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JAMMU: Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu on Saturday organised CME on ‘Palliative Care & Cancer Pain Management’ under the aegis of Indian society of Anaesthesia (ISA), Jammu.
The CME was organised by Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, GMC Jammu.
The CME was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Bhupinder Kumar, Administrative Secretary, Health and Medical Education and Guest of Honour, Ayushi Sudan, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Jammu.
Dr. Shashi Sudan Sharma, Principal & Dean, GMC Jammu welcomed the dignitaries.
Bhupinder Kumar said that the National Palliative Care programme was started in 2012 with the primary aim of improving quality of life in patients suffering from chronic or debilitating illnesses which may be not curable.
He said that an interdisciplinary and multispecialty co-ordination is required for the success of the programme.
He further said that public awareness regarding the availability of facilities for palliative care is required so that the public can benefit out of it.
He urged the faculty of Anaesthesia to train more and more doctors in palliative care and assured them full support for the successful implementation of the programme.
Proceedings of the conference were chaired by Dr. Anju Jamwal, Professor & Head, Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. Dr. Rajesh Mahajan, Associate Professor was the Organising Secretary. Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, Professor & Head, Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Care, AIIMS New Delhi delivered the presidential address.
The theme of conference was Palliative Care and Cancer Pain Management among the doctors in Jammu region.
Faculty from various premiere institutes of the country joined the CME to impart knowledge and share views on the issues of palliative care and pain management.
Faculty of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine namely Dr. Naine Bhadrala, Dr.Shruti Gupt, Dr. Neha Sharma, Dr. Rajdeep Kour carried out the scientific proceedings.
In addition to real time proceeding of the conference, it was available on online mode. More than 200 delegates attended the proceedings of the conference.
Ashwani Khajuria, Administrator GMC & AHs, HoDs and staff from various departments of GMC Jammu were present on the occasion. Dr. Anita Vig presented the vote of thanks.
