The Graduation Ceremony of ESIC Medical College, Sanathnagar was held in the city today. The Union Cabinet Ministers, Shri Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Labour & Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region of India, Govt. of India and Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India, graced the occasion as the Chief Guests and congratulated the first batch of nearly 100 students who graduated as MBBS Doctors today.

Merit awards to the First Batch (2016-2017) of MBBS Graduates of the college were awarded by the Hon’ble Ministers. The students who bagged the most awards were - Dr. N. Krishna Sri (8 Gold Medals), Dr. M. Lakshmi Lasya (5 Gold Medals), Dr. Annapoorna. K (5 Gold Medals) and Dr. PVS Lalitha Sai Sri (5 Gold Medals). The Dean, ESIC Medical College, Sanathnagar, Dr. Srinivas.M, administered the oath to the graduating students.

Congratulating the young doctors graduating today, Shri Bhupender Yadav said that while rendering medical services is one of the best ways to serve society, he asked to remember their alma mater as an institution which caters to the well-being of ‘Shram Yogis’ and hence work for their upliftment. The Union Minister of Labour & Employment said that the Government is committed to the modernization of all ESIC hospitals and accordingly a new Cathlab and Nuclear medicine lab have been provided for ESIC, Hyderabad.  He further

informed that the State Government has been asked for land to construct 100 bedded hospitals at Ramagundam, Shamshabad and Sangareddy.

      The Union Minister of Labour & Employment announced that the ESIC, for the first time, would starting the courses for skilling workers for the works like paramedical jobs.  In order to address chronic shortage of manpower, in a short period of 8 months, 6400 vacancies have been advertised which include more than 2000 Doctors and Teaching faculty, he informed. Sharing that the E-Shram Portal has registered 28 crores workers, the Minister said that more portals have been introduced for monitoring of construction projects and vacancies.

Union Minister Shri Kishan Reddy, who is also the local MP expressed his happiness at the dedication of the personnel and quality of medical services the ESIC Hospital, Sanathnagar. Recollecting his previous visits to the hospital, he said that the ESIC hospital has rendered selfless service to not only to the ESIC beneficiaries but also to the general public during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earlier, the Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Rameshwar Teli conveyed his greetings to the graduating MBBS students and exorted them to realise the vision of Swasth Bharat and Atmanirbhar Bharat. 

Shri Mukhmeet S Bhatia, Director General, ESIC, Dr. Anshu Chhabra, Medical Commissioner (Medical Education) and other officials of ESIC participated in the graduation ceremony.

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