KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) recently expressed its concern over the practice of taking unconstitutional decisions by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC). We reiterate to run the affairs of the PMDC according to its constitution. Secretary-General, Pakistan Medical Association, Dr S M Qaisar Sajjad, in his statement said that the PMA is…
KARACHI: “As you know, the financial situation of the country is bad, so there will be cuts in universities’ funding too. Many universities will not be able to sustain themselves because they have no other sources of funding, and they depend totally on the government. All universities in the world have to develop methods to…
Press Release Healthcare in low- and middle-income countries is poorly prepared for the increasing number of people with high blood pressure, with more than two-thirds of people affected going without treatment – a new study reveals. Researchers studied health data for one million people in the Global South, discovering that less than half of those…
Islamabad : The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Admission Board has announced one single date i.e. August 25, 2019, for the holding of the MDCAT entry test across Pakistan for admission to all medical and dental colleges. For the first time, the MDCAT entry test will take place the same date across Pakistan, including provinces…
KARACHI- The book launch of a Poetry Book by a student of Dow International Medical College (DIMC) will be held on July 15th, 2019, at Arag Auditorium, DIMC. The ceremony will be graced by the Vice Chancellor of Dow University of Health Sciences Prof Dr Mohammed Saeed Quraishy. The English Poetry Book “GRAVITY OF EMOTIONS”…
KARACHI: The Federal Government has been planning to hand over the administrative control of three Karachi hospitals to the Sindh Government again, owing to its ongoing financial crises. The Federal Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Control (MoNHSRC), took administrative control of three major Karachi hospitals including the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National…
KARACHI: The Anti-Quackery Directorate of the Sindh Health Care Commission has organized a second task force committee meeting where experts discussed various areas of healthcare. The task force committee meeting was attended by representatives of the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC), Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC), National Council for Homeopathy (NCH), and Pharmacy Council of…
KARACHI: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) organized two batches of the student volunteer program during the current summer vacation of educational institutions in which students participated in voluntary community service at the SIUT. The first summer batch, i.e. Batch 52 was held from 17th to 22nd June and the second from 24th…
KARACHI- Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), one of the prominent universities for medical education in the country, has signed a tripart MoU on promoting and operating eDoctor program and its trained lady doctors. The MoU agreement was signed between the NGO Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) by Dr Sheikh Tanveer; DUHS Registrar Prof…
Islamabad- Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to initiate annual categorization of all public and private medical and dental colleges of Pakistan, based on quality. According to an official of PMDC, all medical and dental colleges will be ranked into five categories from A+ to D on the basis of their performance indicators,…
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