150 female students trained as skilled medical technicians in Uthal

UTHAL: A ceremony to distribute diploma certificates was held at the Rest House Auditorium in Uthal under the supervision of the Health Department and the Lasbela Institute of Modern Science. Lasbela Division Commissioner Saira Atta was the chief guest. Deputy Commissioner Humaira Baloch and Assistant Commissioner Kanraj Kashish Chaudhry also attended. Certificates were given to the female students who had completed the diploma programme.

In a briefing, Project Coordinator Dr Muhammad Hayat Ronjho said six batches of female students from Awaran, Wadh, Gwadar, Hub and Lasbela had benefited from the programme. So far, 150 female students have been trained as skilled medical technicians. He said the institute had also planned to set up a thalassaemia centre. Its aim is to give patients better medical facilities and make health services more effective.

Congratulating the students, Commissioner Saira Atta said technical and vocational education plays an important role in empowering young people, especially women. She called the provision of diploma courses in the health sector to female students, in cooperation with the Health Department and the Lasbela Institute of Modern Science, a successful policy of the government under Chief Minister Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti. She said the administration and the Health Department would fully encourage this skills programme.

Photo: courtesy DGPR Balochistan