Delhi professor gives tips on reducing deaths from burn injuries

Bhubaneswar: Nearly 50% people suffering from burn injuries in India die against 2% to 4% in developed countries. "The number of deaths could be drastically brought down if burn injuries receive focused attention of policy makers, administrators and health care personnel," said Prof. Rajeev B. Ahuja, head, department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.Ahuja is also the president of the International Society for Burn Injuries.
Ahuja was speaking at an event Burns Demand Attention organized by SOA Burn Centre and Skin Bank, a state-of-the-art centre for treatment of burn victims set up at the Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital here on Wednesday.
Among others CMD of Nalco Tapan Kumar Chand, vice-chancellor of SOAU Amit Banerjee, fire officer (central range) B B Das, medical director of IMS and Sum Hospital Prof D K Roy, head of the SOA Burn Centre Dr Jayant Kumar Das also spoke. tnn