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Article: EU: HEC's video conferencing brings shoulder surgery live to students.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- December 7, 2006
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ISLAMABAD, December 06 (PPI): Students and faculty members in Pakistan witnessed live, arthroscopic shoulder surgery being conducted in USA through the video conferencing facility provided to them by the Higher Education Commission. Comments and discussion prior to the surgery were available with interactive participation from Columbia University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Hong Kong University, IIT New Delhi, University of Athens, McCormick Centre Chicago, and GDLN World Bank, Washington DC.A day earlier, in a landmark achievement, Higher Education Commission (HEC) successfully connected universities on Pakistan Education and Research Network ...