Dr. Binoy Kumar Choudhury and Prof. Nalin Mehta along with
radiologists and doctors during the CME-cum-workshop on “Image guided tissue
sampling techniques-principles and recent advances” on March 29.
- DIMAPUR — The
Radiology and Imaging department of North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional
Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) organised a Continuing
Medical Education (CME)-cum-workshop on “Image guided tissue sampling techniques-principles
and recent advances” on March 29.
- An update from the institute stated that over 30
radiologists and resident doctors from all over Meghalaya attended the CME. The
live workshop was conducted by Dr. Binoy Kumar Choudhury, senior consultant
from State Cancer Institute, GMCH, Guwahati, and a world-renowned specialist in
CT and Ultrasonography guided biopsies.
- Prof. Nalin Mehta, director of NEIGRIHMS who also attended
the event, said “Given the cancer burden of Meghalaya and Northeast at large,
NEIGRIHMS with its regional cancer centre (RCC) has already taken initiative in
making sure that patients don’t have to travel far and wide for receiving a
tissue diagnosis.”
- Prof. Mehta further congratulated the departments in
organising such events and dispersing the skill and knowledge among the doctors
in the region.
- Prof. C Daniala, head of the Radiology and Imaging
department, said, “We are a growing community of radiologists in Meghalaya and
need to be united in certain practices pertaining to patient care. NEIGRIHMS
already has an established radiation oncology and surgical oncology departments
that need support from trained oncoradiologists.”
- The organising secretary and additional professor, Dr.
Donboklang Lynser, added that the meet was a success and that patients of
Meghalaya would be benefitted from such academic training activities.
