DADU, Dec 16: The vice chancellor, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Prof Jan Mohammad Memon, has said that an information technology (IT) project at a cost of Rs39.5 million has been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad.

He was addressing a meeting of the postgraduates committee of the university, Jamshoro, on Monday.

The project would establish a link between the Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, and Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro. Besides, there will also be an IT linkage between the national and international universities.

The project will make it possible to share data of 600,000 patients per year. This facility is not available in Pakistan at the moment and will help in determining the disease pattern.

IT educational facility will help the students and teachers of the university. It will also create integration of IT in the medical curriculum. Video conferences/interactive lectures will be possible with foreign professors/scientists.

The vice chancellor, while discussing the ongoing development projects, said that at present the administration block of the university was being constructed on an area of 15,700 sq feet at an estimated cost of Rs11.3 million.

The building will house the vice chancellor’s secretariat, the registrar, the director finance, and project director’s offices.

A research laboratory of 8,000 sq feet was also being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs6 million.

He said that work on the central canteen for students was in progress besides the renovation of all the lecture halls and hostels.

DEMO: A large number of poultry sellers of Dadu town held a demonstration outside the press club on Monday against the Taluka police officer (TPO), Dadu.