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‘Prevent spread of communicable diseases’

TIRUPATI: V. Sivakumar, in-charge Director of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) has acknowledged the significant role played by medical microbiologists in preventing and controlling the communicable diseases and wanted the fraternity to continue their pursuit for a healthy nation.

He was speaking on Saturday at the inaugural of the 13th annual conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists’ (IAMM) Andhra Pradesh Chapter, organised jointly by SVIMS and Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati.

He said that apart from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), diseases like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), dengue, hemorrhagic fever, chikungunya, could be quickly identified and controlled in the recent past because of the services provided by the medical microbiologists.

C.S. Bhaskaran, former Vice-Chancellor of NTR University of Health Sciences, felt that such academic congregations would go a long way in refreshing subject knowledge, besides helping one update the advanced knowledge and gain tips from others’ field experience.

SVMC principal P.V. Ramasubba Reddy released the souvenir and appealed to the younger generation to take up research with passion and not merely for career advancement.

SVIMS Microbiology head and organising chairman A. Gururaj Kumar welcomed the gathering and explained the workshop theme i.e., ‘Progress from pasteur to PCR – germs to genes’.

Doctors C.S. Bhaskaran, K. Sreerama Rao, P. Vijayalakshmi, T.V. Rao and P. Vijaya Chari were honoured on the occasion.

Registrar V.S.R. Anjaneyulu and IAMM State secretary O. Satyanarayana participated.

Organising secretary Kailasanatha Reddy proposed vote of thanks.

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