Dr Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Public Health and the Professor Farhat Abbas, Dean of Aga Khan University Medical College at a PGME Graduation Ceremony on Saturday awarded the certificates of specialization to the six doctors.
“As a minister I appeal to you to now put your expertise to practice to benefit those who need it here in Afghanistan, including the poor. Also, I ask you to enable junior staff to benefit from your advanced knowledge and practices by guiding them on the job every day,” said Feroz.
He said Afghanistan has just 2 doctors for every 10,000 people and a serious shortage of medical specialists, therefore, we support initiatives that can help us increase the number of medical and surgical specialists in the country and appreciate the assistance provided by the Aga Khan University for this programme.
Meanwhile, Nurjehan Mawani, the representative of Aga Khan Development Network in Afghanistan thanked the Ministry of Public Health for its ongoing support and collaboration and said, the six graduates are from different provinces of the country like, Logar, Wardak, Nimroz, Laghman and Kunduz, “so this is not a Kabul-centric program,” she added.
FMIC began providing advanced education to doctors in April 2012 and currently 49 doctors, including five women, are receiving training at the institute. The program is a way of building and strengthening the local healthcare system. Besides clinical training in Kabul, residents had to go through a three-month rotation at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, with exposure to advanced techniques and complex cases with multiple complications.
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