Pics: Ramesh Pandith
With Additional Pics by Spoorthi Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Mar 19: A splendid ceremony marked the ninth graduation ceremony and annual day celebration of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, held at the College auditorium here on Saturday March 19.
The event was inaugurated by medical education minister Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil (S R Patil).
Addressing the gathering, S R Patil said, "All students go through hard work and difficulties in order to complete their graduation. This profession is unique. This profession itself is a service to mankind.
"Days ahead are not so easy for medical graduates as most of them aspire for postgraduation and face tougher exams. We should always remember that this profession is a responsibility. Medical profession is the most respected profession. Patients will look up to you as saviours. And society gives lot of respect to doctors. We owe a lot to the society as well," he added.
"To be successful in life, you need to have knowledge, communication skills and compassion for patients. Treat your patients with utmost care. We should always keep in mind that money should never come in the way of treating patients. The satisfaction which you get after you treat a patient successfully cannot be compared to money. We should remember that we have a commitment towards society," he said.
"We should salute our forefathers for opening up higher education. With private and government institutions, we have good atmosphere for higher education in state in comparison to facilities available in the northern parts of country.
"We need more doctors to serve the ever increasing population of the country. As doctors, we need to give ourselves in service of rural areas at least for one-and-a-half years. This should be our commitment. I am trying to bring better transparency in the conduct of the whole department and trying to bring more postgraduation seats and also undergraduate seats in the state. We are opening six government medical colleges. We have already set up three medical colleges and three more will be established soon. CM Siddaramaiah has also announced setting up of one more medical college in Bengaluru city. We are trying to give more emphasize to providing quality education to our children. We are creating government super-speciality hospitals to cater to the poor of the state. Be compassionate to poor and serve the rural parts of the country," he urged.
On this occasion, 78 graduate students from the batch of 2010 and 58 postgraduates of 2012 batch received their degree certificates from the minister and other dignitaries.
AJ Shetty, president of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre felicitated the minister on the occasion.
Padmashree Dr VP Gangadharan, oncologist from Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Kerala was the guest of honour.
Prashanth Shetty, vice-president of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Dr Ramesh Pai, dean of AJIMS, Dr Prashanth Marla, medical director of the Institute was present on the occasion.
Dr Supriya Kamath and Dr Shilpa compered and Dr Sudhir Hegde welcomed the gathering.