An international conference on liver diseases was held on Saturday at the auditorium of ‘A Block’ at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the city.
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Bangladesh (ASLDB) organized the event, said a BSMMU press release.
BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Kamrul Hasan Khan addressed the inaugural session of the seminar as the chief guest.
Presided over by ASLDB President Professor Dr Selimur Rahman while Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Secretary General Professor Dr Ehteshamul Huq Choudhury Dulal addressed the function as special guest.
ASLDB General Secretary and BSMMU Associate Professor Dr Mamun Al Mahtab Shwapnil delivered welcome speech.
The speakers discussed in details on taking necessary steps to improve the treatment of liver diseases.
Seven liver specialists from India, Sri Lanka and Singapore and more than 500 Bangladeshi liver specialists joined the conference.