Governor of Sindh, Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has urged academicians of the country to contribute towards provision of quality education in the country. Inaugurating the Dow International Medical College and Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of DUHS Staff Colony at the Ojha campus of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), he said a strong criterian and standard of education is prerequisite for national development.
Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad expressed his satisfaction for inauguration of the building of which he had laid the foundation stone. “I am sure that equal attention is being paid towards quality infrastructure and quality of education as well as skills imparted to the medical students,” he commented.
Sindh Governor appreciated that DUHS had in a short span of time made many innovations with Dow International Medical College (DIMC) as one of the most exquisite and significant addition to the spectrum of Dow University Of Health Sciences components.
Appreciating the faculty and facilities at DIMC, he said that the education standard of it would be equally good.
Dr. Sagheer Ahmed, Health Minister Sindh speaking as a Guest of Honour said that the establishment of Dow International Medical College has met the old demand of overseas Pakistani, who faces great difficulties for their children to have admissions in medical institutions aboard.
He said that availability of the most modern equipment in various labs of Dow International Medical College proved that Dow International Medical College is the institution of international standard. He congratulated Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor DUHS and his team in bringing up the university at a present prestigious position.
Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, Dow University of Health Sciences in his welcome address said that the idea of having separate medical college for overseas students conceived due to the basic fact that Pakistani settled abroad face great hardship to enter in any medical institutions of USA despite high merit.
DUHS will soon launch Executive Chekup for the screening of any possible disease by which low income group will also get benefit.
Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed, Director, Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases said that approximately 0.3 million patients attend Ojha chest clinics every year, more than 2000 complicated difficult patients are admitted and about 800 of them are provided surgical interventions. This institute is acknowledged as centre of excellence in the field of tuberculosis by Global TB unit WHO Geneva and SAARC Tuberculosis centre. Katmandu, Nepal and is also now recognized by college of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) for FCPS (Pulmonology).
At present about 70% doctors serving at district hospitals in TB-DOTS program and chest units have been trained at this institute. Short course chemotherapy of TB was also started from here only. Similarly DOTS strategy has been also implemented from 1995-as a pilot project of National TB Control Program (NTP) even before TB was declared as National emergency.
Dr. Zeenat Ayoob, Dean of Dow International Medical College said that highly educated faculty is being hired in DIMC so as to keep its educational standard at par with the any other reputable educational institution.