Chennai: “Technological advancements have changed brain surgery and its outcomes are better. Thanks to this, patients have started recovering faster and their lives have changed,” said International Neuroscience Institute – Germany founder president and World Federation Neurological Surgeons honorary president Prof Dr Madjid Samii.
He was delivering at the third edition of Prof B Ramamurthi Oration held here Monday. Organised by Advanced Neurosciences Foundation Trust in association with MGM Healthcare, the event witnessed the participation of over 200 eminent neuroscientists from the city.
On the occasion, the life and work of Prof B Ramamurthi was showcased to the audience in a short film, <I>Guru Samarpanam<P>, produced by Dr K Sridhar.
Sridhar said, “Ramamurthi was a pioneer neurosurgeon and neuroscientist of the country who was responsible for starting the Institute of Neurology at the Government General Hospital in 1950 and the first Head Injury Ward in the country in 1967.”
A patient awareness booklet Your Health Handbook on Brain Tumours by Dr Sridhar, which creates basic awareness amongst the public on the various aspects of brain tumours, was also released during the function.