Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

To initiate joint
research projects in
order to facilitate
k n o w l e d g e
generation and
sharing it with the
COMSATS’ member
countries, in general,
and Department of
Meteorology of
COMSATS Institute
of Information
Technology (CIIT), in particular; and
To annually develop joint action plans with mutual consent that will define the
responsibilities, time-line and financial arrangements of the agreed activities.
To offer five post-graduate/post-doctoral scholarships at ICCES for students
from COMSATS’ member countries. ICCES agreed to waive off tuition fee and
provide free accommodation to students who qualify the Chinese admissioncriteria,
while COMSATS would cover their travel expenses (economy class).
Jabir Bin Hayyan Trust (JBHT), Pakistan
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COMSATS signed an MoU with Jabir Bin Hayyan Trust (JBHT), in Islamabad, on 28
May 2010, to provide tele-health services in Skardu. The Executive Director
COMSATS and the Managing Trustee JBHT, Sheikh Muhsin Ali Najafi, signed the
memorandum to formalize the cooperative arrangements.
By virtue of this agreement, JBHT, which had taken over the operational management
of Abdullah Hospital in Skardu, is to facilitate COMSATS in continuing the tele-health
services for the marginalized communities of Skardu district and the surrounding
areas by providing medical facilities and paramedic staff.
The parties also agreed to jointly organize periodic medical camps in Skardu,
whereby COMSATS will engage specialist doctors and bear the travel expenses
involved, while JBHT will make arrangements for organizing the medical camps and
providing the local hospitality to the specialists.
Since 2005, COMSATS has been providing tele-health services in the area through a
Tele-health Resource Centre established at its Headquarters in Islamabad. Specialist
consultation was provided in the fields of dermatology, gastroenterology, cardiology
and general medicine using Internet-based live-consultations, as well as store-and-
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