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3rd annual Hamdard symposium from today

KARACHI: The third annual Hamdard symposium will commence at a local hotel here on Friday (March 10).

The theme of the three-day moot is: "Healthcare in the 2nd Millennium", a Hamdard University announcement said on Thursday.

It stated that the US Consul General in Karachi, John Bennett, will perform the inauguration.

Leading doctors and healthcare specialists will address the symposium and present papers.

Chancellor and vice-chancellor of Hamdard University, Justice Ajmal Mian (Retd) and Prof. Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, and president of Hamdard Foundation, Ms. Sadia Rashid, will also speak.

As many as 72 papers on various aspects of healthcare will be presented during the symposium. APP