‘Need for more vascular surgeons’

Posted by: Dr V S Bedi on Friday, July 27, 2012 | 12 Comments

India needs more vascular surgeons. This was the peg of discussion by health experts during the inaugural session of the fourday19th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India VSICON 2012

India needs more vascular surgeons. This was the peg of discussion by health experts during the inaugural session of the fourday19th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India VSICON 2012.

Organizing chairman of VSICON 2012, surgeon commodore, Dr V S Bedi, said there were only 20 seats available for the super-specialty course of vascular surgeons in the country.

The Vascular Society of India, Dr Bedi said, had informed the Medical Council of India to increase the seats.

As many as 300 vascular surgeons have gathered here to attend the conference . Dr Bedi said the conference is being specifically held here to increase the awareness among the common man and doctors in Rajasthan. He said there is not a single vascular surgeon in Jaipur.

A pre-conference CME (Continuing Medical Education) was also held on Wednesday to train 70 young surgeons and residents from Rajasthan and adjoining states like Delhi, Haryana , Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh , he said.

Around 300 vascular surgeons gathered in the city for the annual conference which is being organized at SMS Convention Centre. The conference is being specifically held in Jaipur to increase the awareness in the local population and doctors in Rajasthan.

Tags: Vascular Surgeons, Medical Council of India, Madhya Pradesh, India, VSICON 2012