Chhattisgarh Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgeon and Cardiac Anesthetist Association have been formed for the first time in State. Dr Krishnakant Sahu has been appointed as President and Dr Arun Andappan as General Secretary of the Association. First convention of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgeon and Cardiac Anesthetist took place on November 13. About 32 Cardiac Surgeons and Cardiac Anesthetist from all over state took part in the convention. Doctors gave lecture on different subjects. Dr P K Harikumar of Senior Heart Surgeon of NHMMI gave information on Heart valve related diseases in Children and methods to cure them.

 

Dr Atul Prabhu of Satya Sai Sanjivini Hospital, Dr Vinod Ahuja of Ramkrishna CARE Hospital , Dr Nishant Singh Chandel and others gave lectures on different heart ailments. Expert doctors from Advance Cardiac Institute of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Shri Satya Sai Bal Hriday Rog Kendra Naya Raipur, Ramkrishna CARE Hospital, Shree Balaji Hospital, SMC Heart Centre, Shri Narayana Hospital, Apollo Hospital Bilaspur, SMC Hospital, SR Hospital Bhilai were present during the conference. Dr K K Sahu was appointed as President of Association, Dr Arun Andappan of NHMMI was appointed General Secretary, Dr P K Hari Kumar of NHMMI appointed as Vice-President, Dr Nitin Kashyap is Academic Secretary and Dr Preetam Shahni is Treasurer and Dr Ranjan Sengupta is Patron. Aim of the Association is to share knowledge and new techniques of operations to benefit the heart patient. Continuing Medical Education (CME) and meeting would be organised on every 2-3 months.