Convocation - Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences

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The Present Government has given great importance to higher education for the first in the history of Pakistan. The focus of previous Governments has been upon the primary education while the higher education remained unattended. Recognizing the value of higher education in the progress and prosperity of the nation, the present Government has made a paradigm shift in its policies and has taken a number of visionary steps for its restructuring and reorganization.
The transformation of former University Grants Commission into a more dynamic and proactive framework of Higher Education Commission has given a new boost to higher education in the country.
Establishment of medical University in the country is another leap forward that has provided medical education better opportunities to develop and progress on the same pattern as was being enjoyed by other Professional Universities.
The Federal Government under consideration the Master Plan for the University worth 4.60 Million extending for next years. The University has also completed the projects of student canteen/renovation and refurbishment of lecture halls and Commodity centers for the University has taken steps to strengthen Clinical Science Departments by providing equipment and introducing new facilities, which include; Provision of Dental Chairs and Equipments, Laparoscope, Upper GI-Endoscope, CTG Machine for Gynae Department, Audiometery Equipment to ENT Department, Networking Program of HEC would ensure every clinical unit to have computers and network system with own bandwidth and connectivity, Start of Kidney Centre with Renal Transplant Services, Establishment of Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory at Liaquat University Hospital/Hyderabad, Start of a Gynae & Obstetrics Unit in Jamshoro, Phaco and Laser Technology at Eye Hospital.
The research activities have received a new boost which is evident with the establishment of an exclusive Medical Research Centre, allocation of funds for research and launching of the Research Journal of the university under the name JLUMHS, which has recently been accorded recognition by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. Presently the University is working on about 37 research projects through HEC and University’s own resources.
The University has developed collaborations and linkages with the National and International Organizations, Institutes of higher learning which include: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro, Isra University Hyderabad, Aga Khan University Karachi, Northwick Park/St. Marks hospital London, Kings College Hospital London, Birmingham University, London Karlonska University Sweden, and Wisconsin University USA.
A number of faculty members have either completed advance training or are acquiring training in centers of excellence at National and International level. The faculty members of the university are actively participating in community services in the form of Medical Relief and Eye Camps in various remote and calamity hit areas of the province including Johi, Badin, Mehar, Umerkot, Dadu, Sehwan, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Tando Allah Yar, Hala, Mirpurkhas, and Tando Muhammad Khan.
Besides, the University is also providing diagnostic/therapeutics and Research Services in outbreaks of diseases in the province such as the Leishmaniasis and Cerebral Malaria. Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences is striving hard to bring excellence in Patient Care, Medical Education and Medical Research.
In this 5th Annual Convocation, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences is awarding MBBS, BDS, B.Sc. Nursing along with Postgraduate Degrees and Diplomas. I take this opportunity to congratulate the new graduates and their parents for having been inducted to the noble Medical Profession and also the recipients of nursing and postgraduate degrees and diplomas. I also wish to extend my heartiest felicitations to those graduates who have received medals and awards in this convocation for their out standing academic performances. I hope these batches of graduates and postgraduates, like their predecessors shall utilize their knowledge and skills for alleviating the sufferings of common man and shall excel in various fields of medical Sciences and Medical Education.


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