Apollo Hospitals, Chennai hosts International CME at Dhaka’s Apollo Clinic

Around 350 medical students, post graduate residents and consultants attend knowledge exchange programme in Dhanmondi

Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, in association with Apollo Clinic has hosted an international Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme to advance the local healthcare sector through knowledge exchange.

The scientific seminar took place at the premises of Apollo Clinic in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on Monday evening, according to a media statement issued by the organisers.

Around 350 Bangladeshi medical students, postgraduate residents, and consultants attended the event, engaging with leading international experts across specialised surgical fields.

Apollo Clinic Dhanmondi operates as a licensee of JMI Specialized Hospital Limited, a leading Bangladeshi hospital brand.

The programme featured four dedicated sessions covering advanced medical innovations: "Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) and Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Small Incisions, Big Impact"; "Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) in India: Innovations, Ethics and Outcomes"; "Urethral Stricture Decision-Making in the Real World"; and "Awake Craniotomy".

Keynote addresses were delivered by specialists from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, including Dr Md Rehan Sayeed (Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery), Dr Elankumaran K (Liver Transplant, Hepatobiliary & Robotic Surgery), Dr Sandeep Bafna (Urology & Robotic Surgery), and Dr Siddhartha Ghosh (Neurosciences). Dr Tamjeed Alam, chief executive officer of Apollo Clinic, Dhanmondi, chaired the seminar.

The session was panelled by an esteemed group of Bangladeshi medical experts, featuring hepatobiliary, pancreatic and liver transplantation surgery specialists Dr Bidhan Chandra Das and Dr Hashim Rabbi; cardiac surgeons Dr Md Mahbubur Rahman and Dr Kamrun Nahar; urologists Dr Md Nasir Uddin and Dr NI Bhuiyan; and neuroscience experts Dr Md Fazle Elahi Milad and Dr Md Khairul Kabir.

According to the press release, the CME highlights the growing collaboration between JMI Specialized Hospital and the South Asian healthcare provider Apollo Hospitals, which operates over 76 hospitals and more than 700 clinics internationally.

The statement outlined that the facility's primary mission is "to provide reliable and trustworthy healthcare services to Bangladeshi patients without them having to travel abroad; and eventually to attract medical tourism into Bangladesh."

The organisers also listed the key achievements of Apollo Clinic noting that the facility has successfully managed over 13,000 outpatient (OPD) cases, 1,200 inpatient (IPD) cases, and more than 750 surgical procedures, whilst maintaining a surgical site infection rate of less than one percent.