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Niekiesalie Kire and Vikeyie Losu along with other guest posing for lens after the releasing of souvenir at the 33rd North East Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Conference (NEOSCON) today, organized by Nagaland Orthopaedic Society under the aegis of NEROSA at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Kohima, Nov. 30 (EMN): ‘I strongly feel that our knowledge should be shared and this is what we are doing today; experience and trying to teach and learn from each other is all that matters,’ said Niekiesalie Kire, advisor for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, to medical practitioners during the 33rd North East Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Conference (NEOSCON) on Saturday in Kohima.
Kire said people should share with others what they know.
That said, he remarked that “punctuality is something which I always insist upon.” He urged the surgeons to do more. “As medical profession people there are times when we have to take a step, extra work, to reach the hospital in time for the patient’s sake because we cannot keep the patients waiting forever.”
‘Therefore, let us always be ready to take an extra step and sacrifice so that the patients receive the due share of our time and responsibility,’ he said.
Vikeyie Losu, principal director for Health and Family welfare, said “I recall the times when there were no orthopaedic surgeons and we as the general surgeons had to do multitasking.”
‘I feel that wherever we may be, even in this modern era, improvisation should be the key to meet the need of the situation when called for,’ said Losou. When he was at an outpost he improvised and operated a patient and the patient “is doing very well,” he explained.
Neikhrielie Khimiao is said to be the first orthopaedic surgeon from Nagaland. He said Nagaland has 19 orthopaedic surgeons today.
A speaker at the event, Chinmoy Das, also said, ‘We have come a long way and achieved so much but there are few shortcomings and we needed to improve in that. Most of us are poor in record keeping,’ he said adding, ‘We have made countless diagnosis, performed extraordinary surgeries, but unfortunately we fail to keep and maintain records.’
“Record keeping and publications in leading indexed journals should be given utmost importance so that our experiences are documented and archived,” he urged.
Das said such as practice will not only benefit the future generation but also ‘recognize the works of the orthosurgeons of this part of the country.’
‘We must also develop and cultivate interest in specific subjects and render our services more efficiently and judiciously,’ he said. He requested everyone to work towards the uplift of the association by working together.
“With such a positive attitude, if we work diligently, with a constancy of purpose and indomitable will power, we can definitely take NEROSA to greater heights and earn recognition at the national level,” he said.
