Tag: Medical

KARACHI - The medical colleges of the country need to incorporate research as an integral part of curriculum, Dr Zarrin S Siddiqui said on Tuesday.
Dr Siddiqui is an assistant professor in medical education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Western Australia.
In her lecture - 'Aligning research with training development of researchers' at the Dow Medical College campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences, she said research is a good

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has formally approved the new service structure of medical practitioners and para-medical staff, a spokesman of Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The spokesman said that the doctors and para-medical staff will now work in hospitals according to the new service structure and a notification in this regard will be issued soon.
He said that according to the new service structure, new Grades 1-8 have been allocated to

LAHORE - Ch M Akram Teaching and Research Hospital Raiwind Road Lahore and Surrayya Azeem Teaching Hospital have arranged a four-day free camp from March 21 where ENT, orthopaedic and eye specialists are providing free of cost services to the patients. In this occasion, the chairman Superior Group of Colleges said the group would extend better health facilities to the people.

KARACHI - The inauguration ceremony of the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Lyari was held on Wednesday. The chief guest on the occasion, enowned

Lahore - Young doctors on Tuesday brought the city traffic to a standstill when they blocked main roads afters suspending indoor and outdoor facilities at all major hospitals in protest, causing a lot of inconvenience to commuters and patients alike.
The Young Doctors' Association Punjab (YDAP) had given a strike call in 13 teaching hospitals across Punjab including all teaching hospitals across the provincial metropolis, demanding a special pay package for young doctors from the

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday sought reply from the Punjab government on a petition challenging establishment of four unrecognized medical colleges in the province.
The government was already directed to file a reply but it failed to comply with court directions.
Justice Saeed observed that almost one month had already been granted to the government but it had failed to come up with its contention on the matter. "There will be hundreds

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala District Coordination Officer Barrister Nabil Ahmad Awan got a corruption case registered against Adil Garh Basic Health Unit (BHU) In-charge Dr Muhammad Ashraf and Dispenser Muhammad Ansar for stealing trees, medicines, oxygen cylinders and medical equipment from the unit.
The action was initiated after a surprise visit of Health Sector Reforms Programme Project Director Farasat Iqbal to the BHU Adil Garh where he found embezzlement and an illegal medical

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani on Saturday approved the recommendations of the Central Selection Board for the promotion of four officers from grade 19 to grade 20. The officers promoted to grade 20 include Deputy Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali (BS-19) to Joint Executive Director (BS-20) in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Karachi, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery Dr Nasir Zaman Khan (BS-19) to Professor of Plastic Surgery (BS-20) in JPMC

LAHORE - A large number of people from Northern Lahore were given free medical treatment and facility of hepatitis B and C screening at the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical Camp on Sunday.
The medical camp organised by the Ataullah Khan Bangash Foundation at residence of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Federal Council Member and former member of the Punjab Assembly (MPA) Dr Ziaullah Khan Bangash was visited by a large number of people and party activists of the NA-123 constituency.

LAHORE - The Punjab Health Department 'tried' to overcome the financial constraint by reducing non-development expenditure, and despite financial crunch, services delivery system was not affected and special attention was being paid to provide medical facilities to the people, Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said on Tuesday.
He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Review Mission at the Civil Secretariat. Yasim Elahan

LAHORE - An urgent meeting of central executive committee (CEC) of Medical Lab Technologists Association of Pakistan (MLTAP) was called at the head office in Rawal Dam Colony, Islamabad. The meeting was presided over by central president of MLTAP Technologist Muhammad Ali Malik.
Other members of CEC of MLTAP including Azadar Gillani, Muntazir Naqvi, Tahir Naqqash, M. Arif, Raza Mohayyodin, Shahbaz Hussain in conjunction with student delegates of Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC),

LAHORE - Third international conference on medical education was inaugurated at the FJMC Thursday by President College of Physician and Surgeons Pakistan Prof Zafarullah. International delegates from UK, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore and USA are also attending the two-day gathering, planned to share with the rest of the world, the development have made in medical education in our part of world. In this connection, eight pre-conference workshops, attended by over 170 participants,

LAHORE - The Merlin is an international medical aid organsation, known for delivering emergency medical aid and reviving health services. With an experience of aid work in the 2005 earthquake-hit areas, Merlin also is providing the much needed medical assistance to people in the areas ravaged by the last July's floods.
A press statement issued here on Tuesday said Merlin has been implementing essential health services to over two million people in Kashmir, Balochistan, the

LAHORE - Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Monday issued notices for Feb 25 to secretary health and other respondents on a petition challenging opening of four medical colleges in the province. Advocate Noshab A Khan filed the petition stating that the government of Punjab inaugurated four medical colleges without fulfilling basic requirements.
He said it should have approved recognition of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for validation of

LAHORE - Establishing four new medical colleges in Punjab is part of mission of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to enable children of poor people acquire education, as their parents cannot afford expenses of million of rupees in private-sector medical colleges, Punjab Health Parliamentary Secretary Saeed Elahi said on Tuesday. He said that the decision to set-up medical colleges in the public-sector has complete support of the Punjab government and finance department and it has

lahore - In a clear violation of Supreme Court orders, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated two "fake" medical colleges on Monday, as the Health Department has yet to apply to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for their recognition, sources told Pakistan Today.
In its verdict in 2004-05, a full SC bench had declared all medical colleges not recognised by the PMDC as "fake". Sources said the Health Department had not even applied to the PMDC for the

Lahore - Parents of students have expressed their reservations against the newly proposed uniform syllabus of medical entry test for both Fsc and A-levels students by the University of Health Sciences (UHS), Pakistan Today has learnt.
The medical entry test conducted by the UHS has been marred in controversies for a past few years, as A-level students claimed they were at a losing end in a test which they claimed favoured Fsc students. Several protests have been held in previous