South Asian cardiologists meet to build network
Bangla-speaking cardiologists of South Asian region yesterday organised an international conference on interventional cardiology in Dhaka to build a network that would enhance expertise of specialist physicians and help patients get quality treatment.
Dr Afzalur Rahman, course director of the conference, said this network will create scopes for young doctors to share their views and knowledge with the world-renowned cardiologists to boost skills.
According to a study of the World Bank, people across South Asia including Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura are at risk of heart attack or coronary artery disease at rates four times higher than any other race in the world, he said.
Dr Rahman was speaking at a brief news conference before the international conference titled "Bangla Interventional Therapeutics (BIT)-2011" went into sessions at a city hotel yesterday.
He also said the platform will significantly contribute to prevent and control cardiovascular diseases by creating awareness in this region where lack of alertness worsened the situation even further.
Cardiologist Dr Rabin Chakraborty, a course director from India, said the conference gives participant doctors opportunity for face-to-face engagement to learn and share the updates, breakthroughs, and solutions to interventional cardiology and develop a common protocol.
The daylong international conference was attended by over 200 cardiologists from Bangladesh, India, and Singapore.
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