Aseefa Bhutto Zardari visited Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Lyari in Karachi on Monday to personally review the facilities available there and apprise herself about the requirements for further improvement in the College in the heart of Karachi’s old area Lyari.
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari visited the faculties and was briefed by the Principal Prof Anjum Rehman about the College and its needs. She intermingled with the medical students and exchanged pleasantries with them. Students were excited to see Aseefa Bhutto Zardari among them and took selfies with her.
She said that SMBB Medical College was established in the light of vision of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto for progressive, prosperous and educated Lyari where Lyari General Hospital was approved by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto herself two decades back.
She was pleased that the SMBB Medical College has been promoted to A-Category College within four years of its establishment. She was also happy to know that the first batch of 100 will be graduating from the College within next few months and exhorted them to go to their own areas, especially the areas of province having meager health facilities and serve the poor humanity.
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari also assured the students and the management of the College that she will talk to Chief Minister and Sindh Health Minister for resolution of their problems.
Earlier the Principal and other faculty members briefed Aseefa Bhutto about issues that need urgent attention of the government.
Sources said that the sanitary and other staff was seen extremely busy in cleanliness of the teaching hospital ahead of the VVIP visit and as a result, it got a presentable shape. They said the teaching hospital remains in a deplorable sanitary conditions on most of the occasions.