Millennium medical meet begins today

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, DEC. 28. A two-day millennium medical conference covering a wide spectrum of medical topics presented by eminent faculty from India and abroad is being organised here jointly by the American Telugu Association (ATA) and Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad from tomorrow.

Its focus will be on recent advances in various branches of medicine but a key side issue will be to explore ways to help junior doctors in India to earn fellowship in the United States and update their knowledge. To minimise the cost of their training, some NRIs have even offered to host the medicos and send equipment from the U.S.

The ATA represents about 1,400 Telugu families residing in the U.S., of whom nearly 30 per cent are drawn, from the medical profession. The association is impressed by the hospital started by Apollo Hospitals at Aragonda in Chittoor district, native place of its Chairman, Dr. Pratap C. Reddy, where telemedicine has been successfully experimented with, and is considering whether it can be replicated in other parts of the State with funding by NRIs. The hospital at Aragonda, about 12 km from Chittoor town, started as a 35-bed hospital now has 100 beds.

Talking to presspersons here on Thursday, Dr. G. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Dr. Sanjeeva T. Reddy, coordinators of the conference, Dr. Adisesha B. Reddy, president, ATA, and Dr. Rajender Jinna, secretary, said the topics chosen for presentation during the conference were relevant to the Indian medical scenario and included recent trends in the management of pneumonia, thyroid disorders, infective diarrhoea, uncontrolled epilepsy, cancer screening strategies and their cost-effectiveness and evolving concepts in interesting fields like sleep apnoea.

A highlight of the conference would be the management of acute renal failure, a common problem in India. Dr. K S. Chugg, Professor of Nephrology, PGI, Chandigarh, would make a presentation on this subject. A panel discussion on coronary heart disease and presentations on blood transfusion by Dr. Chandra G. Reddy, Director, Hope Centre, Blood Diseases and Cancer Care Centre, Indiana, USA, and on liver diseases management and transplantation by Dr. F.G. Regenstein, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, would be the other features of the meet.

About 400 delegates, including many from abroad, have registered for the conference which is proposed to be held once in two years. Dr. P. Siva Reddy, eminent ophthalmologist, and Dr. D. Bhaskar Reddy, former Director of Medical Education, will be honoured on the occasion. The conference is being organised in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, USA.

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