Gastroenterology in India--a retrospect.

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V Balakrishnan

چکیده

Gastroenterology in India started developing as a specialty in the sixties. The Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) was formed in 1960 with Maj.Gen.Amir Chand as the Founder-President and Dr. H K Chuttani as the Founder-Secretary. This was just two years after the foundation of OMGE, the World Gastroenterology Organization, on May 29, 1958, the last day of the first World Congress of Gastroenterology at Washington, DC. The ISG was accepted as a founder-member of the world body. The formation of the ISG gave a platform for Indian physicians and surgeons and other specialists interested in gastroenterology practice, teaching and research to meet and share their ideas and work. Under the able leadership of its early office-bearers, such as Drs. P Raghavan, Col. Sangamlal, P N Chuttani, N Gadekar and F P Antia, the nascent society scaled great heights within a short period.

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