Tribune News Service
Rohtak, July 3
Neonatologists from India and the United State of America (USA) deliberated upon latest techniques and best practices for the treatment of new born babies. Doctors from the USA informed about advanced medical tests and treatment provided at the neonatal ICUs in their country. They also shared their experiences about critical cases.
The occasion was the continuing medical education programme (CME) jointly organised by Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHS), Rohtak, and National Children’s Hospital, Washington, in collaboration with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum here on Sunday. Neonatal experts from the USA joined the programme online.
Dr Kratimenos from the USA not only discussed with Indian doctors techniques used for treating newborn babies, but also shared advanced healthcare facilities provided at well-equipped intensive care units (ICUs) in his country.
“Care of the newborn has become special these days. Most low birth weight and preterm babies are now surviving with good health. In such a situation, there is a dire need to update knowledge about latest techniques for managing these neonates so that neonatal mortality rate can be brought down,” said Dr Anita Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, UHS, while speaking on the occasion.
Dr HK Aggarwal, Registrar, UHS, said cardiac problems in preterm neonates was a worrisome while Dr SS Lohchab, Director PGIMS, emphasised upon the importance of early diagnosis of various diseases in newborns
Dr Jagjit Dalal, head, Department of Neonatology, said 200 experts across the nation and the USA participated in the programme and 100 participants joined it online.
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