İBTİSAM AXFİR

Benghazi-The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) organizes annually the International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) on November 7, the birthday of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, to raise awareness about the role played by medical physicists for the benefit of patients. The General Syndicate of Medical Physics held a symposium in Benghazi on November 7 to mark the IDMP.

In an interview with NuJINHA during the symposium, Wafaa Al-Ashibi, head of the General Syndicate of Medical Physics, said, “The preparation for the symposium was completed in four days. We celebrate this day to honor Polish scientist Marie Curie. The Medical Physics field can be divided into three main categories: radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, and nuclear medicine.

‘Medical Physics for Sustainable Healthcare’

Hawa Al-Zawi, Head of the Medical Physics Department at a hospital in the district of Kufra, said, “We held a scientific symposium to remember Polish scientist Marie Curie for her discovery of radium as a natural radioactive element. The theme of the IDMP 2022 is ‘Medical Physics for Sustainable Healthcare’. With this theme, we hope that medical physicists will be found in every public or private hospital.”

Women’s participation in symposium

“We faced many challenges during the preparation for the symposium but we overcame all the challenges. We managed to organize the symposium in four days because we cannot ignore such an important day,” said Nada Al-Jazwi, a professor at the Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. She also underlined that most of the participants in the symposium were women because women are most interested in studying the physical field.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: physics and chemistry. The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) has organized the International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) on November 7 since 2003.