Paediatric Update 2008: Conference Participation - An Experience
Posted 10-04-2008 at 07:46 PM by Khushboo
Last Thursday, I got an opportunity to attend a program- Pediatric Update 2008 which was organized by KMC Centre for Child Health, Development and Research in association with SOMED (Southampton University Hospital, UK), Shahid Gangalal National Health Centre, Save the Children (US) and xenoMED Foundation. It was held on 3rd & 4th April, 2008 at Shanker Hotel. The main aim of this symposium was to provide a forum for interaction, communication & education for health professional caring for children in Nepal & visiting faculties from UK & India.
I think, I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend the program. In the beginning I was confused whether to attend the program or not as I had to miss my lectures, posting & my studies for the whole two days. I was in dilemma but at the last moment I decided to attend it. We reached the venue at around 7.30 am as we had to do some preparation for the program. At around 9 o’clock the whole was completely full with all the great doctors from Nepal, UK & India. I was excited to meet some of my favorite’s specialists whom, I always had admired a lot. The program began with short inauguration followed by welcome address by Prof. M. R. Baral.
All the distinguished guests presented their papers on two consecutive days which was too much informative & I learned a lot from them. The guests from UK, Dr. Oliver Ross, Dr. Vijayendra Baral, Dr. Gary Connet, Dr. Mervyn Griffiths, Dr. Rob Crouch & Dr. Joseph Vettukattil gave some valuable information about different diseases & the recent advances in diagnosis & management of such disease. If we can introduce some of those devices & approach what they are using in UK then definitely this would be a great achievement for the doctors of Nepal. So, hope may be in future this symposium might lead to any collaboration between interested centre here & various sub-specialties in Southampton University Hospital, UK. Prof. D. S. Manandhar (KMC), Prof. Moon Shrestha (KMC), Prof. A. K. Dutta (BPKHS), Prof. R. K. Adhikari (IOM), Dr. Bhagawan Koirala (SGNHC)also presented their papers.
Last, two days I was with such great personalities but to my surprise all these people were so down to earth, very soft spoken & quite friendly. I always had admired Dr. Bhagawan Koirala a lot & here I got a chance to meet him personally & had some conversation with him. He is one of my role model & when I met him, he was so friendly that he shared a lot of things with us. He told that how he manages both his professional & personal life as he is quite busy, most often he had to rush to hospital sometimes midnight & even do the surgeries lasting for 8-10 hrs. He told,” Sometime its really difficult to manage but I try to enjoy my work, so never think your work as a burden & enjoy all the things that you do.” I told him even I want to be a cardiac surgeon. So, he said,” It’s good to see even the girls in this field & I’ll be glad to work with some of you in the near future”.
Even I got a chance to dance with such great people & this was really a great fun. I learned a lot as well as enjoyed a lot but once again I have to get back to my studies with full determination as even I want to be just like one of those great doctors………
I think, I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend the program. In the beginning I was confused whether to attend the program or not as I had to miss my lectures, posting & my studies for the whole two days. I was in dilemma but at the last moment I decided to attend it. We reached the venue at around 7.30 am as we had to do some preparation for the program. At around 9 o’clock the whole was completely full with all the great doctors from Nepal, UK & India. I was excited to meet some of my favorite’s specialists whom, I always had admired a lot. The program began with short inauguration followed by welcome address by Prof. M. R. Baral.
All the distinguished guests presented their papers on two consecutive days which was too much informative & I learned a lot from them. The guests from UK, Dr. Oliver Ross, Dr. Vijayendra Baral, Dr. Gary Connet, Dr. Mervyn Griffiths, Dr. Rob Crouch & Dr. Joseph Vettukattil gave some valuable information about different diseases & the recent advances in diagnosis & management of such disease. If we can introduce some of those devices & approach what they are using in UK then definitely this would be a great achievement for the doctors of Nepal. So, hope may be in future this symposium might lead to any collaboration between interested centre here & various sub-specialties in Southampton University Hospital, UK. Prof. D. S. Manandhar (KMC), Prof. Moon Shrestha (KMC), Prof. A. K. Dutta (BPKHS), Prof. R. K. Adhikari (IOM), Dr. Bhagawan Koirala (SGNHC)also presented their papers.
Last, two days I was with such great personalities but to my surprise all these people were so down to earth, very soft spoken & quite friendly. I always had admired Dr. Bhagawan Koirala a lot & here I got a chance to meet him personally & had some conversation with him. He is one of my role model & when I met him, he was so friendly that he shared a lot of things with us. He told that how he manages both his professional & personal life as he is quite busy, most often he had to rush to hospital sometimes midnight & even do the surgeries lasting for 8-10 hrs. He told,” Sometime its really difficult to manage but I try to enjoy my work, so never think your work as a burden & enjoy all the things that you do.” I told him even I want to be a cardiac surgeon. So, he said,” It’s good to see even the girls in this field & I’ll be glad to work with some of you in the near future”.
Even I got a chance to dance with such great people & this was really a great fun. I learned a lot as well as enjoyed a lot but once again I have to get back to my studies with full determination as even I want to be just like one of those great doctors………
Total Comments 5
Comments
 | That sounded an experience of a life time!!! |
Posted 11-04-2008 at 06:24 AM by Suvash  |
| | hii read ur article and i was expecting some valuable information but nothing... hope to hear some of those |
| Posted 22-04-2008 at 09:12 PM by skgajendramani |
| |  Actually, I have just expressed my happiness of attending that program & to talk about the valuable information..... a lot of great doctors from 9 am to 5 pm on two consecutive days presented their papers on different issues & its really impossible to write all those valuable information out here so, I am really sorry if you had any expectation of getting some valuable information.......... |
| Posted 24-04-2008 at 08:57 PM by Khushboo |
| | thanks for sharing!!I was so exhausted when I found this site xenomed.com. I was all alone, in a foreign land, and now I am glad to have xenomed as my friend . I am thankful to all u guys who share the feelings , experiences and of course information. So please keep on writing, keep on sharing the knowledge. |
| Posted 25-04-2008 at 10:58 AM by BGM3 |
| |  That's great! Seems top shots of Nepal were there and you are right many of them are very good people. It may be one of their key to success in their life. Down to earth is nice term that many lose and lack. Excellent ! We should come in touch with them, interact and learn from them. Keep writing. Best wishes, mati |
| Posted 08-05-2008 at 10:14 PM by Mati |
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