He said queries regarding cancer be asked as then it will be helpful in creating awareness about this disease.