JPMC conducts a "Hip and Knee Surgery Workshop" in cooperation with POA.

KARACHI: Pakistan Arthroplasty Society organised its "22nd Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Live Surgery and 26th Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Live Surgery workshops" at JPMC, in association with Pakistan Orthopedic Association(POA). 

Prof Shahid Rasul, Acting Vice-Chancellor, Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) and Executive Director, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center (JPMC), praised the endeavours of health professionals for organising these informative workshops and expressed that the objective of Knee and Hip surgery was to resurface the parts of the joints that had been damaged and to relieve pain that other treatments cannot control. 

Total 40 participants attended the workshops from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Dera Ismail Khan, Thatta and Mirpurkhas.  

The course chairman for the Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Live Surgery workshop was Prof Ghulam Mehboob, Ex-Head of Orthopedics, JPMC, and course co-chairmen were Prof Anisuddin Bhatti and Prof AR Jamali. 

Prof Syed Shahid Noor discussed the course objectives and shared his experience with the audience.

Prof Intikhab Toufiq from Liaquat National Hospital, Prof Amin Chinoy, Prof Mansoor Ali Khan and Dr Ali Anwer Jilani from Indus Hospital, Dr Masood Umer and Dr Mujahid Jamil from Aga Khan University, Dr Kashif Mahmood from JPMC. Prof Maratib Ali, Ex-Head Orthopedics, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Dr Raza Askari from Dow International Medical College, Dr Khalid Karim and Dr Irfan Rao from DUHS and many other respected personalities attended these workshops.