11th National & 1st International Conference of the Indian College of Anaesthesiologists “ICACON 2019”
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The 11th National and 1st International Conference of the Indian College of Anaesthesiologists (ICACON 2019) was organised by the Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi and the Indian College of Anaesthesiologists from 6th to 8th September, 2019 at the Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi.
The preconference workshops were conducted on 5th September, 2019 in six hospitals of Delhi on Recent Advances in Mechanical Ventilation, Perioperative Ultrasonographic Interventions, Ultrasound in Regional Anaesthesia, Simulation and Communication Skills, Airway Management and Research Methodology. They were attended by over 250 delegates and 100 faculty members (International and National).
The theme of the conference was ‘Evidence Based Medicine to Patient Outcomes.’
Dr. D. S. Rana, Dr. M. Mittal, Dr. V P Kumra, and Dr B Radhakrishnan were the patrons of the conference, while Dr. Jayashree Sood, Dr. Bimla Sharma and Dr. Anjeleena Kumar Gupta were the organising chairperson, organising secretary and co-organising secretary of the conference respectively.
The conference was inaugurated by Honorable Chief Guest Dr. Abhijat Sheth, President, National Board of Examinations and Guest of Honour Dr. D S Rana, Chairman, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
The conference was attended by more than 500 delegates, 12 international faculty and approximately 250 national faculty.
The Delhi Medical Council accredited 26 hours of CME to this conference.
The conference and workshops were very well appreciated.
The prestigious Dr. Manorama Mittal Oration 2019 was delivered by Dr. Sunila Sharma, Director, Dept of Anaesthesiology, Fortis Healthcare and the Late Dr. BVR Sastry Oration 2019 was delivered by Dr. Jayashree Sood Chairperson, Dept of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital respectively.