8th Children''s Conference
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, represented by the Children''s Department, is organizing on Monday (27 Dhu al-Hijjah 1433 AH) corresponding to (12 November 2012 AD) the eighth conference for children in the lecture hall of the Social Center and it will last for two days.
This was explained by Dr. Rizkallah Hassan Al-Asiri, Consultant Pediatrics and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, explaining that the conference aims to exchange experiences in the field of general pediatrics at the national and international levels and to raise the health level of doctors and health workers in the support fields.
Dr. Al-Asiri indicated that the conference will discuss the latest developments in pediatrics, especially issues related to chest diseases such as respiratory allergy and sleep apnea, causes of high blood pressure and treatment of blood pressure in the pulmonary artery and gastrointestinal diseases such as reflux, diarrhea and intestinal allergy resulting from certain foods, and a discussion of the national program for early detection of metabolic diseases And endocrinology, stressing that among the most important topics that will be discussed in the conference are mental illnesses in children and adolescents in particular, child maltreatment and accumulated experience at the national level.
It should be noted that specialized doctors from within the Kingdom, Canada and America will participate in the conference, and (13) training hours have been approved by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
