Dr Balamurugan, Chief Diabetologist and Head of Kovai Diabetic Speciality, Coimbatore, was awarded state award for his service to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) at the state level conference of IMA held in Salem.
President of the IMA Tamilnadu Dr. Abdul Hassan and Dr. Senguttuvan, the incomimg State President of the IMA for this year and Dr. Karthik Prabhu, Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Branch of the IMA were also
present.
About 1000 doctors from all over TN participated in the conference where Dr. Balamurugan presented a paper on Diabetic Reversal. Dr Balamurugan was also awarded the national level IMA AMS (Academy of Medical Specialty) Fellowship for his outstanding work in the Coimbatore branch of the IMA last year.
Dr. Balamurugan has also been elected as the Joint Secretary of the IMA Coimbatore.
He has been appointed as the chairman of the Diabetes Awareness Committee for this year to take diabetes awareness to doctors and the public across the state.