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“INDIAN NEUROSURGEONS SHOULD TRAIN OTHERS WORLDWIDE GET LATEST SKILLS” - KANNO

Chennai,
26 February, 2008

Prof Tetsuo Kanno, the world renowned professor of neurosurgery and Director of Fujita Health University, Japan, has asked Indian doctors and medical institutions to help neurosurgeons in other poorer countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Bhutan and North Korea. Dr.Kanno himself has helped over 2000 surgeons from several countries including from India to have advanced training in latest teclmiques of neurosurgery, financing the entire cost mobilized from leading corporates and other organizations. Delivering the Prof.P.Narendran Oration organized by Sri Ramachandra University here last night he said over a hundred neurosurgeons under 40 years of age will be invited to the seventh Asian Conference of Neurosurgeons in Beijing later this year.


Prof Kanno said he benefited immensely from eminent Indian neurosurgeons like ProfNarendran and Prof.B.Ramamurthy and said the leading lights at present should help others around the world to get the latest hands-on skills in this field.


ThinLV,R.Venkataachalam, Chancellor, Sri Ramachandra University, honoured the distinguished neurosurgeons from India and abroad who participated in the two day Indo-Japan Neurosurgery Conference.


The Vice Chancellor Prof S.Rangaswami, Director Neurosciences Prof D.Rout, Prof.K.Selvakumar of SRU and others warmly felicitated ProiNarendran as a founder of modern neurosurgery in India.

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For more information please contact Dr. K. Selvakumar, Prof. of Neurosurgery, SRU —98400 43641

T.G. Nallamuthu, Consultant Media Relations, SRU 94442 65578, nallamuthu@hotmail.com