Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: A Continued Medical Education (CME) on “Pediatric Hematology; Update on Thalassemia and Hemophilia” was organized by the Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College in New Pediatric Block of SMGS Hospital.
It was accompanied with a two day free check up camp for children suffering from Thalassemia and Hemophilia. Pediatric Hematologist of international repute Dr Anupam Sachdeva, Director Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Head Paediatric Hemato-oncology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Delhi and Dr Nita Radha Krishanan, Consultant Paediatric Hemato-Oncology deliberated on Current guidelines for management of Thalassemia and Hemophilia respectively.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr Rekha Harish, Professor & Head Department of Paediatrics highlighted the services being provided to 72 registered patients with Hemophilia and 245 registered patients with Thalassemia in the Department of Pediatrics, besides taking care of a huge workload of the 400 bedded indoor wards.
The experts from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital lauded the quality of care being provided to patients of Hemophilia and Thalassemia and appreciated their clinical evaluation being maintained in the Department of Paediatrics by Dr S Digra and Dr Rekha Harish.
The audience included Senior Faculty Dr K Koul, Prof & HoD Pathology, Prof Dr G S Saini, Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Asstt. Prof. Orthopaedics, Dr R Gupta, Dr Sanjeev Digra Asstt Prof, Dr Ashu Jamwal Asstt Prof, Dr Sunil Dutt Sharma, Dr Javed Iqbal, Dr Deepak, Dr Ritu Abrol, Dr Pooja Kawte, Dr Narinder, Dr Sarfaraz, Dr Amjed, Dr Rajesh Koul, Dr Subash Chander, Dr Kishour Kumar and Dr Sushil Sharma besides other prominent IAP members who were also present on this occasion.