Interventional radiology unit to be set up in State soon

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, OCT. 12.

A separate branch for interventional radiology, an emerging division of radiology, will be established in Andhra Pradesh very soon making it the first of its kind in the country.

Out of about 400 radiologists in the State, only a handful are interventional radiologists who interpret images and also perform surgery. However, there is an acute shortage of radiologists with various institutions in AP turning out a mere 50 post-graduates, which is far short of the requirement.

A two-day continuing medical education (CME) programme will be held here on October 13 for post-graduate students in radiology and practicing doctors using radiology as a means for solving clinical problems. It is being organised by Prof. Kakarla Subba Rao, Director of NIMS, Radiology and Imaging Educational Sciences Trust (KREST) and the A. P. Chapter of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA).

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Prof. Subba Rao, who is chairman of the organising committee, Prof. B. Ramasubba Rayudu, vice-chairman, and Dr. T. L. N. Praveen, organising secretary, said there was an urgent need for radiologists to upgrade their standards and be recognised as specialists. India must catch up with medicine in the rest of the world where radiology and imageology play a key role.

They said Mr. J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, Information Technology, would inaugurate the CME which would be attended by about 300 delegates from AP, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The CME would discuss conventional radiology, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

They said KREST proposed to start tele-radiology with specialists available for consultations to doctors in different districts. It also proposed to serve the poor residing around its office at Toli Chowki using equipment sponsored by some big companies.

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