LAHORE: Punjab Governor and KEMU Chancellor Chaudhry Sarwar awarded degrees to more than 800 graduates, including 654 MBBS and 100 postgraduates, on the 11th convocation of the university on Tuesday.
KEMU Vice Chancellor Prof Khalid Masood Gondal, KEMCOLIANS Dr Rashid Mansoor, Dr Ahmed Javed Qazi and other senior faculty members also attended the event.
The graduates were awarded 109 medals too.
Dr Noorus Saba Ahmed, who received 23 medals by virtue of her getting first position in different subjects, was declared as the best all-round graduate of the year 2020, Dr Sana Shahid with 10 medals declared as the best graduate of the year 2019 while Malik Naveed Iqbal Awan was declared the best postgraduate for the year 2019.
In his address, Mr Sarwar said it was a great pleasure for him to preside over the convocation of the historical medical institution of the country. He said KEMU had always played a key role in the development and research of medical education. He lauded the healthcare workers for their services without any fear or danger during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The governor mentioned the success story of establishment of the telemedicine department at the KEMU in the corona pandemic when hospitals OPD were closed down at the height of the first wave and added that the telemedicine department came into effect in five medical universities of the province.
Mr Sarwar lauded the services of KEMU VC Prof Khalid Masood Gondal and his team, especially Prof Bilquis Shabbir who had provided uninterrupted tele-consultation facility to more than 15,000 patients up till now. In the recently held International Dubai Expo 2020, the services of the KEMU had been acknowledged in the field of telemedicine, he said.
Punjab Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department Secretary Dr Ahmed Javed Qazi congratulated all the graduates who have been awarded medal and degrees.
Prof Gondal said the KEMU being historic and prestigious institution in South Asia had always maintained the tradition of being the country’s top medical university since its inception.
On the occasion, Prof Saira Afzal presented the history book of the King Edward Medical University to the governor wherein 161 years of services of the institution had been highlighted from 1860 to 2021.
Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2021