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Lacks Multidisciplinary Approach For Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients’
It is said that 60 out of 1,00,000 children in the US and
the UK are affected with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. With
as many as 12,000 children in Mumbai estimated with paediatric
rheumatoid arthritis, the formation of Juvenile Arthritis
Support group at Mumbai's Jaslok Hospital signifies an important
milestone. And that is why Canada-based Dr Ross Petty, Head
of the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Pediatrics
at BC's Children's Hospital and the University of British
Columbia, was at Jaslok Hospital, invited by Dr Raju Khubchandani,
a pediatrician with special interest in Paediatric Rheumatology.
Dr Petty is credited with theestablishment of The Arthritis
Society, the first comprehensive programme in paediatric rheumatology
in Canada. He is the recipient of the Ross Award, a prestigious
honour given by the Canadian Paediatric Society for contribution
to the care of children and youth. Both the rheumatologists
spoke to Rita Dutta about various aspects of the disease.
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