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Barnala wants MCI to organise medical camps

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Calls for spreading awareness of healthy food habits

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RECOGNITION: Governor Surjit Singh Barnala presenting the MedIndia Oration Award to A.S. Soin, liver transplant surgeon, Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, at a medical conference in Chennai on Saturday. T.S. Chandrasekar, chairman, MedIndia Institute for Medical Specialities (centre), is also in the picture.

CHENNAI: The Medical Council of India (MCI) should chalk out plans to organise medical and awareness camps in co-ordination with voluntary organisations and the government, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala said on Saturday.

Highlighting the need to create awareness among people of healthy food habits, exercise, hygiene and sanitation, Mr. Barnala said diet had a great role in maintaining good health. Medical conferences should think effectively to take the benefits of medicine to the common man.

The Governor inaugurated GE CON 2008, a national medical conference, held under the auspices of the MCI, and presented the MedIndia Oration Award to A.S. Soin, liver transplant surgeon, Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi.

He distributed the best teacher awards to K. Raghuram and M. Ahmed Ali, former professors of the Madras Medical College.

Mr. Barnala also launched medical equipment, including a capsule endoscope and gastrolyzer, an obesity clinic of the Medindia Institute of Medical Specialities and training CD ROMS. The capsule endoscope is a diagnostic tool the size of a capsule that can be easily swallowed by the patient. It will take colour images of hitherto inaccessible areas of the small intestine. The gastrolyzer is another non-invasive handheld tool that helps to conduct hydrogen breath tests.

T.S. Chandrasekar, conference chairman and chairman, MedIndia Institute of Medical Specialities, said the institute was focussing on increasing awareness of the need to reduce obesity, especially among adolescents. It would also stress conducting master-health checks and maintaining hygiene, he added.

S.K. Bichilie, president, said the seminar was providing a comprehensive look into the various aspects of gastroenterology.

A. Muruganathan, chairman, the Tamil Nadu unit of the Association of Physicians of India, said the MCI had encouraged medical associations and hospitals to conduct research seminars on various topics in its platinum jubilee year.

C.V. Bhirmanandam, member, MCI, said that while there was tremendous improvement in tertiary care in super specialities, primary prevention should also get priority.

The medical curriculum must be adapted to focus more on evidence-based learning and to provide cost-effective treatment.

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