Health corner

Dr Dilip Shah has been recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Association of Dermatologists Maharashtra State Branch.

Award for Dr Dilip Shah
Dr Dilip Shah has been recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Association of Dermatologists Maharashtra State Branch. Bringing out the positive aspects of our obsession with beauty, Shah says, 8220;Nowadays, most peoplemen and women 8211; are conscious of their looks. They will take the trouble to go to parlours and dermatologists rather than accept skin problems. While this has led to an obsession of sorts among men and women alike, what is great is the fact that beauty consciousness has reduced the prevalence of diseases like contact dermatitis and scabies. Also, allergies are not allowed to fester and get out of control. 8220;People now ask a doctor before using commercial products that claim to rid them of pimples or make them fair in a short time. This is quite heartening for the medical fraternity as we have to deal with lesser complications than before. Looking good is now great for the skin,8221; he says.

BJD Ambassador
Dr Arvind Chopra, former national secretary, BJD-INDIA: NAN has been appointed as a BJD Ambassador for the ASIA region at the BJD Annual World Network Conference 2008 in the city. Dr Chopra, will be working to spread the BJD mission in the neighboring countries. Dr Chopra, director and chief rheumatologist, CRD, Pune, is the principal investigator of COPCORD Bhigwan since its launch 1996 and developed the unique Bhigwan model. He has also been nominated as the International Coordinator for WHO ILAR COPCORD. He is the principal investigator and clinical co-ordinator for several national facilities, which include co-investigators from AIIMS New Delhi, NIMS Hyderabad, and KEM Hospital and SPARC Mumbai.

Taping workshop
Academy for physiotherapy and sports sciences is organising a taping workshop to train physiotherapists and students for various musculo-skeletal and sports injuries including hands on supervised practice of taping techniques. The workshop will be conducted by Tamara Zweck, consultant physiotherapist and Vasyli medical instructor, Vaibhav Daga, consultant, musculo-skeletal and sports physiotherapist and Anand Gangwal, sports physiotherapist and orthopedic. The workshop will be conducted at academy for physiotherapy and sport sciences, 586 Sadashiv Peth First Floor, Maharaje Smruti Umbrya Ganpati Chowk. Furthetr details can be found by contacting Anand 9960323333 and Vaibhav 9823030009

Life-saving act
An eight-hour long surgery saved the life of a young BPO employee at Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital. Surendra name changed a 26-year-old, was hit from behind by an unknown vehicle when he was returning home on his motorbike. He was rushed to a hospital in Nigdi and had suffered serious injuries to his head, chest and limbs with 18 fractures in the ribs, scapula, vertebrae, face bones, femur and humerus. After two days, he was shifted to Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital. He was admitted under the supervision of Dr Sandeep Jain, trauma surgeon. Surendra was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. Neurosurgeon Dr Gopal Achari along with orthopaedic surgeons, Dr Anand Jadhav and Dr Mahesh Kulkarni panel consultants of ABMH, conducted an eight-hour long surgery. Surendra was shifted to the ICU after the operation and was kept on ventilator. While in ICU, he had developed an acute respiratory distress syndrome. Under the supervision of Dr Shekhar Diddee, in-charge ICU, tracheostomy was done by Dr Sandeep Jain. The team work of doctors along with physiotherapy helped in reviving Surendra back to good health. Discharged after 57 days, Surendra spent 37 days in ICU. Presently, the congnitive function is back and Surendra is able to walk and is back to his work, living a normal life.

Gynecology workshop
The Pune Obstetric and Gynecology society POGS recently organised a workshop, What8217;s new in Obstetric and Gynecology. Held on December 6 and 7, it had veteran environmentalist and hydrologist Mukund Ghare speaking on the increased risk of diseases due to increasing population.

The conference was inaugurated by obstetric and gynecologist Dr Pankaj Desai. The two day conference dealt with issues ranging from critical care in obstetric gynecology, contraception, stem cell banking and therapy and new technologies in obstetric gynecology and so on. Over 200 delegates from Pune, Kolhapur, Solapur and Baramati attended the conference. A rolling trophy was presented to Armed Force Medical College for the best clinical research presentation. Also a book titled Contraception and Safe Abortion, and a Marathi DVD Anaemia and pre marital counseling was released on the occasion.