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First international Endoscopic Ultrasound workshop
LAHORE(By our Correspondent)First international Endoscopic Ultrasound workshop,organized by Lahore General Hospital with the collaboration of AsianUltrasound Group, has commenced at a local hotel from today. PrincipalPost Graduate Medical Institute and Ameer Ud Din Medical College Prof.Ghias Ud Din Tayyab presided over the inaugural session of theworkshop which is scheduled to be continued for three days. Dr.
Muhammad Khalid Hassan from Florida Hospital, Orlando, Dr. Ali Ahmed
Siddiqui from University of Pennsylvania, USA, Dr. Athar Ahmed Saeed
from Gateshed hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne along with other local
medical experts delivered comprehensive lectures focusing diagnose and
treatment to medical complications relating liver and stomach.
Answering to the questions of junior doctors during workshop, the
foreign experts said that Endoscopic Ultrasound is a modern therapy
wherein a detailed image of organs inside the human body like liver,
digestive system, lungs is conceived. This image is very helpful to
diagnose and treat the real disease.

            In his presidential address, Principal Post Graduate
Medical Institute and Lahore General Hospital Prof. Ghias Un Nabi said
that Endoscopic Ultrasound method is even more useful to identify and
cure cancer of stomach and liver. He lamented the fact that only 5
centers for endoscopic ultrasound treatment are available in our whole
country which are very few as per the ratio of population. He said
that keeping in view the future challenges; Lahore General Hospital
has organized this workshop so as to provide guidance to junior
doctors into this therapy. He said that there is much shortage of
doctors who know this medical technique and on the other hand, number
of such patients is increasing rapidly. He told that the basic reason
for liver and stomach related diseases is excess use of junk food.

            Organizers of the workshop Dr. Israr Ul Haq Toor, Dr.
Ghias Ul Hassan and Dr. Bilal Nasir told that workshop would continue
till the afternoon of Saturday. The experts would impart training of
Endoscopy and ERSC through CC cameras directly at Medical Unit I today
on Friday. It will be a unique display which promote modern medical
education in the country, they concluded.