Paying glorious tributes to the founder of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, on its 29th Foundation Day, the Minister for Medical and Technical Education, R.S Chib said that prestigious Institute is a great gift of the late towering personality, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said establishing this institute was a great vision of the late personality for providing latest health facilities to the people and was realized as per aspiration of the people. Mr. Chib said till date lakhs of people have been benefited particularly poor and downtrodden and despite two decades turmoil, the Institute with its efforts provided all the necessary medical facilities to the common people, even during the last year's unrest period.
Earlier, the Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Mian Altaf Ahmed while paying rich tributes to the founder of the SKIMS, hailed the efforts of the fraternity of this Institution for proving their mettle for curing the patients at their best level.
He said the Institution has distinction of producing number of specialists, surgeons, medical and paramedical staff. He said the products of this Institution not only served the people of the State but also received laurels at national and International level.
Lauding the role played by the medical fraternity in ameliorating the sufferings of the people of the State and providing best quality medicare, he said there is scope of improvement at this front.
However, he said , the common people ,particularly those who are not economically strong to go out side the State for necessary treatment have a great expectations from this Institution and added the Government is also making every effort to equip the Institution with latest medical tools and infrastructural facilities.
Later, Professor Upender Koul, Dean Fortis Escorts, Delhi delivered SK oration lecture and talked about interventional cardiology of eluting vanishing stents, a journey of five decades.
Earlier, the Director SKIMS Dr Showket Ahmed Zargar highlighted the achievements of the Institution.
He said that SKIMS University is also imparting short term/elective training courses to the students of Jammu and Kashmir pursuing medical/engineering/physiotherapy/technology courses in the Institutions/universities within or outside the State.
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