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Peace, not arms, needed for progress
"World needs lasting peace and total eradication of all the weapons for development of any science, be it ophthalmology or medicine. During the past few years, the world has faced worst ever nuclear disasters, resulting in 15-fold increase in diseases like cancer," said Dr Daljit Singh, Professor Emeritus Medical College, Amritsar. He was speaking at the inaugural session of 42nd Annual Conference of UP State Ophthalmological Society (UPSOS) 'Drishti Samagam-2006' at Prof Preetam Das Auditorium, MLN Medical College, here on Saturday.
"World needs lasting peace and total eradication of all the weapons for development of any science, be it ophthalmology or medicine. During the past few years, the world has faced worst ever nuclear disasters, resulting in 15-fold increase in diseases like cancer," said Dr Daljit Singh, Professor Emeritus Medical College, Amritsar. He was speaking at the inaugural session of 42nd Annual Conference of UP State Ophthalmological Society (UPSOS) 'Drishti Samagam-2006' at Prof Preetam Das Auditorium, MLN Medical College, here on Saturday.
Prof Singh said that the spectacular advances in the field of science can not only destroy oneself, but also the entire living things on the planet, within minutes. What we need is peace and atmosphere to grow in a positive direction.He said the quality of research papers presented at the conferences have largely improved in the past few years. "But we have to assess our achievements at the global level to get over the feeling of inferiority. However, we should feel blessed to pass our learning to the students. Any conference is successful when delegates carry home one good message and earnestly implement it," he said. Prof Singh also laid stress on providing quality services to the patients.
Newly-elected president of UP State Ophthalmological Society Prof Azhara Jilani from JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, said it was customary to talk about cataract and nutritional blindness in every presidential address. "But, I want to highlight certain facts about glaucoma, a disease whose etiology and treatment is still not fully established. A major problem with glaucoma is that its early detection is difficult. At the time, the disease is diagnosed, a significant damage of upto 50 per cent of ganglion cells have already occurred. We need to identify the patients at risk of developing glaucoma. There is also need to develop National Programme For the Control of Glaucoma," she said.
Chief patron Dr PC Saxena welcomed the guests. He said cataract was still a leading cause of blindness. Ophthalmologists present at the conference need to deliberate on the issue for control of blindness in India, he said. Patron Dr RN Mishra introduced the guests. Outgoing president of UPSOS Dr Vipin Behari handed over the president's charge to Dr A Jilani. Organising secretary Dr SP Singh proposed a vote of thanks. The mementoes were presented to chief guests and guest of honours including Prof HK Tewari, former chief of Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi and Prof RV Azad of AIIMS. A souvenir was also released on the occasion. Dr Mayank Srivastava conducted the programme. Secretary Dr RR Sukul, Dr Kamaljit Singh and Dr Vineeta Singh were also present on the occasion.
