Kathmandu, May 23: Her Majesty Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah is scheduled to inaugurate here tomorrow the second SAARC ear, nose and throat (ENT) congress to be organized by the Society of Otolaryngologists from May 24 to 27.

Over 500 specialists from SAARC member countries and other nations will participate in the congress to be held with the theme “Extending ENT services to the community”, according to the society.

Apart from the member countries, specialists from USA, UK, Sweden, France, Turkey, Israel, Japan, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Belgium, Austria and New Zealand will also take part in the congress, it is learnt. The first congress was held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.