Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences Concludes First Convocation
For the first time, Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences has graduated 43 students who have completed their postgraduate studies. The first batch of 17 and the second batch of 26 students from the Postgraduate Medical Science Faculty (Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, MD/MS) have graduated.
The academy was established on January 26, 2016, to provide accessible, affordable, and quality health services to patients and produce skilled manpower in the field of health sciences, according to Vice-Chancellor Duk Bahadur Kshetri.
The academy offers MD/MS, MBBS, and nursing programs (BNS and BSc Nursing).
For the postgraduate MD/MS program, 17 seats were allocated across six departments, and teaching began. A total of 91 students are enrolled in various departments for doctoral studies.
At the undergraduate level, 171 students are studying. The 43 students graduating from the first and second batches were conferred degrees by Professor Magnus Westgren from the world-renowned Karolinska Institute and Chancellor and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
From the first batch, Arvind Kumar Shah in Orthopedics and Ashish Sapkota in General Surgery from the second batch were declared the best and received the VC Medal.
Following the government's policy of running MBBS programs at the management level in every province, the academy received 50 seats this year, and regular classes have been regulated since January 9.
A total of 188 professors worked at the academy in all disciplines for teaching disciplines to the students; Prime Minister and Chancellor Oli stated that it is wrong to say that the situation has not changed despite the change in the system, as the country has made significant progress in many areas. He claimed that the government is working seriously in health and education.
Health and Population Minister Pradeep Paudel stated that the main challenge now is retaining skilled manpower in the country and urged them to serve here. He mentioned that the biggest problem in health services is the migration of doctors. Minister Paudel requested suggestions on how to retain them through policies and programs.
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