Sustain progress and knowledge, medicos told
LUCKNOW: The mood was upbeat on King George’s Medical University campus on the 111th foundation day of the varsity on Monday, as nearly 200 medals / certificates were given away to the students and faculty for their outstanding performance during the year.
“Remember, if you have blessings of three people, your teacher, elderly and poor, nothing will stop you in life,” said dean (dental) Prof AP Tikku, while addressing the medal winners at the scientific convention centre.
Keeping a tab on the advances would always help the medicos achieve targets and they should always keep in mind their goals and ambitions, was the advice of Prof OP Singh, former pro-vice chancellor and former HoD, orthopaedic surgery department at KGMU. Prof Singh said that the new phase of life would bring many changes but one should sustain progress and knowledge.
In all, 147 students got medals/ prizes for their outstanding performance while Shashi Prabha Singh won the distinguished sister award for her work in the ward. Dr Sandeep Tiwari was honoured along with Dr Vinod Jain for work during the Nepal earthquake. The other teachers who were honoured included Dr SP Jaiswar, Prof AK Srivastava and Dr Anand Mishra. A book ‘Vascular Access’, authored by Dr GP Singh of anaesthesia department, Dr Haider Abbas and Dr BB Kushwaha was also released during the function.
Addressing the gathering, guest of honour Prof Dhavendra Kumar, from University of Cardiff, said that the future of study in genomics was bright. Chief guest Prof Alok Dhavan, director IITR, shared his experiences with the medal winners. Citing advances in medical science technology, he said that now apps could get one medicine from local medical stores soon after a doctor wrote a prescription on the app. Such an app was in use in the US, he said.
Notably, KGMU and IITR are working on a project to study health impact of air pollution in Lucknow.