Dr. Bharathi Rajshekar, Medical Director and OBG Consultant, Vatsalya Hospital, Hassan was the lead speaker of the Scientific Programme.
She observed that women's health is a neglected issue, pointing out that though female infanticide is banned, more female children die in India because of neglect. “Health of women and children should be the foundation of society,” she said.
Touching up on preventing cervical cancer, she said in the developed countries the incidence of cervical cancer has been drastically reduced due to compulsory screening and vaccination. She emphasized that cervical cancer is the only type of cancer for which vaccination is available and it should be actively promoted for curtailing the disease.
Regarding maternal mortality, she mooted the concept of establishing Obstetric ICUs where a team of specialists comprising Obstetricians, Intensivists and Neonatologists could exclusively attend to critical care issues concerning pregnancy and child birth.
The moderator of the Panel Discussion on 'Build up the Fetus' was Dr. Veena K.R. Bhagavan and the panelists were Dr. Bharathi Rajshekar, Dr. Roshan Maben, Dr. Rameela Shekhar and Latha Pai.
The session dealt with interesting aspects of pre-birth like: Can the unborn child hear and experience emotion? Is the fetus influenced by happenings outside the womb? Can the budding life retain memory? What are the social and cultural aspects of pregnancy and pre-birth?
IMA President Dr. M. Manjunath Shenoy, IMA Secretary Dr. Nithish Bhandary and Dr. Vasanthi Shetty, President of Mangalore OBG Society were present.
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