Pediatricians play an important role in ensuring growth & development of children opined Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Hon’ble Minister of Revenue, Animal Husbandry & Dairy Development, Govt. of Maharashtra while addressing as a chief guest of 36th Soth Zone & IAP Karnataka State Annual Conference, IAP Medicolegal Karnataka Conference on 14th -16th October 2022 at KLES Centenary Convention Centre, JNMC Campus, Belagavi. He also called on Children Specialists to educate parents to take care of their wards. Vikhe Patil congratulated Dr. Prabhakar Kore for establishing state-of-the-art hospital with advanced teaching-learning pedagogies. In his address Patil highlighted the initiatives taken by Government to improve the nutritional status of the Children from rural area. He also took the opportunity & congratulated Dr. Kore for his 75th Birthday.
.Dr. Prabhakar Kore, Chancellor, KAHER & Chairman – KLE Society appreciated the research initiative taken by the department in women and child health research in collaboration with Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA. He said that this was possible due to the exchange program of faculty from J N Medical College with University of Illinois, Chicago. Dr. Remesh Kumar. R, National President of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (CIAP) 2022, Dr. Upendra S Kinjawadekar, President – Elect CIAP – 2022, Dr. Piyush Gupta, Immediate Past President CIAP -2022, Dr. Vineet Saxena, Honorary Secretary General CIAP – 2022, Dr. Santosh Soans, Past President 2018, Central IAP, Dr. V K Goyal, Chairman IAP National MLG Group 2022, (Mrs) N.S. Mahantashetti, Officiating Vice Chancellor & Principal, KAHER’s, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi. Dr. (Mrs) Roopa M. Bellad, Organizing Chairperson, President IAP Karnataka state and Professor of Pediatrics welcomed the Guests, faculty and the delegates.
Prof (Dr.) V D Patil, expressed thanks to Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil for extending support for KLE Society to provide Health Care in Maharashtra.
.Dr. Manisha Bhandankar, Honarary Secretary, IAP Karnataka state presented the secretarial report of the activities of IAP Karnataka in 2022. Dr. Ramesh Kumar, President, IAP said the support provided to the Postgraduate students in delivering better child care for the country.
KAHER’s Department of Pediatrics, J N Medical College, Belagavi along with Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Karnataka State, IAP Medicolegal Karnataka group, Department of Pediatrics BIMS, Belagavi and IAP Belagavi district branch, hosted 36th SOUTH ZONE AND IAP KARNATAKA STATE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, IAP MEDICOLEGAL KARNATAKA CONFERENCE.
Dr. Tanmaya Metgud, presented vote of thanks. Dr. Sujata Jali, Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, JNMC, Belagavi & over 800 pediatricians from all over the country attended this conference.
