ShareKUWAIT: The second annual Kuwait Orthopedic Conference was launched on Thursday to discuss the latest medical developments and challenges facing the practice of modern innovations and all specialties in the field of orthopedic surgery.
Conference President Dr Awaid Al-Mutairi told KUNA after the opening that the three-day conference, sponsored by the Minister of Health, Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi, hosts a number of international specialists and consultants in the field of orthopedic surgery to review and explain some delicate and rare operations and to answer the questions and inquiries of the attendees, including surgeons and students.
Al-Mutairi, a joint and orthopedic surgeon at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, added that the conference’s schedule includes dozens of lectures, workshops, and discussion panels covering all specialties in the field of orthopedic and joint surgery, which will be presented by specialists from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Egypt in addition to a broad participation from Kuwait.
He stated that the conference would focus on the introduction of robots into operating rooms and the challenges associated with it and would also provide an opportunity to bring the orthopedic surgeon community within Kuwait closer with their global counterparts to exchange expertise, experiences, and the latest findings of technology and science in the field.
He stated that Kuwait and its health sector, especially in the field of bones and joints, had made great strides in the past few years, with most hospitals forming special departments for joint surgery and treatment after a number of Kuwaiti doctors returned from their postgraduate studies from around the world. Al-Mutairi pointed out that the conference targets orthopedic and trauma surgeons, sports medicine doctors, and physical therapists, in addition to nurses, technicians, and medical students.
The conference will be accompanied by a medical exhibition for specialized international companies, during which they will display the latest medical devices, operating room equipment, and everything related to orthopedic and joint surgery. — KUNA
