Nagaland Health Minister inaugurates 25th NERC-IAPM

Nagaland Minister for Health and Family Welfare, P Longon today said that "Excellence in diagnosis should be the commitment and mission of pathologists and microbiologists."
"In this era of emergence of life style diseases, and emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, mankind is safe in your hands," he said while inaugurating the two-day 25th Annual Conference of North East Regional Chapter of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (NERC-IAPM) at RCMPA Jotsoma.
Longon said that presently a changing medical technological innovations has emerged that the field of pathology and microbiology must not be ignored.
Expressing that pathologists and microbiologists have the potential to reshape the health care system, he called upon them to seize the opportunity and march in tune with the modern medical technological innovations.

This, he said would add a volume of scale and complexity that requires a new kind of diagnostic procedure which is cost effective, non-invasive, easily affordable, more precise and time saving.
Terming pathologists and microbiologists as the backbone of the national health programmes, he said they are the ones to guide clinical doctors and policy makers towards delivery of health care.

President of NERC-IAPM, Dr Th Dhabali said that there has been significant change and advancement in all the specialities and specialities of medical science.
Stating that laboratory medicine and techniques in medical diagnostics are not the exceptions, he said the discipline has also made significant advancement in terms of technology and automation leading to overall improvement in patient care and management.

Around 100 pathologists and microbiologists from all the North Eastern states are attending the conference hosted by Nagaland Chapter of NERC-IAPM.