Aleppo-Sana
With the participation of more than 400 doctors, the activities of the Fifth Medical Conference for Syrian Doctors under the title “Syria Advances in Science and Work” started this evening at the Sheraton Aleppo Hotel.
The three-day conference includes about 125 lectures and sessions on cardiology and its surgery, neurological, digestive and thoracic diseases, anesthesia, eye surgery, sessions for laparoscopic and plastic surgery, oncology, pathology, ear diseases and children.
Dr. Hassan Al-Ghubash, Minister of Health, said in a speech during the opening that the title of the conference is an affirmation of the partnership between the Ministry of Health and medical unions to develop the medical profession and advance it for the better and provide all support to the Syrian doctor to exercise his active role in providing treatment to patients.
He explained that the Ministry of Health was able, despite all the challenges imposed by the terrorist war, the economic blockade and the Corona pandemic, to achieve advanced steps in terms of improving the health reality and providing a better service to patients, and it still pays special attention to prevention, early detection of the disease and reducing the economic burden of treatment on the government and families by implementing vaccination campaigns against paralysis. Pediatrics, early detection of breast cancer, training and development of doctors.
In her speech, Eng. Huda Al-Homsi, a member of the central leadership of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, spoke about the development of the medical profession in Syria and the efforts made to provide health care to citizens through the expansion of establishing and building hospitals and health centers to provide free treatment.
It commended the efforts made by the medical staff and the sacrifices they made during the war, which were proportional to the responsibility and standing united with the men of the Syrian Arab Army to achieve victory over terrorism.
Dr. Kamal Amer, head of the Syrian Physicians Syndicate, pointed out the importance of holding the conference in Aleppo, which the Syndicate has been holding, emphasizing and insisting on continuing the life and building process in the health sector.
He considered that the conference was a message of steadfastness and defiance for those who tried to undermine Syria, which is to light a new candle in the medical research process, which is enriched with new lectures and research, and an embodiment of linking the theoretical side with the practical, as all possibilities were harnessed to make it successful.
In turn, Dr. Safwan Zuaiter spoke about the importance of the research discussed at the conference, which deals with various diseases and specializations of the heart, chest and digestive system, noting the efforts that have been made to provide the latest medical treatments to patients and put them within the reach of doctors to improve the health situation.
SANA met with a number of participating doctors coming from different governorates, where they explained that the conference sessions contribute to an increase and exchange of experiences in the medical fields and what is new in the treatment of various heart, chest, eye, ear and throat diseases and cancers.
During the first day, the medical exhibition of medical equipment, technologies and medicines for various diseases was opened, with the participation of more than 20 pharmaceutical companies and institutions.
The opening of the conference was attended by Ahmed Mansour, Secretary of the Aleppo Branch of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Dr. Ibrahim Hadid, Secretary of the Aleppo University Branch of the party, Dr. Maher Karman, President of Aleppo University and the provincial police chief, and a crowd of interested people.
Qusai Razzouk
