Bahrain Medical Society is set to organise the second edition of the Gulf Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (GCCMID 2017) from November 1 to 4 in cooperation with the Saudi Society for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the Emirates Medical Association for Infectious Diseases.

According to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA), the event aims to exchange experiences and discuss rare cases and ways of treating them according to international standards and the latest discoveries in modern medicine.

Around 500 practitioners from various medical disciplines in the region and Arab nation will take part in the event, alongside 78 keynote speakers from across the world, including five from Bahrain and 32 from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the UK.

An exhibition will also be held on the sidelines of the conference in which 32 international specialised companies in manufacturing antibiotics and medical devices for early detection of diseases and epidemics will showcase their products.