The Royal college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) UK, is an international organization committed to improving women’s healthcare across the world.
Outside of the UK, India has the largest number of fellows and members of the RCOG, and AICC RCOG is the international representative body of the fellows and members of the RCOG in India. The annual conference of the southern zone of AICC RCOG was conducted on the 20/21 Jan 2024 in Chennai along with the Association of Tamilnadu Members of RCOG (ATNRCOG).
In this conference, Dr Uma Ram, a senior OBGYN from Seethapathy Clinic and Hospital Chennai was installed as the All India Chair of the AICC RCOG . Dr Sumana Manohar a senior OBGYN Apollo Hospitals, took over as the South zone Chair. Dr Ranee Tahkkar, Poresident RCOG joined virtually from London . Smt. Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, Mission Director National Health Mission Tamilnadu was the Chief guest and inaugurated the conference.
The theme of the conference was safety with the deliberations and lectures focusing on safety for women and doctors both. Reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality as well as ensuring universal access sexual and reproductive health are the key SDG Goals. Patient safety is an important underlying factor in all these goals and hence chosen as the theme of this meeting.
2 workshops one on perinatology and one on vaginal surgery with the Society of Vaginal Surgeons of India, Tamilnadu Chapter were conducted. A session to enable private hospitals to do PICME registration was also organized. The conference had 4 international and many eminent national faculty and covered areas of safety in labour and delivery besides gynecological surgery and advances in the specialty. Padma Shri Dr Ravi Kannan, who was recently awarded the Ramon Magasasay Award, delivered the oration and spoke on Building community partnerships for cancer control.