29 November 2008
MUSCAT -- More than 450 health professionals from the Sultanate, GCC countries, USA, Canada, India, UK, Germany and Iran are taking part in the 12th GCC and 13th Pan Arab Orthopaedic Congress that opened here on Wednesday. The four-day conference began under the auspices of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health Affairs, at Barr Al Jissah resort. After inaugurating the conference, Ahmed visited some of the stalls at the exhibition in which at least 20 companies are taking part and have displayed latest tools and equipment used in orthopaedic surgeries.
Addressing the gathering on the first day of the session Dr Ahmed Rikan, Head of the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at Khoula Hospital, listed achievements of the hospital and said "2,400 major and 950 minor surgeries were performed in Khoula Hospital in 2007. In 2008 the number of surgeries went up by 40 per cent, which is an indication of growing trust and confidence in local healthcare institutions." This is the third time Oman is hosting the GCC/ Pan Arab Orthopedic Congress. It had hosted the first GCC Orthopaedic Congress nearly 12 years ago. Different countries in the Arab world host the congress as it is a platform for sharing knowledge and skills within the GCC and wider Arab region.
It is also a platform to learn new treatment methods by inviting renowned Orthopaedic surgeons from around the world. The scientific session of the conference began on Thursday, which was chaired jointly by Prof Faisal Moussawi, former Health Minister of Bahrain, and Dr EBS Ramanathan, senior consultant and head of orthopaedics and sports injuries, Khoula Hospital, Oman. Ramanathan is also chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Congress. Speaking on 'An overview and update on osteoporosis' Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health Affairs covered all aspects of osteoporosis and was very well received.
Prof Abdulla Malki from Bahrain spoke on 'Professionalism: the future of medical practice'. Malki was a consultant in Orthopaedics in Oman before he joined Bahrain and he laid stress on more professionalism in day-to-day working of health professionals. Prof Mayil Natarajan from Chennai (India) spoke on 'Limb salvage surgery in bone tumours by custom mega prosthesis'. All the experts appreciated Mayil's lecture as 'excellent'. Mayil is a leading oncology professor who is pioneer in limb sparing surgery for cancer of the bone in limbs. He has the highest number of such surgeries (1450), which is the highest by a single surgeon.
The highlight of all lectures was the osteoporosis symposium held after the keynote lectures. Other speakers in the osteoporosis session were Dr Ali al Mkemy from Kuwait and Dr Jamal Saleh from Bahrain. Renowned orthopaedic surgeons attending the congress are: Richard Assaker, Prof Antonio Fabrizi, Prof Mayer (Germany), Prof Talat El Hadidi and Prof Mohd Maziad from Egypt (All in spine surgery). Famous among shoulder surgeons are: Prof Gazielly, Prof Alain Gilbert from France and Prof Ralph Hertel from Switzerland.
Experts in paediatric orthopedics attending the conference are: Prof S Pirani from Canada, Prof Mahmoud Kremli from Saudi Arabia and Prof Henri Bensahel from France. They organised workshops for correction of deformities in children (CDH and club foot). Among joint replacement surgery experts are: Dr MMS Glasgow from UK and Prof Rajasekaran from India. Prof Mayil Natarajan from India is an expert in bone tumours. Today is the last day of the congress. Out of 191 scientific papers, 26 papers were from Oman, which highlighted and reviewed orthopaedic works going on in the Sultanate and everyone in the conference appreciated them.
MUSCAT -- More than 450 health professionals from the Sultanate, GCC countries, USA, Canada, India, UK, Germany and Iran are taking part in the 12th GCC and 13th Pan Arab Orthopaedic Congress that opened here on Wednesday. The four-day conference began under the auspices of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health Affairs, at Barr Al Jissah resort. After inaugurating the conference, Ahmed visited some of the stalls at the exhibition in which at least 20 companies are taking part and have displayed latest tools and equipment used in orthopaedic surgeries.
Addressing the gathering on the first day of the session Dr Ahmed Rikan, Head of the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at Khoula Hospital, listed achievements of the hospital and said "2,400 major and 950 minor surgeries were performed in Khoula Hospital in 2007. In 2008 the number of surgeries went up by 40 per cent, which is an indication of growing trust and confidence in local healthcare institutions." This is the third time Oman is hosting the GCC/ Pan Arab Orthopedic Congress. It had hosted the first GCC Orthopaedic Congress nearly 12 years ago. Different countries in the Arab world host the congress as it is a platform for sharing knowledge and skills within the GCC and wider Arab region.
It is also a platform to learn new treatment methods by inviting renowned Orthopaedic surgeons from around the world. The scientific session of the conference began on Thursday, which was chaired jointly by Prof Faisal Moussawi, former Health Minister of Bahrain, and Dr EBS Ramanathan, senior consultant and head of orthopaedics and sports injuries, Khoula Hospital, Oman. Ramanathan is also chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Congress. Speaking on 'An overview and update on osteoporosis' Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health Affairs covered all aspects of osteoporosis and was very well received.
Prof Abdulla Malki from Bahrain spoke on 'Professionalism: the future of medical practice'. Malki was a consultant in Orthopaedics in Oman before he joined Bahrain and he laid stress on more professionalism in day-to-day working of health professionals. Prof Mayil Natarajan from Chennai (India) spoke on 'Limb salvage surgery in bone tumours by custom mega prosthesis'. All the experts appreciated Mayil's lecture as 'excellent'. Mayil is a leading oncology professor who is pioneer in limb sparing surgery for cancer of the bone in limbs. He has the highest number of such surgeries (1450), which is the highest by a single surgeon.
The highlight of all lectures was the osteoporosis symposium held after the keynote lectures. Other speakers in the osteoporosis session were Dr Ali al Mkemy from Kuwait and Dr Jamal Saleh from Bahrain. Renowned orthopaedic surgeons attending the congress are: Richard Assaker, Prof Antonio Fabrizi, Prof Mayer (Germany), Prof Talat El Hadidi and Prof Mohd Maziad from Egypt (All in spine surgery). Famous among shoulder surgeons are: Prof Gazielly, Prof Alain Gilbert from France and Prof Ralph Hertel from Switzerland.
Experts in paediatric orthopedics attending the conference are: Prof S Pirani from Canada, Prof Mahmoud Kremli from Saudi Arabia and Prof Henri Bensahel from France. They organised workshops for correction of deformities in children (CDH and club foot). Among joint replacement surgery experts are: Dr MMS Glasgow from UK and Prof Rajasekaran from India. Prof Mayil Natarajan from India is an expert in bone tumours. Today is the last day of the congress. Out of 191 scientific papers, 26 papers were from Oman, which highlighted and reviewed orthopaedic works going on in the Sultanate and everyone in the conference appreciated them.
By Kaushalendra S Singh
© Oman Daily Observer 2008
