KMU 4th convocation: Degrees conferred on 214 graduates

PESHAWAR: A senior Health Department official on Monday urged the Khyber Medical University (KMU) graduates to excel in the careers and serve the humanity selflessly.

“Today it is indeed a unique occasion where the dreams of the graduates have been realised, prayers of parents answered, and the hard work of the faculty culminated in a tangible outcome in the shape of graduation in various fields,” said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Secretary Health Mohammad Abid Majeed while addressing as chief guest at the 4th convocation of KMU.

?He greeted the parents whose dreams had come true in the form of graduation of their children.Besides others, KMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Arshad Javaid, Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Jawad Ahmad, Registrar Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Gandapur, deans faculties, heads of constituent institutes and a number of the graduates and their parents were present on the occasion.

Abid Majeed asked the graduates not to forget the oath they took at the convocation. The Health secretary said that Pakistan health professionals were second to none. Earlier, Prof Dr Arshad Javaid said the oath that the graduates took put a great responsibility on them towards their fellow human beings. They, as health professionals, represent the cream of the society, and people look up to them as role models, so it is of utmost importance that they act like a role model. “Your degrees should not be just a means to get a good job in the market, rather the means to be a good human being who can be of service to the society,” he added.

Prof Dr Arshad Javaid said that KMU was the fourth best ranked medical university in Pakistan and its aim was to make it the best medical university.The vice-chancellor said that KMU had taken a leadership role to be the first in the country to offer a postgraduate programme in family medicine in the days to come. “Our basic science, health professions, and the allied sciences research are also thriving and our research output has considerably increased over the last twelve months. We are collaborating with scientific societies and sister institutions to make KMU a centre of knowledge dissemination in addition to a source of knowledge generation,” he added.

Up to 214 degrees were conferred on the graduates of various disciplines including one PhD in Pharmacology, 21 MPhil in different subjects of Basic Sciences, 4 MPH, 1 MSc Epidemiology & Bio Statistics, 3 MHPE, 22 MBBS, 29 BDS, 01 MSPT, 29 DPT, 24 BS Nursing and 54 students of BS paramedics were awarded with degrees, whereas 69 gold medals were also awarded to students of various programmes.

In the MBBS programme, Ijaz Ahmed Khan of KMU-IMS Kohat was adjudged the best graduate with 9 gold medals whereas Sobia Awais of KIDS Kohat was given 11 gold medals and declared the best graduate in BDS programme.