CME on ‘Tuberculosis Update’ held at DMCH
Department of Microbiology and NTEP Core Committee in collaboration with State Health Society- NTEP organised a CME on ‘Tuberculosis Update’ with the theme : ‘Yes, We Can End TB’ to commemorate world tuberculosis day 2024.
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Mar 20, 2024 04:58
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Ludhiana, March 20, 2024: Department of Microbiology and NTEP Core Committee in collaboration with State Health Society- NTEP organised a CME on ‘Tuberculosis Update’ with the theme : ‘Yes, We Can End TB’ to commemorate world tuberculosis day 2024.
Chief Guest of the event was Dr Rajesh Bhaskar State Tuberculosis Officer other dignitaries who present on the event were Bipin Gupta Secretary, DMC&H Managing Society, Dr G S Wander Principal DMCH, Medical Superintendents Dr Sandeep Sharma, Dr Ashwani K Chaudhary and Dr Bishav Mohan DMCH and Dr Karamvir Goyal, PMC member.
Organising Secretary of the CME was Dr Veenu Gupta Professor & Head Microbiology and Dr Sarit Sharma, Professor Department of Community Medicine DMC&H.
Guest speakers of the day were Dr Rajesh Bhaskar who spoke on NTEP- Recent updates, Dr Ashish Chawla, District TB officer, who spoke on the topic of DS/DR pulmonary TB-an update and Dr Pooja Kapoor, state WHO consultant NTEP, who spoke on the topic, tuberculosis preventive therapy. Other speakers from DMCH were Dr Veenu Gupta, Professor and Head Microbiology, Dr Sarit Sharma, Professor Department of Community Medicine, Dr Akashdeep Singh, Professor and Head Respiratory Medicine , Dr G S Dhooria, Professor Department of Pediatrics , Dr Jyoti Chaudhary Professor Microbiology and Dr Mahesh Satija, Nodal Officer DOTS and professor of Community Medicine and who shared their views on various topics related to Diagnosis challenges, ETMP, Pediatrics TB, Latent Tuberculosis and Nikshay Portal Recording and Reporting.
To spread awareness among the students a slogan writing and poster making competition was also conducted for MBBS students and for paramedical students and winners were awarded with the prizes. CME was attended by more than 100 delegates and 2 credit hours awarded to this CME.
