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Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran of East Java have agreed to implement cooperation in education, especially in sending and training of lecturers and laboratory staff, also in implementing KKN PPM jointly.

Faculty of Medicine UGM again inaugurated 18 new foreign doctors on Wednesday (23/12) in the Auditorium of the Faculty. Eight male doctors and ten female doctors who are newly inaugurated come from Malaysia. Their average of study period is 5 years and 5 months with average GPA of 3.02. The best graduate is Syafura binti Ibrahim from Selangor with GPA of 3.50. Up to now, the Faculty has inaugurated 6,957 doctors.

As a follow up to the cooperation with PT. Garuda Indonesia in 2008, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held socialization of special price ticketing by PT. Garuda for lecturers and academic staff of UGM and their family. The socialization was followed by lecturers and academic staff of UGM in Multimedia Room, UGM Main Office, Tuesday (22/12).

In this cooperation, PT Garuda Indonesia applies net corporate fare ticketing for domestic and international flights. In addition, ticket booking and issuance are also regulated.

Lecturer of Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Dr. dr. P. Sudiharto Sp.BA, one of the two recipients of the Hamengku Buwono IX Award 2009, is the inventor of therapy device for patients of hydrocephalus. This was named semilunar valve bypass system.

The device that was just patented in September 2009 has been developed since 1978 and it has now been installed for 7000 patients who have got hydrocephalus due to various reasons. They are also diverse in age, from 11 day infants to adult aged 65 years old.