HYDERABAD, April 9: Sindh Minister for Health Shabbir Ahmed Kaimkhani has said that doctors’ oath was to serve people and if they failed to honour their oath their degrees would be worthless. He was speaking at the 5th Convocation of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) on Sunday.

A total of 489 candidates received their degree and diploma on the occasion.

The minister, who is also pro-chancellor of the university, said the successive governments had wasted resources, which hit the country’s educational institutions.

But one felt proud to learn that the former Liaquat Medical College had, despite adverse conditions, focussed on building its institutional capacity and steadily marched towards attaining excellence, both in medical education and healthcare, he said.

The Sindh government had upgraded the Liaquat Medical College and Dow Medical College, but it was the responsibility of their faculties to meet the challenges, the minister said.

He expressed the hope that the LUMHS would undertake research projects to help combat diseases prevalent in the country and improve healthcare system.

The LUMHS vice-chancellor, Professor Jan Mohammad Memon, in his address of welcome and annual report highlighted the university’s achievements during the last five years and its future programmes.

POSITION HOLDERS: Dr Saima Taj Noonari, Dr Amir Afzal Memon and Dr Roohi Bano Shaikh the secured first, second and third positions, respectively, in MBBS. Dr Bano was also declared the best graduate for the year 2004.