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New Delhi:
Inaugurating the IMA New Delhi Branch annual meet and a seminar-cum-workshop on ‘Lifestyle Disorders’, Padma Shri and Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. K.K. Aggarwal said that over one lakh people die in the US alone because of preventable medical errors. Most common out of them are related to prescriptions. Writing legibly, using electronic prescriptions and crosschecking the drugs with the patients can reduce most of these medical errors. Dr. Aggarwal further said that a time has come that every practicing doctor should have a nurse practitioner and pharmacist practitioner attached to his or her practice so that a patient is given proper counseling both in terms of diet and drugs.
Dr. Girish Tyagi, Registrar, Delhi Medical Council, said that it is mandatory for every doctor practicing in the city of Delhi to get registered with Delhi Medical Council to practice.
Dr. Mohan Bhargava, Senior Cardiologist, Max Hospital, said that today with the advent of latest techniques, it is possible to place stents in most patients with heart disease not responding to medical treatment.
Dr. Kumud Mohan Roy, Vascular Surgeon, Max Hospital, said that all people above the age of 50 years should be screened while undergoing Echocardigraphy or ultrasound for presence of abnormal dilatation of abdominal aorta called aneurysm. It is noteworthy to note that Pandit Nehru died of a chest aneurysm. It is now possible to correct aneurysms and detect them in time.
Dr. Ramneek Mahajan, Orthopedic Surgeon, said that osteoporosis is no more a disease of women. Young men in India too are also getting osteoporosis because of reduced exposure to sunlight.
Dr. Narender Saini, President; Dr. Vinod Khetrapal, President Elect; Dr. Ashwini Dalmia, Secretary, Delhi Medical Association in a joint statement said that in order to improve doctor patient relationship, every doctor should give more time to communicate with the patients and their relations.
Dr. Sanjay Sood took over as President IMA New Delhi Branch from the outgoing President, Dr. PPS. Sethi.
