44th Annual Congress of Iranian Association of Surgeons

According to Mehr Agency, Kazem Abbasion, Vice Chairman of the Association pointing at the 44^th Annual Congress of the Iranian Association of Surgeons which was held from May 13th to 17th at Razi international Conference Hall, said that the association is made up of 11 societies and in every congress, each society related to a specific filed takes part and proceed to execute scientific programs.

He added: “This congress will be held like previous years and new updates will be brought up here. Indeed, while commemorating great names in surgery, guest speakers will be appreciated”.

Pointing at the topics that will be dealt with at the congress such as new upcoming of cancer, trauma, accidents, Abbasion added: “Ali Malek Hosseini, the father of liver transplant, will give a speech at the opening ceremony of the congress”.

Abbasian added that Heshmat Kalbasi, the pioneer of Laparoscopy surgery in the country, will also give speech.

Pointing at the Covid-19 epidemy, Abbasion told that for three years the congress has not been held during Epidemy however Iran’s success to control the epidemy cannot be overlooked. We owed to the nurses who sacrifices their lives in the name of humanity.

He added one of the reasons behind holding congresses is to interact face to face and according to the Association, this point is very important and effective. He told: “the congress has 15 provincial branches and I hope more than 2000 will attend the congress”.

Abbasion continued: “although the number of people who is about to attend the congress is more than 1000, unfortunately previous years less people attended at the election of boarding directors. For example, at the 43rd congress 500 attended the election, therefore people should be more encouraged, so that the deserving people representing the various association are selected and good programs will be organized for the future of the medical community”.

He also added that regardless the fact that the share of health providing is low in the country’s budget, and the financial support for the field of health and treatment has been decreased but the doctors and health care providers are always ready to serve so it should not be attributed to external causes. However, medical training will be affected by the economic problems. To train best doctors and nurses in the country, the budget share should be increased to promote the quality of treatment in future.

He gave an opinion about the migration of doctors and treatment staff and added: “the presence of our doctors abroad makes the name of Iran popular because it implies how strongly the staff were trained. Many of them have left the country to continue their studies but soon will be back”.