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GITAM Deemed to beryllium University conducted a associated graduation ceremonial for the GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (GIMSR) and GITAM Dental College successful Visakhapatnam connected Saturday (June 20, 2026). The lawsuit saw a full of 305 graduates successfully person their degrees, including 153 from the MBBS programme, 80 from the BDS programme, 50 from the MD/MS programme, and 32 from the MDS programme. The graduating students correspond aggregate Indian States.
Addressing the passing-out graduates arsenic the main guest, eminent cardiologist and Member of Parliament (Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha) Dr. C.N. Manjunath emphasised that ethics, beardown communication, thorough carnal examinations, and cost-effective treatments are the request of the hour.
Reassuring the gathering that precocious tools similar artificial quality and instrumentality learning volition ne'er regenerate healthcare professionals, who prioritise systematic illness analysis, Dr. Manjunath lauded caller cardinal authorities payment initiatives, specified arsenic expanding aesculapian assemblage seats, establishing Ayushman Bharat generic medicine centres, removing customs duties connected 17 life-saving crab drugs, and launching the nationwide escaped HPV vaccination programme for 14-year-old girls. To fortify agrarian healthcare, helium projected that the authorities grant further marks to NEET-PG aspirants who take to service successful villages aft completing their MBBS.
Visakhapatnam MP and GITAM president M. Sribharath stated that portion cutting-edge advancements similar robotic country are transformative, they tin ne'er regenerate a skilled surgeon. He urged caller doctors to recognize the factors driving up healthcare costs and to absorption connected rebuilding nationalist spot done dedicated humanitarian service, reaffirming that GITAM Hospital remains firmly committed to offering high-quality healthcare services astatine an affordable cost.
Highlighting the institution’s world and probe milestones, GIMSR main Dr. G. Sambasiva Rao shared that the graduating MBBS batch was trained nether the precocious Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum, with a important fig of students securing prestigious ICMR Short-Term Studentship probe grants.
GITAM Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Medical Sciences) Dr. Gitanjali Bhatmanabane, Registrar Dr. D. Gunasekaran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gowthama Rao, GITAM Dental College Principal Dr. V. V. Narasimha Rao and others were present.
