On Saturday, November 2nd 2002, the conference day, it was a journey towards, the more safer world against the major Gastrointestinal (GI) culprits like Hepatitis, the terrorist against human race. The utmost efforts of his worthy Prof.Dr.Irshad ul haq & his team made it once again possible, this year to arrange such a well orchestrated conference, in which eminent doctors & scientists from all over Pakistan actively participated. 

Its proceedings were covered & sent for such a vast scale coverage on the internet via www.emedpak.com

     

PROCEEDING

The conference kicked off around 10:00 a.m. PST. After the recitation from Holy Quran, Dr Irshad ul Haque read out the welcome address and in addition to that, he highlighted the achievements of his chapter in Faisalabad. The Chief guest Prof.Dr.Saeed Khokhar, President Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy was very much appreciative of activities of the Society.

1st SCIENTIFIC SESSION

The topic was 'Inflammatory Bowel Disease'  presented by Dr. Saeed Khoker. It was indeed the literal excellency expressing vigor of the subject. He discussed some important aspects of Ulcerative Colitis. It was state of art lecture. The session was Presided by Prof Dr. (Retd) Saadat Ali Zaidi. 

2nd SCIENTIFIC SESSION              

The speaker of the session Dr.Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab presented his paper on "New trends in management of acid peptic disease " .Dr.Taufil Mohammad chaired the session.

3rd SCIENTIFIC SESSION

The speaker of the session Dr.Arif siddiqi presented his paper on "NSAIDS Inducing Gastric Injury " . Chairman of the session was Dr.Maqsood-ullah & Co-chairman of the session was Dr.Hafeez-ullah-Chaudhry.

4th SCIENTIFIC SESSION     

The speaker of the session Dr.Abdul Majeed Chaudary, Professor of Surgery K.E, presented his paper on "Acute Pancreatitis " .Chairman of the session was Dr.Altaf Hussain Rathore & Co-chairman of the session was Dr.Riaz Hussain Dab.

5th SCIENTIFIC SESSION

The speaker of the session Dr.Nasrut-ullah-chaudary presented his paper on "Management Of Upper G.I. Bleed " . Chairman Dr.Fkhar Imam & Co-chairman of the session was Dr.Gulsher Niazi .

6th SCIENTIFIC SESSION

The speaker of the session Dr.Altaf Alam presented his paper on "Investigations & Management Of Chronic Diarrhea " . Chairman of the session was Dr.Arif Siddiqui & Co-chairman of the session was Dr.Gil .

PANEL DISCUSSION

After the lunch the Panel discussion took place. These were the active participants .

                                                1.Prof.Dr.Syed Sibit-ul-Hasnain.

                                                 2.Prof.Dr.Anwar-A-Khan

                                                 3.Dr.Sarwar Jahan Zuberi

                                                 4.Prof.Dr.Nusrat Ullah Chaudry

Dr Hasnain spoke remarkebly well on the issue of Hepatitis B. Dr. Sarwar Jahan presented valuable material regarding Hepatitis C virus. Hepatocellular Carcinoma was discussed nicely by Prof.Dr.Anwar A.Khan. Lastly Dr Faraz Qureshi of Medical Unit I, Allied Hospital presented some newly sorted out research on Pegylated Interferon.

 

CONCLUDING SESSION

The Chairman Organizing Committee presented his valuable remarks on the proceedings of the whole knowledgeful day. Vote of thanks was presented by Dr. Masood Ahmad.

 

SPECIAL THANKS

To all the participants of the conference, specially the Professors , teaching staff of the medical college, hospitals, eminent doctors, medical students who were no doubt the silent participants and the Pharmaceutical Companies.

 
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The emed panel is of opinion that every other day there are such conferences in different parts of the world, but main idea of this conference was to identify the major health problems from the perspective of this society. There is no doubt that Hepatitis-B and C  have emerged as an epidemic in this country and the point is it is hitting our working age persons.  Although there is vaccination for Hepatitis B, but for C, there is nothing like that and, only prevention was the solution to address the issue of this silent killer. Most of the above quoted speakers spoke about this disease and agreed  that since 36% of Pakistani community is below poverty line mostly illiterate and the treatment was very expensive in terms of local currency, Health Education must be imparted to masses and  electronic and Print media should help Government to address the issue. 
Furthermore, there was lot of  latest research information on Acute Pancreatitis, GI Bleed, Ulcerative Colitis, Acid Peptic Disease provided by worthy Professors. 

The conference was so orchestrated, that indigenous health issues were selected  which attracted large number of Participants from the city. Moreover it was the dynamic leadership of Chapter President, Professor Dr. Irshad ul Haque that leading Hepatologists and Gastroenterologists spared a day to make this occasion special and provided lot of new research work to young doctors and medical students.

Bottom line is that the conference offered young doctors and students a learning curve which will prove useful in their future life.

It is assumed that next year conference will be even more scientific in terms of diseases, their management and prevention.