'Apply clubfoot-ponseti method in workplaces'
A four-day seminar on 'Awareness and Management of Clubfoot-Ponseti Method' began in the city yesterday.
The Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) jointly organised the seminar at CRP centre at Mirpur.
Additional Director General of DGHS Prof Hosne Ara Tahmin inaugurated the seminar as the chief guest, which will be concluded on October 3.
She said the participants would be able to learn a lot about clubfoot-ponseti method from the seminar, adding that they should apply the method in their workplaces to make it successful.
Ponseti is a technique to straighten the feet, which has been successfully used in the US for over 45 years. The treatment manipulates the bones and stretches the contracted tissues of the foot. The foot is held in place with a plaster cast. The cast is left after five to seven days. This allows enough time for the muscles and ligaments to relax and for the bones to grow into the corrected position.
ICRC Mission Chief Finn Ruda addressed the inaugural session as the special guest, while Valerie A Tailor was in the chair.
Dr Angela M Evans of University of South Australia spoke on the background of clubfoot and the technique, while Consultant of Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery at Square Hospital Dr Fazlul Haque discussed on clubfoot treatment in the country.
Dr Paul Warren Wade of the same university also spoke on Ponseti technique.
Nearly 150 representatives from different hospitals, clinics and NGOs participated in the seminar.
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