CME on 'A Nation in Pain'

By a Staff Reporter in Lukhnow
The Pioneer
Monday, September 15, 2003

"At a time when more than 15 crore people in the country
are suffering from some kind of rheumatic pain, a nation
cannot afford to sit back and relax. There is no respite
in sight and the ever increasing rush of patients with
painful symptoms scared them all," said experts gathered
here in the CME on 'A Nation In Pain.

Organised by the department of Medicine, CSM Medical
University and the UP Chapter of Association of
Physicians of India, the CME came up with startling
statistics. A recent study, which was conducted by the
Centre for Disease Control in United States, showed
affliction of 33 per cent people up from about 17 per
cent in the year 1997.

The state of affairs here in the state capital was not
too encouraging, informed Prof Siddharth K Das while
explaining the topic of the CME. He stated that recent
studies conducted by experts portrayed dismal picture as
20 per cent urban population was found suffering from
painful symptoms of some form or the other and in rural
areas the same figure revolved around 8 per cent. These
painful conditions were the commonest cause of
disability, loss of working days and economic loss that
ran into billions of rupees. Rapid industrialisation and
development, increasing competitiveness and ageing of the
society was further complicating the scenario. Prof Das
also pointed out that the Department of Medicine was
embarking on a new epidemiological study sponsored by the
ICMR to further conduct surveys in both the rural and
urban areas.

The CME was earlier inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor
Mahendra Bhandari. Speaking on the occasion, he said that
there was an urgent need to take action to prevent and
treat these diseases. Chairman of the UP Chapter of the
API MM Singh highlighted the role of the UP Chapter in
organising the CME for the awareness of the doctors.

Prof Joy Phillip from Trivandrum delivered the APICON 97
Oration, traced the history of development of drugs to
fight arthritis and spoke about newer medications. These
medications act as magic bullets but are very expensive.

Another expert from AIIMS Rohini Handa spoke on the sea
change that had taken place in the management of
osteoarthritis and said that the progression of
osteoarthritis could now be halted with modern medicines.
Dr Amita Aggarwal from SGPGI spoke on recent advances in
the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Earlier welcoming the guests, Prof C G Aggarwal
highlighted the importance of managing rheumatological
diseases.

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CME on 'A Nation in Pain'

By a Staff Reporter in Lukhnow
The Pioneer
Monday, September 15, 2003

"At a time when more than 15 crore people in the country
are suffering from some kind of rheumatic pain, a nation
cannot afford to sit back and relax. There is no respite
in sight and the ever increasing rush of patients with
painful symptoms scared them all," said experts gathered
here in the CME on 'A Nation In Pain.

Organised by the department of Medicine, CSM Medical
University and the UP Chapter of Association of
Physicians of India, the CME came up with startling
statistics. A recent study, which was conducted by the
Centre for Disease Control in United States, showed
affliction of 33 per cent people up from about 17 per
cent in the year 1997.

The state of affairs here in the state capital was not
too encouraging, informed Prof Siddharth K Das while
explaining the topic of the CME. He stated that recent
studies conducted by experts portrayed dismal picture as
20 per cent urban population was found suffering from
painful symptoms of some form or the other and in rural
areas the same figure revolved around 8 per cent. These
painful conditions were the commonest cause of
disability, loss of working days and economic loss that
ran into billions of rupees. Rapid industrialisation and
development, increasing competitiveness and ageing of the
society was further complicating the scenario. Prof Das
also pointed out that the Department of Medicine was
embarking on a new epidemiological study sponsored by the
ICMR to further conduct surveys in both the rural and
urban areas.

The CME was earlier inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor
Mahendra Bhandari. Speaking on the occasion, he said that
there was an urgent need to take action to prevent and
treat these diseases. Chairman of the UP Chapter of the
API MM Singh highlighted the role of the UP Chapter in
organising the CME for the awareness of the doctors.

Prof Joy Phillip from Trivandrum delivered the APICON 97
Oration, traced the history of development of drugs to
fight arthritis and spoke about newer medications. These
medications act as magic bullets but are very expensive.

Another expert from AIIMS Rohini Handa spoke on the sea
change that had taken place in the management of
osteoarthritis and said that the progression of
osteoarthritis could now be halted with modern medicines.
Dr Amita Aggarwal from SGPGI spoke on recent advances in
the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Earlier welcoming the guests, Prof CG Aggarwal
highlighted the importance of managing rheumatological
diseases.

Read the complete news at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com

News Plus
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Jai Maharaj
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

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