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UN condemns Taliban ban on women from pursuing medical education

December 6, 2024 by Abid Khan

UNITED NATIONS: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned a new ban imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan preventing women and girls from attending private medical institutions, warning that it will have devastating consequences for healthcare – especially the future availability of midwives and nurses. Thursday’s Taliban action removed the last remaining opportunity for … Read more

PMDC allows Gaza medical students to continue studies in Pakistan

July 3, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has permitted medical/dental students from Gaza to complete their studies in Pakistan.

This Council decision enables Gaza students to continue their medical education in Pakistan on humanitarian grounds, ensuring that their studies are not interrupted due to the challenging circumstances in their home country.

The PMDC Council in its recent meeting made this decision on the request of Pakistani High Commissioner in London to adjust the students of Gaza in Pakistan keeping in mind the current scenario so that opportunity could be provided to form a stable and resourceful environment for Gaza students to pursue their medical degrees and contribute to the healthcare sector in Gaza.

The Council although didn’t have any specific provision of clinical rotation of foreign students in Pakistan under the PMDC law / regulations. However, on the request of the high commission the matter was placed before the Council.

The High Commission proposed that the students will be coming in batches of 20-30, with an expected number of 100 students and upon completion of their clinical placement in Pakistan, these students will graduate from universities of Gaza for clinical rotations in Pakistani medical colleges and attached teaching hospitals in the public sector, as a special case.

A Committee is to be constituted headed by President PMDC and council members, including the representatives of MOFA and NHSR&C to smoothly execute induction of these students into Pakistani medical education system in the corresponding years.

While talking to the President PMDC he explained that it was the need of hour and the Council wanted to help in this hour of need. Gaza students will have the opportunity to learn in a well-equipped environment, which might be lacking in Gaza due to ongoing conflicts and resource constraints.

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Students to require PMDC’s NOC for going abroad

May 28, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to make the No Objection Certificate (NOC) requirement mandatory for those wishing to pursue medical education abroad.

For 2024 session students have to get NOC from PMDC. Officials say that every year, 3,000 students from Pakistan go abroad for medical education, of which 30 percent are women.

“There is no consumption of such students in Pakistan, most Pakistani students go to China for medical education, Central Asian states and Afghanistan are the second and third favorite countries for students”.

According to officials, more steps are being taken to protect Pakistani students from substandard international universities.

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PM forms high level committee for medical education

May 23, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif formed a 25-member committee to solve the problems of medical education in the country.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar as the convener of the Medical Education Committee. Other members of the committee include Prime Minister Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Health Affairs Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmed and MNA Nafisa Shah, and other relevant officers. The vice chancellors of universities are also part of committee.

The committee will review the quality of public and private medical colleges and universities, consider the situation of medical colleges and the challenges they are facing and then make their suggestions regarding the solutions to the problems of medical colleges.

The committee members will review the shortage of admission seats in public and private medical colleges and universities, consider the gap between demand and supply of medical education and prepare an action plan related to medical education.

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PMA demanded to make PMDC an independent body

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 by Abid Khan

An urgent meeting of the PMA was held at PMA House Karachi.
The meeting was chaired by President PMA Centre through a video link.
PMDC should be made a powerful body to regulate medical education.

KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) demanded to the federal government make Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) an autonomous, democratic, transparent and independent body for the improvement of medical education to produce competent doctors in the country and improve the healthcare delivery system.

An urgent meeting of the PMA was held in Karachi to discuss the issues of the re-established Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC).

The meeting was presided over through a video link by Dr. Hameed Ullah Khan, Hon. President PMA Centre. The meeting was attended by Dr Abdul Ghafoor Shoro, Hon. Secretary General PMA Centre, Dr Muhammad Shahid Shamim, Hon. Treasurer PMA Centre, Dr Syed Tipu Sultan, Former President PMA Centre, Dr Mirza Ali Azhar, Ex-President PMA Sindh, Dr Sonia Naqvi, President PMA Karachi, Dr Altaf Khatri, Joint Secretary PMA Karachi, Dr Ismail Memon, Dr Abdul Rehman, Dr. Hamid Manzoor and other senior members of PMA.

The meeting mulled over the situation arising after PMDC Bill was approved by the Senate recently and stressed upon the government to make PMDC a powerful body to regulate medical education in the country without any political interference.

The participants of the meeting believe that only an independent and powerful body can raise the standards of medical education in the country according to international standards. The deteriorating standards of our medical education are just the result of political interference.

The participants of the meeting were of the view that government should change the policy of having a controlled regulatory body. PMDC should be formed with a democratic spirit and elected representation should be given to all stakeholders through the electoral process.

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Punjab Govt increased 27 % budget in health sector

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by Atta Ur Rehman Khan

Lahore: Punjab Government has has increased twenty-seven percent budget of health. Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar said that his government has increased the 27 % budget in the health sector. According to the details, He was chairing a meeting on today (Friday) to review performance of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department and ongoing … Read more

Provincial Development Working Party approved development schemes

November 14, 2019 by Atta Ur Rehman Khan

The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party approved three development schemes of Agriculture Sector, Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education (SHC&ME) and Irrigation Sector with an estimated cost of Rs. 10808.375 million. These schemes were approved in the 25th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of current fiscal year 2019-20 presided over the Chairman P&D Board … Read more

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