ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Medical and Dental College (IMDC) and Anhui Medical University (AHMU) China have entered into an agreement to initiate academic collaboration.

According to a statement, IMDC Managing Director Yasir Khan Niazi and AHMU President Dr Cao Yun Xia signed the agreement on Friday.

IMDC chairman and Dr Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital (ANTH) owner Dr Ghulam Akbar Khan Niazi inaugurated the Pakistan-China Cross Cultural Educational Exchange Center by unveiling a plaque.

Both the medical institutions have agreed to open Pakistan-China Cross Border Educational Exchange Centre so that the medical students in Pakistan and China can benefit from the experience and skills of the top-notch medical practitioners in both countries.

The management of both the institutes said they would also cooperate in medical research so as to benefit from the latest developments in the fields of science and medicine.

Second Secretary of Pakistan Embassy in China Mohammad Junaid also attended the ceremony.

Dr Cao Yun Xia said Anhui Medical University was almost completing 100 years of its existence and had a large number of teaching hospitals associated with it where advanced treatment, research and educational services were being provided.

Yasir Niazi told media that this agreement had opened a new phase in which both the countries were further cooperating from government to government, diplomatic and infrastructure cooperation to the cooperation in the fields of medical education, research and student exchange.

Published in Dawn, January 9th, 2022