Speech by Mr Firoz Rasul, President Aga Khan University at PGME Graduation Ceremony

Bismillah-ir-rahman-ir-rahim
Chief Guest, Professor Bo Lindblad of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Professor Emeritus at AKU
Chairman of AKU’s Board of Trustees – Ambassador Saidullah Khan Dehlavi and Mrs. Dehlavi
Trustees
Provost – Dr. William Doe
Dean of the Medical College – Dr. Farhat Abbas
Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education – Dr. Mumtaz Khan
Graduates, Proud Parents, and Distinguished Guests
Faculty and Staff [...]

Aga Khan University held its 15 th Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Graduation Ceremony

Aga Khan University (AKU) held its 15 th Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) graduation ceremony on November 7, 2009 at the Stadium Road campus, Karachi, Pakistan. The 146 graduates – 65 interns, 68 residents and 13 fellows – were from as diverse fields of specialisation as cardiothoracic surgery, emergency medicine, neonatal paediatrics, neurosurgery and psychiatry among [...]

Canadian Government honours FOCUS and the Ismaili Council for Canada

Each year, millions of people around the world are forced to flee their homelands to escape persecution, war or severe human rights abuses. Often, these people are permanently displaced and are never able to return home. Following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the subsequent civil war, millions of people sought refuge in [...]

Aga Khan Hospital, NHIF conduct free breast cancer screening

NATIONAL Health Insurance Fund in collaboration with the Aga Khan Hospital today conducted a free breast cancer screening and awareness campaign in Dar es Salaam, amid reports that the spread of the disease had now reached an alarming stage. Various studies have revealed a persistent high prevalence of breast cancer among Tanzania women, especially those breast [...]