GUWAHATI, June 3 � A mid-term Continuing Medical Education (CME) of Association of Surgeons of Assam was recently organised by the medical department of Guwahati Refinery.
The programme was attended by medical professionals from all over Assam. It needs to be mentioned here that this programme was part of the academic activity that Guwahati Refinery Medical Department has been continuously organizing for development of the profession.
The programme began with the welcome address by Dr BP Sarma, DGM(Medical), Guwahati Refinery and organizing chairman. Thereafter, the programme was formally inaugurated by renowned Urologist of the North East, Prof SC Dutta. In his inaugural speech, Prof Dutta spoke of the development of this branch of medical science and stressed on the need for more such academic activities to keep the doctors abreast with the recent developments in their fields of medicine.
G Bhanumurthy, executive director of Guwahati Refinery was present as chief guest in the function and he expressed his happiness that Guwahati Refinery was able to host such an important academic programme for the benefit of the medical fraternity of Assam.
Dr Kapil Kumar, a renowned Surgical Oncologist from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi joined as guest faculty and delivered a talk on Colo Rectal Cancer. The scientific session was also marked by presentation of papers on various aspects of cancer and other important topics on surgery.
A public awareness programme on �Prevention of Cancer� was also organized on the eve of the CME at Guwahati Refinery Training Centre.Dr. Kapil Kumar delivered a talk on �Cancer Prevention� and interacted with the people participating in the programme.