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Chandigarh 20th July:- The seminar was
organized with the objective of spreading awareness regarding prevention and
management of birth defects. Dr.Neelam
Aggarwal, Professor, Department of OBG, PGIMER was Organising Secretary of this
Seminar. Dr. Amarjeet Singh, Professor, Department of Community Medicine,
PGIMER and Dr. Alka, Research Scholar, Centre for Public Health Panjab
University were Convener and Co-convener of the seminar respectively. This
seminar was linked with and based on Dr Alka’s PhD thesis work. A booklet has
been developed by her in English and Hindi as an information material for General
Public to facilitate prevention and management of birth defects.
This booklet would help those who are planning pregnancy and have a family
history of birth defects or a previous history of multiple abortion or still
birth. Booklet was released by Ex-HOD, Dr. Lakhbir Dhaliwal, OBG Department,
PGI, Chandigarh.
Experts from
PGIMER, Panjab University etc. shared their experiences. Dr.Shobhna from VMMC,
Safdarjung, Dr.Inusha Panigrahi from Advanced Pediatrics centre, PGI shared their
experiences regarding problems faced by parents having children with birth
defects. Mrs. Bhwana Tyal, Director, Sadhna Society vocational training
institute for mentally handicapped shared her experiences with Special
Children. This was followed by performances by special children from Sadhna Society.
Approximately 100 participants from OBG department, School of Public Health,
and NINE, PGIMER, Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chitkara Nursing
College, Rayat Bahara Nursing College, Sadhna Society NGO, Chandigarh etc.
attended the seminar. Lectures were followed by interactive discussion with the
audience.
A special
feature of the seminar was a presentation by Dr Meghna Sharma and Siddharth
Angrish, from www.Jiyyo.com. They highlighted how an app
based e-referral can facilitate diagnosis, early detection and management of
congenital disorders and genetic diseases.
Dr Risha
presented an interesting quiz on this subject to the audience, for which prizes
were given.
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