535 students receive degrees at JSMU’s 3rd convocation

As many as 535 degrees were conferred at the third convocation of the Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) on Sunday.

In the convocation, 15 students received gold medals in the fields of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health and Business Health Care Management.

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, the governor congratulated the varsity for successfully holding its third convocation and urged the students to play an effective role in the field of health.

“With the help of you education and skills you should assist the government to make health facilities better,” he said.

The governor assured the students that there would not be any hurdle in their academic activities following the federal government’s control of the varsity’s teaching hospitals. He expressed his concerns over the poor state of health sector in rural Sindh.

Talking about the youth employment programme of Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said the students could get loans and start their own businesses.

JSMU Vice Chancellor Syed Muhammad Tariq Rafiq appealed to the students to practice their profession in remote areas of the province.

He said the students should serve the suffering humanity with their academic capabilities.

He also apprised the governor of problems being faced by the varsity’s teaching hospitals, namely the Jinnah Post Medical and Graduate Centre, the National Institute of Child Heath, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, which are being taken over by the federal government.

The teaching hospitals had so far been operating under the Sindh Medical College for the last 46 years, he added. An honorary doctorate degree was conferred on philanthropist Sardar Yaseen Malik in the convocation for his services in the field of education.