Bangalore:
India’s Missile Man, former president APJ Abdul Kalam has some advice for the healthcare sector. He wants the entire sector to integrate itself so as to evolve a specialized healthcare system. “Medical colleges normally deal with diagnosis and treatment of diseases only when the patient is ill. I feel the university has to specialize in integrated healthcare system. Every doctor, every dentist, nurse, pharmacist, traditional practitioner , paramedical staff has to be equipped with knowledge of the integrated medicare system. RGUHS should consider this and transform the syllabus accordingly,” Kalam said in his speech at the 14th convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences here.
Regarding medical education, Kalam said in a competitive environment, the focus should be research and teaching. “Institutions should promote research and teaching. Good teaching emanates from research. The teacher’s love for research and experience in research are vital for the growth of an institution. A university is judged by the level of research work it accomplishes. This sets in a regenerative cycle of excellence,” Kalam added.
Dr C N Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, and retired DIG H F Naicker, a yoga expert , were awarded ‘Doctor of Science’ honorary degrees. The function was attended by governor H R Bhardwaj, who is also Chancellor of Universities, and 82 medals were given to students who excelled in medicine, dental science, pharmacy , nursing and Ayush.
Toppertalk
They were all smiles. Their hard work has finally paid dividends, and they had the honour of receiving medals from former President APJ Abdul Kalam. Toppers Dr Vishwanath K Pai and Dr M Joshi Arun Bharat had some commonalities: both studied in Mangalore and both secured eight gold medals each. While Pai studied medicine at AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Gujaratbased Bharat studied dental science at AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences.
“I want to do MD in medicine,” said Pai, acknowledging the support of his family members and faculty. Bharat wants to do an MDS in periodontics.
Dr Pooja Prakash Prabhu has the distinction of getting four gold medals, the highest in female category. A student of JSS Medical College, Pooja hails from Mangalore. While crediting her success to her parents, both doctors, Pooja wants to study MD (Paediatrics).
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