CK Birla Group’s Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) organised a two-day continuing medical education (CME) programme called ‘Neuro Intensive 2014’, which took place in the city on June 28-29, 2014.
Neuro Intensive 2014 comprised keynote lectures and symposiums delivered by eminent names such as Prof AK Mahapatra, AIIMS (New Delhi); Prof Dhananjaya Bhat and Dr Radha Krishna from NIMHANS; Prof E Ramakrishnan from Trichy; and Dr GK Prusty of CMRI. The programme was reportedly attended by top medical practitioners from the state of West Bengal.
This two-day conference focused on the care of patients with life threatening neurological and neurosurgical illness like head injury, brain stroke, brain haemorrhage, severe epilepsy and paralysis, among others. CMRI claims to be the first hospital in Eastern India to have a dedicated neuro intensive facility.
“We at CMRI are bound by the values of CK Birla Group which has continuously raised the standard of medical facilities in the State. This, a first of its kind platform, has some of the revered names in neuro intensive care sharing their experiences and educating medical practitioners across the state on the latest developments in the area,” said Suyash Borar, CEO, CMRI Hospital.
In his address, Prof GK Prusty, Senior Consultant- Neuro Surgery, CMRI said, “With fast changing lifestyles, acute neurological problems are encountered. Neurological Intensive Care is one of the newest and fastest-growing specialities in medicine today. The concept of neuro critical care has further developed to coordinate the management of critically ill neurosurgical and neurological patients within a single specialist unit and to include clinical areas such as acute ischemic stroke which was not traditionally seen as part of its role. Now, the outcomes for our patients are comparable to any advanced centre in the world.”
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