Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 3: A live advanced laparoscopic and oncological surgical workshop was held, here today which was attended by all senior surgery faculty, residents and postgraduates of Department of Surgery, Government Medical College Jammu.
The workshop was transmitted pan India from a high volume advanced Zen Hospital Mumbai owned by Dr Roy Patankar surgeon of National and International repute and the operating faculty was from the leading hospitals of the country. A lot of deliberations and interaction among the faculty across the country held in this scientific event.
Principal and Dean, GMC Jammu, Dr Ashutosh Gupta, while interacting with faculty in this workshop, said that such advanced courses and live surgical workshop should be held more frequent to update the surgical skill of the surgical fraternity in this region so that the patient of this region are benefitted at large.
He assured that best state of art surgical environment shall be created at GMC Jammu. He insisted that minimal use of antibiotics be encouraged to prevent emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Best pre and after care be provided to win the public confidence in the institution, he added.
Prof Dr Vishal R Tandon was the invited guest in the event. He said that live surgeries/workshops offer educational value and live surgical workshops have become very common these days and there is a need to encourage research data from this region to help the health care providers to plan various strategies for the health care need of the patients.
Prof Dr Zahoor Hussain organized and moderated the event. Dr Satish Parihar, Dr Kailash Singh, Dr Sanjay Sharma, Dr Shyam Gupta, Dr Vikrant Singh, Dr Hamid, Dr Hamza and Dr Raheel were the prominent and leading surgeons who attended the workshop along with registrars and postgraduates.