KEMU to provide banking facility to students

Lahore, The King Edward Medical University is intended to provide banking facility to its students and employees within its campus.

A senior admin official said the Habib Bank Ltd had offered the highest rent for opening a collection centre along with an ATM on the varsity premises.

He said this step would help to provide banking services to 4,000 students and 1,000 employees.

According to terms and conditions, the bank would provide free services to students, employees of KEMU/allied hospitals and the general public in respect of payment of dues to the university. An ATM would be installed on university premises preferably at the collection centre.

More ATMs may be installed if so required.

King Edward Medical University was established in 1860. It is one of the oldest medical institutions in the South Asia, after Medical College Kolkata (1835) in India. Initially it was known as Lahore Medical College in 1886. Both the college and the attached hospital (Lahore Dispensary) were small compared to the current size.

The first academic building was completed in 1883. The university and the attached hospital was built piece by piece by the funding and efforts of several dedicated people in the coming years.

In December 21, 1911, Lahore Medical College was rechristened King Edward Medical College, and was updated to the status of an independent, degree-granting university on May 12, 2005.

The main objective of KEMU is to serve the health care needs of Pakistan by educating health care practitioners to the highest international standards and stimulating innovation through research.

The varsity aims to follow the century-old traditions of the College which preceded the University by conducting its work and teaching to the highest international standards and preparing itself to responsibly address the key challenges faced by the society in the coming decades.