Kochi: Women doctors specialised in gynecology and obstetrics have called for raising the awareness level of women and society in general about health issues facing women in the country.
Gynecologists and obstetricians from various parts of the country stressed the importance of raising the awareness level during a conference held in Kochi recently by the Cochin Obstetrics and Gynecology Society in association with a private training centre.
Dr. Gisy George Kurian, President, Indian Medical Association, Central Kerala set the agenda in the inaugural address by stating that the unspoken and untreated women’s health problems should not be seen and addressed as gender issues.
They represented the overall ill health of the nation that needed urgent attention. “Women form roughly half of the Indian population. So we have health conditions affecting productivity and contributions of half of the citizens”, she said.
The two-day conference also held workshops to impart training and knowledge dissemination in the latest 3D imaging, hysteroscopy and laparoscopy techniques that provide a complete inside view of problems in the uterus for diagnosis and live image-assisted precision surgeries.
Outlining the technological advancements and benefits of Hysteroscopy, Dr. Urmila Soman, Dirctor, Gynaec Laparoscopic Surgery Training Centre said that the latest 3D imaging hysteroscopy enabled a full live view of the uterus on a video screen.
A thin light and camera filled device was gently moved into the abdomen to get the complete inside visuals of the uterus, she said. This had become the standard diagnostic and operative tool in gynecological practice.
The device identifies the cause of abnormal bleeding, postmenopausal bleeding, and causes of infertility, fibroids and polyp growths in the uterus and malformation of the uterus. The 3D Hystero laparoscopic techniques supply enlarged three dimensional imaging of surgical elements facilitating faster and more accurate surgery. The procedures were minimally invasive, painless and took less time, she said.
All women in rural and urban areas, especially the underprivileged need to be aware of the benefits of the latest and advanced medical technologies, Dr. Dr. Urmila Soman said. Apart from Dr. Gracy Thomas and Dr. Urmila Soman, other main speakers included Dr. Sr. Marykutty Illickal, and Dr. Elizabeth Jacob.
