NMU confers degrees

The Nishtar Medical University (NMU) honoured 350 of its graduates with the degrees of Bachelor of Medical, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor and Dental Surgery (BDS) with two female doctors who received 15 and 13 gold medals respectively for their outstanding performances.

This time the convocation was held after a period of three years due to Covid-19.

As many as 33 graduates were awarded gold medals while three got best graduate awards. Dr Saba Tahir was decorated with 15 gold medals, Dr Maha Zainab received 13 gold medals and Dr Sharmeen Bashir got five gold medals.

The MBBS graduates belonged to 2019-21 sessions while BDS graduates of the Nishtar Institute of Dentistry (NID) were from 2016- 2020.

The Governor of Punjab, Chaudhary Mohammad Sarwar, was the chief guest while UHS VC Dr Javid Akram was the guest of honour.

Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Governor Chaudhary Mohammad Sarwar congratulated graduates, their parents and teachers on the historic day. He urged them to work for the ailing humanity and extend best of their capabilities for the country. He said that parents of the graduates played a vital role for triumph and achievements they had made adding that they were a lucky lot who had been chosen for saving lives of the public.

The governor paid homage to all those medical practitioners who laid down their lives in line of duty during the pandemic and appreciated nurses, paramedics' role for it.

He advised the parents to let their daughters serve in medicine after graduation revealing that only 21 percent female doctors join the profession and most of them don't continue with it after marriage.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2022.