Shaikh Zayed Hospital Department of Medicine is organising a seminar under the supervision of Dr Zafar Iqbal on World Thyroid Day on May 25. The seminar would include lectures on thyroid-related diseases, their manifestations and management. It is a part of the medical education programme for doctors, postgraduate medical students. World Thyroid Day is celebrated every year on May 25 with the aim to educate and aware about thyroid related disease and its management. Two percent of the world population is affected by thyroid related disorders. Iodine deficiency is the major cause of thyroid related diseases in Pakistan.
