Excellent services by Indian Doctors Forum Kuwait
Genesis
- Started in 2004; With less than 100 doctors as members;
- Founding Committee : Dr. Narayanan Nampoory (President);
- Dr. Amir Ahmed (General Secretary); Dr. George Verghese; Dr. Ramesh Pandita; Dr. Noble Zackaria; Dr. Prasad Nair; Dr. Jaganath RC; Dr. Ramachandra ; & others;
- Objective :
- To serve the community in an organized manner;
- To bring about greater solidarity among Indian doctors in Kuwait;
- To help them come together to exchange ideas and voice their concerns more effectively.
- Non-Profit organization; Indian Ambassador is the Patron of IDF
- Dr. Amir Ahmed, the newly elected President of IDF for 2012.
Major Activities
Free Medical Camps:
- Held once in a month, usually at a local school on a holiday
- For less privileged community members who otherwise could not afford such medical attention
- Nearly 1000 people visit the camp and are attended to by about 50 doctors
- Free checkup, specialized consultations, friendly advice to educate and caution people on illness
'Meet the Specialist' seminars
- Started by the committee headed by Dr Ramesh Pandita.
- To create awareness on specific diseases like chronic illness and life style influenced illnesses
- Usually conducted at the KMA Hall in Jabriya and always well attended
- Speech by the specialists; Inter-active sessions with audience; In regional languages too;
- Past seminars - on ill effects of smoking, obesity, diabetes, cardiac diseases, kidney diseases
- Next seminar to be on heart related illnesses with free screening and ECG monitoring at the venue and is scheduled for Saturday, 29th September, the World Heart Day.”
Committy Members
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