‘Technology helps in early diagnosis’

Hyderabad:  Last week, city-based doctor K. Prabhakar Reddy was selected as the president of the Asian Oceanic Society of Radiology (AOSR), one of the largest bodies of radiology in the world, comprising 25 nations.

 

Dr Prabhakar hails from Kodakandla village in Warangal. He completed his MBBS from Kakatiya Medical College in Warangal before pursuing an MD from the Mysore University.

 

“The reason I chose to specialise in radiology, around 25 years ago, was because even though at a very nascent stage in the country, we had every department coming to us for an X-ray,” he says.

 

The doctor, who presently heads the department of radiology at Dr V.R.K. Women’s Medical College in the city, has been a member of AOSR since 2007. After his election, he has started working on the challenges he wishes to address through the organisation.

 

He adds, “One of our goals is to make the study of radiology available to more students. We have an academic wing set up to aid us in reaching out especially to the smaller countries, organise workshops, exchange programmes for the students there and also provide scholarships for meritorious students.”

 

Dr Reddy informs that there has been an exponential growth in the field and with a remarkable growth in technology it has become easy for doctors to diagnose early and with precision.

 

“With the advent of Teleradiology one can transmit films via internet. A doctor in a village, where there is no means to diagnose a patient, can transmit the radiological images and correspond with his colleagues located elsewhere to detect an ailment immediately. Through interventional radiology, doctors can now treat a disease without surgery,” he says.

 

With his children (both of whom are doctors) settled in the US, Dr. Prabhkar Reddy makes sure that he  spend time with his wife. And starting next year, he plans on organising free health camps in areas near his village.

 

“I have planned an eye-checkup camp in January next year where we will be treating around 400 people.”