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THE HINDU (Chennai, India) 16 September 08 Conference on snakes, venom
Kochi: An international conference on snakes, venom and snakebite is to be held at the Little Flower Hospital and research centre at Angamaly on September 20 and 21.
The conference is sponsored by the Medical Council of India and about 50 experts in the field from India and abroad are expected to take part in the conference.
Romulus Whitakar of Chennai would present the topic “Medically important snakes of India – identification and distribution” at the opening session which would be chaired by P. Easa, renowned scientist.
Dr. H. Janaka De Silva, professor of medicine in the University of Kelayia, Ragama (Sri Lanka), will speak on “epidemiology of snakes bite in Sri Lanka and the South Asia”.
Sam Kularatne of Paradeniya University of Sri Lanka is another key speaker who would explain the clinical features and identifying bite species in Sri Lanka.
T. Veerabasappagowda of Mysore Medical College and Dr P D Tanwar of Bikaner are the other speakers in the morning session of the conference on September 20.
From Singapore, Dr Manjunath Kini will speak on his findings in the research on snake venom.
Prof H S Bawasker of Maharashtra will detail the snake bites common in the Konkan area with special emphasis on viperidae bites.
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