Dr Vishwendra Kumar Sinha and (right) Dr RN Singh at the news meet in Patna on Wednesday. Picture by Deepak Kumar

Patna, Feb. 8: A national-level conference on trauma care would be held in the state capital between March 23 and 25 with an aim to create awareness on the need to provide emergency care to accident victims.

The conference, Current Concepts of Trauma (CCT-2012), is being organised by Trauma Society of India for the first time in the state. It would be attended by several doctors from the UK and Singapore, besides about 600 delegates from across the country.

“Speakers from abroad have been invited to the workshop. They will educate orthopaedic surgeons of Bihar on the recent trends and modern methods of treatment,” Dr R.N. Singh, one of the organisers, said at a news meet today.

He said the situation at trauma care centres was not very encouraging in the state. “Many government and private hospitals claim to provide trauma care facilities to the patients during emergency. But they are not very efficient in doing so because of lack of resources and trained personnel. We hope that the conference will help doctors working in the state,” he said.

Dr Reid, Dr Callum, Dr Maneesh Sinha and Dr Asish Sinha from the UK and Dr Kock Sun Khong from Singapore would be the chief speakers during the conference.

“Rapid modernisation and industrialisation have led to radical changes in our everyday life. You find good roads, high speed vehicles and sophisticated gadgets today. But the number of accidents has gone up at the same time. During the programme, we will try to update the doctors about the new issues and their solutions,” said Dr Arjun Singh, the head of orthopaedic department at Patna Medical College and Hospital.

Union government statistics on road accidents show that about 1.2 lakh people died in road accidents across the country in 2011. The number was the highest in the world.

“About 50 per cent of the deaths occur because of lack of timely medical attention. Most of these fatalities are caused as emergency medical care is not available on time,” said another member.

Dr Amulya Kumar Singh, organising secretary of CCT, said as the number of accident victims has drastically increased in the state, it was imperative to have a forum where latest advancements in the field should be discussed.

“The conference will be interactive with an aim to provide greater knowledge to practicing medical professional on the subject of trauma. We will mainly focus on orthopaedic trauma,” he said.