A two-day international conference for physiotherapists — Mangalore Physiocon 2026 — will begin here on April 10.
Organised by South Canara Physiotherapy Teachers’ Association, the Minister for Medical Education, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood, Sharanprakash R. Patil, is set to inaugurate the event at TMA Pai International Convention Centre at 9 a.m.
Addressing press persons here on Saturday, U.T. Ifthikar Fareed, chairman of the conference’s organising committee, Karnataka State Allied Healthcare Council, said that Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao will deliver the keynote address at the conference.
The theme of the conference is ‘Health Movement — Moving into the Next Era through Technology and Autonomy’.
Many activities have been organised as a prelude to the conference from April 6, and they will go on till April 12.
The activities include blood donation at the Mangala College of Physiotherapy on April 6, a preliminary round of cultural competition at Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be) University on April 7, pre-conference workshops on April 8 and April 9 at different colleges, and a post-conference workshop, he said.
source/content: thehindu.com (headline edited)