The Healing Touch

While the day began with the General Practitioners’ Association (GPA) planting 200 trees at Chaturshringhi Hill, GPA and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) also held felicitation ceremonies and Continuing Medical Education (CME) programmes.

“It was a special day for all of us. We felicitated senior doctors from the association like Dr. Sharad Hardikar of Hardikar hospital,Dr.V N Karandikar and others. The association also had a lecture by Dr. Bhushan Gokhale at the CME which was like a mini conference covering medico-legal issues,” said Dr. Marathe,IMA.

GPA held a felicitation programme as well as a rally for the saving the girl child. GPA member,Dr.Suhas Nene was felicitated for having done exemplary work for the association for the last 25 years. Nene said,”The rally to save the girl child was conducted by ‘Avani’,the women’s division of the GPA. The rally began from IMA House and ended at Alka Chowk. At two places along the rally,pathanatyas (street plays) were also held,the themes of which were girl child related.”

Other associations also presented events where obesity and issues covering all specialties were discussed. From simply receiving celebratory text messages from colleagues to being felicitated by the deputy Home Minister at Balgandharva Mandir,doctors were congratulated by all throughout the day.