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National meet to discuss Geriatrics and Gerontology

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About 400 delegates from the country and abroad to participate

PONDICHERRY: The three-day 24th national conference on Geriatrics and Gerontology organised by Geriatric Society of India (GSI) begins here on Friday. The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, R. Anbumani will inaugurate the meet, according to the Director of Health and Family Welfare Services (Pondicherry) and national president of GSI, G. Subramanyam Reddy.

Dr Reddy told presspersons here on Thursday that the Minister would also present awards on the occasion and around 400 delegates from all over the country and resource persons from France and the United States of America and also from within the country would participate.

Dr Reddy said that it was indeed a matter of concern that nursing had not found its due place till now in the geriatric health care and hence the meet would for the first time devote one full day session for the subject through a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme in addition to holding a workshop on the theme.

Dr Reddy said that geriatric population constitutes around 10 crores in the total population of the country and there was every need that the geriatric branch of medicine took care of the elderly people who complained of higher percentage of cardiac, diabetic, cancer and other chronic ailments.

The medical problems of the aged in India were slightly different from their counterparts in the West.

There should be a full time regular post graduate training programme in geriatric medicine.

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