LAHORE: A Postgraduate Resident Convention regarding the Postgraduate Induction Policy was held at University of Health Sciences. The convention was arranged by Central Induction Policy (CIP) Committee and attended by all residents of postgraduate programmes including MD, MS, MDS and FCPS. Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education Secretary Najam Ahmed Shah also participated in the convention.
The proceeding of the meeting was continuing in a pleasant manner until some doctors belonging to YDA started making trouble and raised slogans against the Health secretary.
The Vice Chancellor Aamir Zaman and senior professors faced the situation and foiled the designs of the hooligan group. The majority of residents participating in the convention displayed disassociation with those trying to disrupt the situation and took part in the proceeding of the convention.
Health Secretary Najam Shah said that the Online Postgraduate Induction Policy has replaced corruption and nepotism with merit and transparency which is resulting in the improvement of medical education. The CIP committee and the secretary responded to the questions of postgraduate trainee doctors and addressed reservations of PG doctors.
The secretary said that Punjab Residency Program (PRP) is being implemented successfully; however direct feedback from the students with regard to their induction and training was important. He directed induction committee to develop a system for this purpose. Later, he held informal talk with the trainee doctors and listened to their problems.