SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Nov 15: Dhanbad’s eminent doctor, Dr. DP Bhushan was elected as the president of the Central Zone Orthopedic Association of India at a two-day CEZCON 2020 conference that concluded on Sunday evening. Dr. DP Bhushan is presently the head of department at the orthopedic department in Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital (SNMMCH) Dhanbad.
Six states namely Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand fall in the Central Zone Orthopedic Association of India’s members. Over 250 doctors ( orthopedic) participated in the conference.
This is the first time a doctor from Dhanbad has been elected as the Orthopedic Association of India’s central zone president. Every six years, a doctor from each state is elected zonal president. Only three Jharkhand doctors, Dr Sureswar Pandey, Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, and Dr Sudhir Kumar, have been chosen president so far. They were all from Ranchi. Dr. Bhushan is the first individual from outside the state capital to be elected to this distinguished position.
“Selection of Dr. Bhushan as the president of Central Zone is a matter of pride for Dhanbad as well as Jharkhand state. It is also a recognition of Dhanbad’s doctors at the national level. The conference was successful. Since eminent orthopedic doctors across the country participated in the conference, theoretical and practical workshops gave huge information to medicos,” said Prof ( Dr) Kailash Prasad who is a famous orthopedic doctor of Jharkhand.
Dr. Bhushan has been elected the zonal president for his outstanding contribution in the field of orthopedic treatment and organizing serious CME programmes.
“Now with the election of Dr Bhushan as zonal chairman, no patient of Dhanbad from the orthopedic field will be required to go out for treatment. Now, the number of workshops on the orthopedic field will be increased and doctors will get maximum opportunity to exchange their views,” said Dr RN Choudhary, a retired professor of Patliputra Medical College Hospital, Dhanbad.
Dr. Bhushan said that during his tenure as president he would focus on organizing maximum CME programmes in the state and elevating Dhanbad as Medical tourism.
