Meet on bone problems

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JULY 26. A two-day `Bone and Joint Decade Awareness Conference' will be held here on July 28 and 29 to raise awareness on the increasing burden of musculo-skeletal disorders and to promote cost-effective prevention and treatment, Dr. T. K. Shanmugasundaram, said.

Addressing mediapersons, he said annually 75 per cent of the 8,00,000 people who die around the world in road fatalities were in developing countries. Most hip fractures were caused by osteoporosis and it was predicted that the number of hip fractures would rise from 1.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million by 2050 unless aggressive preventive measures were started.

The conference aims at collecting data on aspects of bone and joint problems. Over 26 papers would be presented.

Dr. R. Venkataswami, plastic and hand surgeon, said the conference would be attended by people from different specialities such as rheumatology, endocrinology, trauma surgeons, general physicians treating osteoporosis and patient empowerment groups.

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