The 6th international Level Liver Conference on Liver Disease titled, ‘Livercon’ will commence on May 13 and will continue till May 15. It will be held at the Convention Centre of International Fair Ground in Agartala, said Dr Pradip Bhaumik, president of the Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura which hosts the event.
Dr Bhaumik said, to extend medical support to the people in need by providing the latest in Hepatology, the Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura has started an International level Liver Conference on liver disease named “LIVERCON” since 2011. The conference is organized every alternate year and LIVERCON V was organized in 2019.
Due to Covid pandemic , however,, the LIVERCON VI was postponed in 2021. This conference is now being held in Agartala from and will be held from May 13.
The formal inauguration will be held on May 14 at 6 PM in which Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik will be present as Chief Guest and Dr Dilip Das, Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly will be Guest of Honour. Dr. Mamun Al Mehtab from Bangladesh will be on the dais as a speaker.
The Padma Ganga Gomati International Liver Conference was started in 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a joint organization of the Forum for Study of Liver, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Hepatitis Foundation of Tripura and Liver Foundation, West Bengal. Now for the first time, this special conference of Bengali-speaking doctors is being organized at Agartala.
The LIVERCON VI and Padma Ganga Gomati International Liver Conference will mainly focus on four issues: Critical Care Management of Liver Diseases, Liver Transplantation, Co-ordination between Bangladesh, Tripura and West Bengal for research in liver disease and Prevention of liver disease.
At this conference, more than 30 National and International delegates will be present. About 200 doctors from different places in Tripura will be present as delegates.
The conference will showcase research activities in liver disease in Tripura. The faculty members, delegates and members of HFT will interact in this conference. This is a unique feature of this conference.
