Governor opens medical conference

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Keralam, inaugurated NAMSCON two thousand twenty-six, the sixty-sixth annual conference of the National Academy of Medical Sciences at Kattankulathur on Friday.

Research must reach remote areas

The governor said research should be directed and technology harnessed to take medical facilities to people living in the remotest villages of the country.

India's development timeline

Noting that India is set to become a developed country by two thousand forty-seven, Arlekar told medical professionals they have enough time to deliberate on how to achieve this goal.

Medicine is changing rapidly

Abhijat Sheth, chairman of the National Medical Commission, said medicine today is imaging and laboratory dependent, but tomorrow will be more precision-based and personalised, requiring constant preparation for change.

“medicine, what we are practising today was not medicine of yesterday”

Connecting hospitals, universities, industry

P. Sathyanarayanan, pro-chancellor of SRMIST, stressed bringing together hospitals facing challenges, universities with solutions, and industries that know how to deliver them to those who need them.

Academy tackles major health threats

Digambar Behera, president of NAMS, said the academy supported fifty-seven continuing medical education programmes this year and is addressing antimicrobial resistance, air pollution, lifestyle diseases and an ageing population.

Conference brings together medical leaders

The four-day event centred on the theme Synergy of Science and Technology in Healthcare for a Healthier Tomorrow attracted over one thousand participants for a comprehensive scientific programme on contemporary medical topics.