3-day surgery workshop starts

Tribune News Service

Patiala, May 20

The three-day hands-on training workshop was inaugurated by Dr KK Aggarwal, Principal, Government Medical College, Patiala, today.

The event was attended by Dr Rajan Singla, Medical Superintendent, Government Rajindra Hospital, along with doctors from surgery department.

The workshop has been organised in collaboration with Johnson and Johnson Institute on wheels under the guidance of Dr Ashwani Kumar, Head, Department of Surgery.

Various surgical skills, including laparoscopic and open knotting and suturing, stapler usage, bowel and vascular anastomosis techniques along with basic laparoscopy training would be given to junior residents as well as the faculty.

A special session to train operation theatre nursing staff in various needful techniques, including gowning and scrubbing, gloving and handling of suture material and surgical instruments would also be held.