Jinnah Medical and Dental College (JMDC) was to organize the annual arts competition and students participated with full enthusiasm but due to COVID-19 it was postponed. 1-March-2020
Students of Sohail University attended music classes for annual music competition that was going to be held on mid-march but due to COVID-19 it was postponed.
Program on “Introduction of Typhoid conjugate vaccine”
Jinnah Medical & Dental College / Sohail University, Department of Pediatrics, in collaboration with EPI, Govt. of Sindh, organized a program on 12th March 2020 on “Introduction of Typhoid conjugate vaccine”. Professor S.M. Inkisar Ali coordinator while Asst. Prof. Dr. Uzma Arshad, Department of Pediatrics, was the moderator of the program. A large number of the audience included doctors, senior nursing & paramedic staff attended the program. 12-March-2020
The common flu kills 60 times more people annually than Coronavirus, only 2% of cases have reported deaths was said by Dr. Rizwan Ali in a workshop on Coronavirus (Covid-19) which was held on 11th March 2020. Professor, Dr. Ajeet Kumar & Dr. Rizwan Qurban Ali Khawaja, Department of Medicine, were the speaker of the event who provided valuable information on COVID-19. Large number of Doctors, Medical students, Nursing Department and Medicare staff attended the workshop. While receiving Q&A’s from audience about precautionary measures, Dr. Ajeet said, people should wash hand with soap for at least 20 seconds and sneezing into flexed elbow is the best practice. Furthermore he added that only 2% of cases have reported death and most of these deaths were associated with weaker immune system. 11-March-2020
Sohail University congratulates and recognizes the work of Dr. Shaista Emad, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, for the supervision & MBBS Batch 19 students; Faiza Nasir, Ayesha Akhlaq, Syed Raheel Pasha & Muhammad Jahanzaib Noor for the publishing of their undergraduate research in “The Pakistan journal of Medicine & Dentistry” (HEC/PMC Recognized) This is the first study reported in Pakistan of its kind on “Volunteering Activity as A Source of Life Satisfaction among Medical and Dental Students of Karachi, Pakistan” Sohail University also honors students of Batch -19 presenting their research work in the “8th International Conference on Endorsing Health Science Research” organized by Dow University of Health Sciences on 14th March 2020 and received the certificate.
