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2020 BATCH OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE COURSES INAUGURATED
Feb 3, 2021
The 2020
batch of the Allied Health Science courses under the Father Muller Medical College
of Allied Health Sciences was inaugurated with a formal function at the Father
Muller Convention Centre on 2nd February 2021.
Dr Antony
Sylvan D'souza, Dean, Father Muller College of Allied Health Sciences,
welcomed the gathering and enlightened the minds of the freshmen about the important
role of the allied health sciences in helping the doctor in treating patients,
being the right hand of the doctor. He felt proud that the allied health
sciences intake has outnumbered the M.B.B.S. intake with around 183 students
enrolling for the various courses offered at the institution. He wished the
parents and students a bright future and welcomed them into the Father Muller
fold.
The Chief
Guest for the day Dr Gangadhara Somayaji K R, Registrar, Yenepoya Deemed to be
University, Derlakatte was aptly chosen by the management for the inaugural as he
is an academician par excellence and has a sound research background with
numerous publications. In his lecture, he appreciated the students for their
right choice because father muller college of allied health sciences provide
best teachers, skill-based learning and clinical practice. He emphasized nowadays we require not only
medical professionals for the overall benefit of the patient but we need the
help of allied health professionals. There is a need for passion to work in the
health care sector as a professional and he mentioned allied health
professional having much more demand compared to medical professionals and
wished them all the best.
The
presidential address was delivered by Rev. Fr Richard A. Coelho, Director, Father Muller Charitable Institutions. Welcoming the
freshmen and their families he mentioned the right choice that they have made
by opting for this premier institution which has a legacy of 140 years in the
health care sector. Being a Catholic institution under the Mangalore Diocese,
its main aim is to serve humanity with compassion.
God the
life-giver and the supreme healer is the source of all healing, we being mere
instruments of His.
Healthcare
is an industry that needs to be run on service rather than on revenue
generation. Patients are the stakeholders in the healthcare industry and need
to be treated with utmost dignity and ethics. The Father Muller family in
itself upholds and practices moral values and ethics in everyday service to the
needy.
He advised
students that how to handle the problems properly, means taking help from
teachers, counselor and mentor, then you will succeed. He emphasized that when
you have passion for a subject you will put effort to study. In private sector
Father Muller Charitable Institution is the first one to start a nursing
school, nursing college and mental health department. Direct mentioned that
chief guest's talk he appreciated his teaches, the foundation that had given by
them. Director emphasized that plenty of opportunities are waiting for you.
Before your result will be out you will have a job in your hand. He blest the freshmen
and hoped that they utilize the resources available at Father Muller's to build
a sound mind and sound body.
The vote of
thanks was rendered by Mrs. Avita Acquilla Lobo, Lecturer, Department of Microbiology.
The
dignitaries present were, Rev. Fr Rudolph Ravi D'Sa, Administrator, Father
Muller Medical College Hospital, Rev. Fr Ajith Menezes, Administrator, Father Muller
Medical College and Father Muller College of Allied Health Sciences, Dr.
Jayaprakash Alva, Dean, FMMC and Foundation Course Developer for the Allied
Health Sciences, Rev.Fr Nelson Pais, Assistant Administrator, FMMCH.
