Virtual seminar, November 2020

One of the FOHG members, Dr Smathi, was invited a speaker for a Virtual Seminar with the theme of "The Challenge of Antimicrobial Stewardship in the COVID-19 Era". This was done via Zoom on 19 November 2020. There were two other Indonesian speakers. This was part of the activities of the World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2020 by the Antimicrobial Resistance Control Program of Bali Mandara Public Hospital in Bali.

The Seminar was organised in conjunction with the Bali branches of the Indonesian Doctors Association and the Indonesian National Nursing Association. The organising Committee was led by Clinical Microbiologist Dr I Wayan Agus Gede Manik, Head of Bali Mandara Hospital Clinical Microbiology Department. He was a FOHG Fellow in Perth who was able to spend a month visiting all the clinical microbiology labs in Perth, both public and private in 2018.

The Seminar was oversubscribed with a maximum of 500 participants comprising doctors and nurses from all over Indonesia. There was also a question and answer session which had good participation.