Medical education on medical genetics held at RIMS

IMPHAL, August 30: A Continuing Medical Education on Medical Genetics and In Vitro Fertilization was held in the Jubilee hall of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal today, said a release of RIMS.

According to the release, Prof S. Sekharjit, director, RIMS declared the session open. This Continuing Medical Education is sponsored by the Department of Anatomy, RIMS. The first session of this kind was held in 2006.

It has further continued that welcoming the delegates, subject experts and invitees Prof N. Damayanti, head of the Anatomy department said, in this modern age many cases remain undiagnosed, hence uncounselled. Even parents do not know the condition of the mentally retarded children. The Continuing Medical Education will go a long way in enriching the knowledge of those who attended it.

Dr O.K. Chopade, Genetist from Nasik, Maharastra spoke on In Vitro Fertilization and Fish and Molecular Cytogenetics while Dr Monalisa Bora Deka, senior scientist from Gauahati Medical

College spoke on Cytogenetics and importance of genetic counselling, it said.

A large number of professors and post graduate students from RIMS, other faculties from JNIMS, tutors of College of Nursing and other invitees were present in the Continuing Medical Education, it added.