Participated and was part of Inauguration function  in the Pediatric Bio Ethics Symposium-2019  on 1st Dec 2019 for the third  year on behalf of ORDI under the leadership of Dr Jagdish Chinnappa -Consultant Pediatric and Child Care, Manipal Hospital and Child Central Clinic, Bengaluru. The event was held at Bengaluru International Center, Domlur, Bengaluru.

The main Goals are:

1. Enhance Ethical Children’s Healthcare and Research
2.  Create Partnership between Pediatricians and Social Activists to promote Child Health

Specific Objectives:

1. Highlight bio ethical issues in common healthcare scenarios among the physicians and nurses caring for children.
2. Discuss the ethics of performing clinical research with children as research participants/subjects.
3. Sensitize pediatricians about their responsibility towards promoting child rights and child advocacy.
4. Provide a framework for setting up multidisciplinary Pediatric Bioethics Cells.
5. Increase awareness about pediatric bioethics among medical and nursing trainees as well as students of social sciences.

Following were the faculties :

Dr Jagdish Chinnappa, Dr Somshekar Nimbalakar, Professor of Pediatrics and Head of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, Dr Arpana Iyengar, Professor, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, St Jhons Hospital, Dr Sanjiv Lewin, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Ethics-St Jhons Hospital,  Dr Priya Pais, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Nephrology,St Jhons Hospital,   Dr Ashwath Ram-Manipal Hospital, Dr Priya Pais, Niby Jacob Elackatt and others.