KABUL (TOLOnews): The head of the National Examination Authority, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said that it is now time to revive Afghanistan’s self-sufficiency and excellence in the education field.
Speaking at an event honoring Dr. Bismillah Shiwamal, an Afghan physician who was awarded the prestigious “Leonardo Schwalbe Medal,” Abdul Baqi Haqqani said that the country’s educational and academic sectors have been severely damaged by recent wars.
The head of the National Examination Authority, said: “We have opportunities to restore history to its original state, to use our efforts and bring this devastated Afghanistan to self-sufficiency.”
Bismillah Shiwamal, the Afghan doctor, said that with tireless efforts, he has managed to receive this medal.
He called on the youth and medical staff to work for Afghanistan and not to bow down in the face of challenges.
Bismillah Shiwamal told TOLOnews: “We have had tough days at the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital. To the young generation, I say becoming a surgeon, becoming a doctor is not an easy job. Strive for your dreams.”
A number of doctors and officials of the Islamic Emirate, who have gathered to honor Bismillah Shiwamal, winner of the German Leonardo Schwalbe Medal, said that this honor is not only for Shiwamal but is a major achievement in the country’s medical sector.
“We can continue our political and military independence and stand on our feet when we have scientific independence, health independence, cultural independence, and national independence and are not dependent on neighboring countries; otherwise, they will take our patients as hostages,” said Abdul Waheed Siddiqi, a doctor.
“The teacher (Shiwamal) went beyond this award and always worked hard for humanity and for their community to deserve this award,” said Ishaq Jawad, Another doctor.
Another group of these doctors said that support should be provided for Afghan cadres to help Afghanistan achieve self-sufficiency in the health sector as well.
“In the past two years, we have been more upset because the female class could not continue their education and engage properly in the medical profession,” said Samea Hisham, a gastrointestinal surgeon at the Ali Abad Teaching Hospital.
“Help our nation so that this balance that exists in society can be conducive to services for both girls and boys,” said Esmatullah Sajad, the head of the Afghanistan Health Workers & Institutions Union.
Bismillah Shiwamal, born in 1954, is now 68 years old. He is among the Afghan doctors in the surgery sector who has for the first time won the prestigious “High Medal of Leonardo Schwalbe Germany” awarded by the German Society of Surgery.
