Medical Physicist as a Health Professional: Theme of International Day of Medical Physics
International Day Of Medical Physics (November 7) is day to honour Medical Physicists as Health Professionals and recognize their contribution to medical sciences for quality services, conveyed Deepak Arora who is a noted medical physicists based in New Delhi who combines both diagnosis and therapeutic aspects his profession. He has successfully blended expressive art therapy with his professional work as medical physicist.
Deepak Arora while wishing a Happy Medical Physics Day in his facebook post with a short visual-video clipping expressed his pride for being a professional physicist and front-line health worker who enjoys his work both behind and in front of the screen.
According to the INTERNATIONAL Organization of Medical Physicists (IOMP), there are over 25,000 professionals around the globe united through their corresponding national and regional societies in around 86 countries under its umbrella.
This year, the International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP 2020) is being observed with the theme “Medical Physicist as a Health Professional”. On the occasion of the observance, Ibrahim Duhaini, IDMP Coordinator, stated that the current pandemic crisis had brought remarkable challenges to healthcare systems around the world, and consequently,
healthcare workers, Medical Physicists as well as many others were in the frontline in dealing with COVID-19 patients and they also deserve recognition and appreciation for their efforts.
He also expressed the dismay that many countries still didn't recognize medical physicists as healthcare professionals and hoped that this year’s theme is expected to bring awareness and shed light on the importance of our profession in the healthcare field and that the medical physicist is an essential key element not only to help in diagnosis and treatment of many diseases but also to ensure radiation safety for patients, professionals, and staff.
Hoping that the current difficulties won't stand in the way of the observance to honour our profession, he added, "Taking social distancing measures into consideration, this day can still be celebrated through online meetings, gatherings, contests, and parties."
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