Over 300 national, global neurologists participate in 11th Continuing Medical Education seminar

More than 300 national and global neurologists participated in a day-long 11th Continuing Medical Education (CME) seminar here Saturday which focused on increase in the number of stroke patients due to rising pollution levels in urban areas.

More than 250 delegates from five countries participated in the seminar.

P N Renjen, a leading neurologist who practices as senior consultant at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, elaborating on the stroke burden pointed out, "Increasing urbanisation is leading to increasing pollution in cities like Delhi and this in turn is causing a marked increase in the instances of stroke."