32 doctors awarded degrees

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 7

The Annual Convocation for MBBS batch-2015 and a function ‘Naman-Gratitude to COVID Warriors’ were held at DMC campus today.

Vini Mahajan, Chief Secretary of Punjab, was the chief guest on both the occasions. Sunil Kant Munjal, president, and Prem Kumar Gupta, secretary of DMCH Managing Society, Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma and Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal were the guests of honour.

Today, 32 medical graduates of batch 2015 were awarded degrees, including two medals and three trophies. The silver medal was given to Dr Dhruvika Tiwari while the gold medal was bagged by Dr Sanchi Baghla, who also got the Best All-Rounder Award.

Principal Dr Sandeep Puri read out the college report, stating various activities held in the college for the past one year and academic publications contributed by faculty members.

Dr Sandeep Kaushal administered the Hippocratic Oath to the young medicos.

Munjal and Gupta congratulated the pass-outs on becoming doctors.

Vini Mahajan motivated the students to go beyond their academic pursuits and keep their vision open to observe things around them. She advised them to be extremely humble and sincere to their parents.

Earlier, a function ‘Naman-Gratitude to COVID Warriors’ was held to thank all frontline healthcare workers, who worked hard and selflessly during the pandemic.

Dr Bishav Mohan, Medical Superintendent of Hero DMC Heart Institute, shared the journey of DMCH in fighting Covid. In his address, he said the recent times were very difficult for the society and it was due to the joint efforts of healthcare workers of various departments that the crucial situation was tackled.

He said the Punjab Government and Ludhiana District Administration played a pivotal role in dealing with the crisis.

Software launched

Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan has stated that 10 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generating plants and paediatric intensive care units (PICU) had come up in Ludhiana. She launched a software to collect data for surveillance of possible third Covid wave in the district. A similar facility is already available in Mohali and Gurdaspur.