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LUMHS, BMC Award Degrees to Over 1,700 at Joint Convocation

The gathering underscored Sindh's push to grow medical training alongside wider public care.

Overview

  • The two institutions, which held joint ceremonies Saturday in Jamshoro, awarded degrees to 1,453 undergraduates and 272 postgraduates.
  • Graduates span medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, pharmacy, nursing, biomedical engineering, and other allied fields, strengthening the health workforce across Sindh.
  • Organizers named top medalists, including Dr Dua Aijaz with four golds and Dr Maria Anwar with three, while BDS honorees Dr Ayesha Saleem and Dr Rutaba received eight and 13.
  • Sindh universities minister Muhammad Ismail Rahoo urged service to the public and noted the rise in public universities from 11 in 2008 to 27 today.
  • Vice Chancellor Ikram Din Ujjan outlined expansions, including Bilawal Medical College for Boys to balance enrollment, a Thatta institute, a services hospital, a provincewide lab network, a health FM station, an advanced dental center, and a College of Technology.