Shija Hospital doctors attend Mandalay Medical Conference
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 04 2019:
Dr Somorendro Paonam, Consultant Urologist and Renal Transplant Surgeon, Shija Hospitals and Research Institute and Dr Sachindra Laishram, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Shija Eye Care Foundation presented a paper each today in the ongoing 18th Mandalay Medical Conference 2018, organized by Myanmar Medical Association at Yadanapon Auditorium, Mandalay, Myanmar.
The conference started from January 3 and will continue till January 6.Dr Somorendro Paonam presented a paper on "Kidney Transplantation: Surgeon's perspective" and Dr Sachindra Laishram on "Corneal Transplantation".
The session was chaired by Prof Khin Maung Myint and Prof Khun Aung, said a statement of Santosh Shekhar, AGM- Business Development.
Santosh maintained that Shija Hospitals and Research Institute has been at the forefront to develop medical tourism in the region.
In its endeavour towards developing a good rapport with the neighbouring country of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Shija started the venture of Shija Mission Myanmar in May 2013, he said, adding that three successful missions were ventured wherein 134 cleft lip and palate, 179 cataract blindness and 32 key-hole surgeries were performed for free at Monywa General Hospital, Myanmar.
Shija Hospitals in collaboration with AMASI (Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India), took up the initiative to provide free training to two surgeons and six nurses from Monywa General Hospital, Myanmar for two months in the areas of Laparoscopic surgery, Operation Theatre Technology and Critical Care under Shija Overseas Training Programme, Santosh said.
He said that Shija Hospitals has been treating many patients from Myanmar and become one of the most sought after healthcare destination of the region by the population of Myanmar.