Military medicine conference begins in Delhi

A six-day conference on military medicine, being attended by delegates from 80 countries, began here today and will deliberate on a host of issues, including terrain specific military medical support.
The 42nd World Congress of the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) is taking place in India for the first time.
The congregation will deliberate on a broad range of issues, including terrain specific military medical support and protection of health in a military environment, the defence ministry said in a statement.
There will be panel discussions on women in combat, medical disability benefits, veterans' health and health screening of new recruits.

The ICMM is an international inter-governmental organisation set up in 1921 with its secretariat at Brussels and currently has 112 nations as members.
The five-day event is being organised for the first time in India, and is the largest medical conference ever organised by the AFMS (Armed Forces Medical Service), the ministry said.

The theme of this 42nd World Congress is 'Military Medicine in Transition: Looking Ahead'.
Besides the foreign delegates, around 300 Indian delegates comprising Armed Forces medical, dental, nursing and veterinary Officers are participating in it.
Top Indian scientific institutions, MoD, Ministry of Health, the United Nations and the International Committee of Red Cross are also represented at the Congress.