Ludhiana, July 29
The district unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) held a conference here last evening. More than 150 doctors attended it.
Dr Ajay Jha, a neurosurgeon from Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, spoke on the latest treatment of brain tumours in India. He described the various non-invasive and minimally invasive methods for operating brain tumour patients.
Dr Ranjen discussed the latest modalities in the acute brain attack, popularly known as stroke. He spoke on various newer agents which could dissolve the thrombus in the brain vessels. He described the invasive methods for the treatment of attack. “Time is the key factor in the outcome of the patient, if the treatment is given in the first three hours of the attack, the chances of morbidity and mortality are very less”, he asserted.
Dr Yashbir Dewan, Dr Manoj Sobti, Dr O.P. Arora and Dr Yash Pal Singh chaired the sessions. Dr Bhullar was special guest on the occasion.
Doctors were honoured by Mr S.K. Sharma, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation. Mr Sharma welcomed the initiative of the IMA, Ludhiana, and suggested to form a committee of doctors of the IMA, officers of the corporation and doctors from the Civil Surgeon’s office to devise various strategies for the improvement of health of Ludhianavis. He assured full monetary support from the corporation side. He requested the Apollo people to do various types of community projects in Ludhiana. The Apollo team agreed to the proposal of the Commissioner and will soon chalk out a programme for helping the patients of Ludhiana.
