Dr. Narges Motashaw

KNOW YOUR PIONEERS Dr. Nargesh Motashaw (Who promoted endoscopic surgery in India) Rohit Bhatt Chief. Dept. Obst. Gynec Bhailal Amin General Hospital. Baroda Email : rohit.v.bhatt@gmail.com Dr. Nargesh Motashaw Nargesh Motashaw was born in Mumbai on 9th, May, 1925 in a well known noble family. Her father was a high ranking railway official. Her two […]

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Screening For Gestational Diabetes

Dr Sujata Misra MD FICOG Chairperson, Medical Disorders in Pregnancy Committee, FOGSI Pregnancy induces progressive changes in maternal carbohydrate metabolism. As pregnancy advances insulin resistance and diabetogenic stress due to placental hormones necessitate compensatory increase in insulin secretion. When this compensation is inadequate gestational diabetes develops. ‘Gestational Diabetes Mellitus’ [GDM] is defined as carbohydrate intolerance […]

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IUCD & Medical Abortion Survey

FOGSI PSI Women’s Health Project – PEHEL Dr. Ritu Joshi Chaiperson, Family Welfare Committee, FOGSI Dr. Kiran Kirtkotti Chaiperson, MTP Committee, FOGSI With a commitment to reduce maternal deaths by preventing unintended pregnancy the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) and Population Services International (PSI), an international NGO entered into a partnership […]

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The National Eclampsia Registry

“Reaching the unreached – A FOGSI-ICOG initiative” The project is aimed at understanding the prevalence of “eclampsia”- pregnancy induced hypertension among women in India. “This condition makes the woman morbid and may also kill her. It is definitely preventable, but we need to know the prevalence of this condition so that we can go for […]

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