The three-day long Coal India Medical Conference (Cimecon) 2020 began at Indian Institute of Coal Management, Kanke Road on Friday. The seminar is organized jointly by Central Coalfields Limited and IICM. The programme started with the lighting of ceremonial lamp by the Chief Guest CMD, CCL Gopal Singh and other dignitaries. A welcome song was performed by students of D.A.V Gandhinagar.
Chief Guest Gopal Singh in his inaugural address thanked the participants and expressed his pleasure on the fact that renowned medical professionals like Padma Shri recipient Dr. Digambar Behra, DR. N.K Pandey and other illustrious doctors will be presenting their papers during three-day technical session. He expressed confidence that the seminar will be a great learning experience for all the concerned. Talking about the theme of conference, Singh said that he personally believes that the best medicine for the elderly is the love and care.
Bhola Singh, Director, N.K Agarwal, Dr Alok Roy and others also delivered their speech highlighting importance of the seminar as in coal industry there is interface between human and machines.
Dr Sanjay Sachdeva, Dr Rajeev Rathi from Max Super Speciality Hospital, Dr Anshuman Mukherjee from Fortis and others also delivered lecture on cardiac related issues. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Care for Elderly’ and the conference will be adorned by the presence of several eminent speakers of national and international repute. The highlight of the three day conference includes guest lectures by distinguished consultants from Kolkata, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Faridabad which includes four eminent consultants and faculties from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and one from PGI Chandigarh.
There will also be deliberations on Oncology by Dr Amitava Roy from Ruby Hospital, Kolkata, Dr Rohit Nair from Max Hospital, New Delhi and Dr Sachin Marda from Yoshoda Hospital, Hyderabad. The conference will be graced by 18 guest speakers. There will be two free paper session (20 papers). There will be a case presentation session with 18 number of presentation.
