Sunday, November 17, 2013

Neurological Diseases: CME at CMC

Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 4:00 PM
A Leading Cause of Disability in India
Ludhiana, 17th November, 2013: (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria): India, the world’s second most populous country, is facing the emergence of a “hidden” epidemic: disability due to neurologic diseases. The rapid economic, demographic, and social transformation of India in recent decades has already resulted in the double burden of unresolved epidemics of infectious diseases (e.g., malaria, tuberculosis) coupled with rising rates of chronic diseases (e.g., stroke, heart attack). This was stated by Professor Gourie Devi, former Director and Vice-Chancellor of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore in the 31st Dr LH Lobo memorial oration. She said stroke, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injuries due to road traffic accidents are the major causes of disability in India.  She spoke also about the delivery of neurological services at different levels of care in India.

Dr LH Lobo memorial trust, Ludhiana has been organizing the Dr LH Lobo Memorial Oration and Scientific symposium for the last 30 years, in memory of the late Dr LH Lobo, an eminent and renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon and Former Head of Orthopaedic department and Principal of Christian Medical College (CMC), Ludhiana.   This year the 31st Dr LH Lobo Memorial Oration was organised by the department of Neurology, CMC on November 16th in the hospital auditorium. The inaugural function and the oration were conducted by Shri Sukhpat Rai Wadehra, President, Dr LH Lobo Memorial Trust and Dr MK Mahajan, Secretary, Padma Bhushan Prof JS Chopra, from Chandigarh was the Guest of Honour. Dr S Chopra gave the vote of thanks.

After the oration a CME on ”Management of Central Nervous System Infections” was organised by the department of Neurology, CMC Ludhiana. Prof Satishchandra Director and Vice-Chancellor of NIMHANS Bangalore gave a talk on the neurological manifestations in HIV patients.  Dr S Prabhakar, Head of Neurology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, updated the audience on the recent management of Bacterial meningitis. Prof Mathew Alexander HOD, Dept of Neurology, CMC Vellore spoke about the brain infection following measles virus. Prof Gourie Devi discussed about the various types of TB infection that can affect the brain.

Prof Yashpal Singh briefly talked about the common viral infection of the brain called Herpes simplex encephalitis. Prof Gagandeep Singh discussed various treatment options for Neurocysticercosis(tape worm) affecting the brain. Dr Jency Koshy gave a lecture on neurological complications that can occur due to Dengue fever. Dr DivyaDeodhar spoke about the current treatment of TB infection affecting the brain. Dr Vikas Loomba talked about the emerging infection called Scrub Typhus and its neurological manifestations. A PG Quiz on the Neuroinfections was held during the program. More than 200 delegates attended the program. The CME was organised by Dr Jeyaraj D Pandian and Dr Yashpal Singh.         Neurological Diseases: CME at CMC

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

CMC:31st Dr LH Lobo Memorial Oration on November 16th

Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:59 PM
Oration will be held in CMC Hospital auditorium 
Ludhiana, 13th, November, 2013: (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria): Dr LH Lobo memorial trust has been organizing the Dr LH Lobo Memorial Oration and Scientific symposium for the last 30 years, in memory of the late Dr LH Lobo, an eminent and renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon and Former Head of Orthopaedic department and Principal of Christian Medical College (CMC), Ludhiana.   This year the 31st Dr LH Lobo Memorial Oration will be jointly organised by the Dr LH Lobo Memorial Trust and the department of Neurology, CMC on November 16th in the hospital auditorium.

Professor Gourie Devi, former Director and Vice-Chancellor of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore will be delivering the oration. After the oration there will be a CME on “Management of Central Nervous System Infections” from 9 am to 2 pm. Padma Bhushan Dr JS Chopra, Dr S Prabhakar, Head of Neurology, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Prof Satishchandra, Director and Vice-Chancellor, NIMHANS, Bangalore; Prof Mathew Alexander, Head of Neurology, CMC Vellore; Prof Gagandeep Singh, Head of Neurology, DMC, Ludhiana; Prof Yashpal Singh, Department of Neurology, CMC; Dr Jency Koshy, Department of Medicine, Dr Divya Deodhar, Department of Medicine, CMC, and Dr Vikas Loomba, Department of Medicine, CMC will be the faculty for the CME. 

The inaugural function and the oration will be conducted by Shri Sukhpat Rai Wadehra, President, Dr LH Lobo Memorial Trust and Dr MK Mahajan, Secretary, Dr LH Lobo Memorial Trust. Dr Jeyaraj D Pandian is the Organising Secretary and Dr Yashpal Singh is the Joint Organising Secretary. There will be no registration fee and the program will start at 8.30 am and conclude at 2.00 pm. Two CME credit hours will be available from Punjab Medical Council.
CMC:31st Dr LH Lobo Memorial Oration on November 16th

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Sunday, November 03, 2013

Celebrate but Green Diwali--Dr. Parveen Kaur Chawla

Principal of Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women 
Published on Oct 30, 2013
Dr.Mrs.Parveen Kaur Chawla M.Sc. PhD H.Sci. Hm.Sc is the Principal of Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women Ludhiana. is also presently the Member of Senate (Panjab University, Chandigarh) She was 'Nominated by the 5th TEC/UGC Consortium Agreement for the year 2012-2013 for a period of one weak' for a professional Visit to the University of Mauritius, Mauritius from 6th Oct to 13th Oct, 2013. She was the only nominee from the region of Punjab. She was invited to interact with the students of the University on certain current topics of Nutrition. She spoke out her mind on the following topics:-
• Importance of Balanced diet in Adolescent girls and occurrence of Nutritional Deficiency disease due to excessive use of Junk Food.
• Importance of dietary pattern and physical activity of the growth pattern and health related fitness in Children.
• Management of Obesity
• Role of Fiber in Diet. Her main stress was on the excessive use of Junk Food by adolescents which has a very adverse effect on the nutritional status of our teenagers and youth. She told that the students raised many queries which she answered to her best. 
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