KARACHI, March 4: The Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, on Tuesday inaugurated the new academic block of the Dow Medical College campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences.

He said that the provision of health care facilities was the right of the people and one of the prime responsibilities of the government.

“The role of the medical institutions in assisting the government to achieve this noble goal is therefore pivotal”, Dr Ibad said.

He expressed his satisfaction that DUHS had been authorised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to initiate a semester system at its undergraduate medical colleges.

The vice-chancellor of the DUHS, Dr Masood Hameed Khan, said that the university since its establishment needed expansion in its infrastructure for which a new academic block was planned.

“Despite all the odds, the DUHS has completed this most modern new academic block in 20 months,” he said.

The covered area of the block (ground plus four) is said to be 42,548 square feet.—APP