Opioid Workshop held in Nagpur
An opioid workshop was organised in Nagpur by NKPSIMS & RH & Lata Mangeshakar Hospital, Digdoh on 8th July 2016. It was attended by about 70 delegates including doctors, nurses administrators and medical social workers.
The purpose of the workshop was to highlight the vital role and safety of opioids – chiefly Injection and Tablets Morphine in managing pain and palliative care – as well as to make the delegates aware of the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act of India and its recent Amendment.
The speakers included Dr Nandini Vallath, consultant of Pallium India, Dr Chandrashekhar Cham, well known senior anaesthesiologist and pain management consultant of Nagpur, Mr M. G. Kekatpure, the Joint commissioner of the department of FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Nagpur and Mr V.R. Ravi, drug inspector, FDA Nagpur. The event was also graced by the presence of Honourable Secretary VSPM Academy of Health and Education, Nagpur, Dr Amol Deshmukh, the Dean of NKPSIMS & LMH, Dr Kajal Mitra, Medical Superintendent, Dr Milind Bhrushundi and Professor and H.O.D. Forensic Medicine LMH, Dr Kanade, Professor and H.O.D. of Surgery, Dr Murtaza Akhtar, and many others.
The legal issues and commonly unknown facts concerning opioids, such as their cultivation, transport, formulations and the provisions and punishments mentioned in the NDPS act were discussed, as well as the NDPS amendment of 2014 which has made the process of procuring, storing and using the opioids, notably Morphine, simple and uniform for all states of India.
Read the complete report of the workshop, prepared by Dr Ravindra Kshirsagar, Lecturer in Medicine and palliative care physician of LMH.
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