Prof. Dr. Shehata Ghareeb Shalkami, Vice President of Assiut University for Education and Students Affairs, stressed on the keenness of the University to carry out its developmental and societal role in all fields, especially in the medical sector, namely, university hospitals, which is the largest medical system in Egypt, and which enjoys a distinguished position and capacity among university hospitals all over the Republic. This came during his participation in the opening of the proceedings of the second scientific conference, entitiled "The latest recommendations in the global diseases of the digestive system and liver," which was held by the Department of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases at the Police Hospital in Assiut in conjunction with the Egyptian Society for the study of the diseases of the liver and digestive system as well as Upper Egypt Institution for the digestive system, liver and binoculars.