Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar today said the annual day of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura was a day of commemoration, celebration, thanksgiving and patting each other for the creation of such an institute which has played a tremendous role in filling critical healthcare gaps in the State.
K Vijay Kumar said this while speaking at the 36th Foundation Day of SKIMS Soura at SKICC here today. He was the Chief Guest on the occasion, while as Advisor to the Governor, B.B Vyas and Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma were guests of honor. Member Parliament, Dr Farooq Abdullah was also present on the occasion.
The Advisors were flanked by Director, SKIMS, Dr Omar Javed Shah, Principal, SKIMS Medical College, Srinagar, Prof Riyaz A Untoo, senior doctors including Dr Shariq Masoodi, Dr Raffit Hassan, Dr Fazzal Qadir Parray on the podium.
Advisor to the Governor, K Vijay Kumar recalled the contribution of SKIMS founder and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah.
"My first interaction with Sheikh Sahab was when I visited guest house in Tamil Naidu, where he had come for vacations," Kumar recalled. "It was overwhelming to see how he would talk about his vision for the State."
Kumar lauded the SKIMS authorities for their immense contribution in the field of medicine and healthcare in the State. "I have been associated with SKIMS since 1997. I used to come to SKIMS to look after the patients-who were the victims of the situation," he said. "You took equal care of all. That's where humanity in doctors comes in. There is nothing that counts. You are in a noble service and I am extremely delighted that I am closely working with the medical fraternity of Jammu and Kashmir." On technology and medicine, Kumar said that the new inventions and techno-inputs were creating wonders in the field of medicine across the world.
Later Kumar along with other Advisors e-inaugurated various key projects of SKIMS which included Burn Ward, OPD Block, Library, Staff road and Gastroen-terology lab etc. He also released SKIMS Annual Report, 2018 and SKIMS Insight Magazine and Disaster manual.
The foundation stone was laid in 1978 and SKIMS was officially commissioned on December 5th, 1982. Since then SKIMS has gone beyond delivering the state of art health care in producing skilled manpower including doctors, paramedics and technicians. |
