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KEMU King Edward Medical University to have first private diagnostic lab

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:02 +0000

LAHORE:
King Edward Medical University (KEMU) is to develop a new diagnostic laboratory on Jail Road that will become the first lab attached to a public medical school in the province that also works on a private basis, The Express Tribune has learnt.
The university hired a building on Jail Road and has been paying rent since November 16, 2011, said an official privy to developments. He said the lab will open in about two months and the project would cost Rs37 million.
A Health Department official said that this would be a first in the Punjab. “There isn’t any public medical school or university with a lab that also works privately,” he said. He added that the chief minister might have concerns about this as it did not fit in with his ‘Health Vision’, but the university was autonomous and the decision was of its Academic Council.
According to documents available with The Express Tribune, the lab will have an x-ray machine, ultra sound machine and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, the last a piece of equipment not even available at Mayo Hospital, KEMU’s attached teaching hospital.
“This means that the poor patients at Mayo Hospital will have to go to the lab to get their tests. This is absolutely against the model of free healthcare in the Punjab,” said a senior doctor at Mayo Hospital.
The laboratory will be open to patients from public hospitals from 8am to 2pm, after which it will cater to private patients. This is modelled after the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
Dr Javed Akram, who is Punjab president of the Medical Teachers Association (MTA) and principal of Allama Iqbal Medical College, said that he hoped the model would be successful, but he had his doubts.
“The poorest of the poor go to public hospitals for treatment. They simply cannot afford to get tests from outside,” he said. However, he added that public hospitals needed funding. “We have to get funds, either from the government, through charity or by doing public-private partnership,” he said.
A senior KEMU faculty member said that rules had been broken in the building rental, as public universities looking to rent a private building were required to advertise a tender and this had not been done.
KEMU Vice Chancellor Dr Asad Aslam Khan denied this. “We advertised the tender and fulfilled all formalities. We even got an NOC [no-objection certificate] from the government to rent a private building for the lab,” he said.
The vice chancellor said that the laboratory was needed as currently 50 to 60 per cent of patients had to be sent to other places for tests.
“Patients admitted in Mayo Hospital will be charged no extra money for the tests. After 2pm we will have a reception and the lab will work as a private business. We will fix our charges at half the market rate,” he said.
Dr Khan said that the lab would also serve as a collection centre, so patients could pick up test results or hand in samples for testing 24 hours a day. He did not give a date for when the lab would open, but said it would be “quite soon”.
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‘mysterious’ death medicine for heart patients by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology PIC-brewed poison kills 12 more

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:04:13 +0000

LAHORE – Twelve more people including women died of the ‘mysterious’ reaction being produced by a medicine provided to the heart patients by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology raising the total death toll to 26 on Saturday.
More than 150 patients have been admitted at different hospitals of Lahore including Mayo and Jinnah hospitals after reaction from medicines from PIC while the number of affected people and the number of deaths is also increasing sharply.
Meanwhile, the probe committee formed to identify the mysterious disease could not reach any conclusion even after two days.
Committee Head Dr Azhar said the health secretary has been requested to form a team to inspect the manufacturing and packing processes of the concerned medicine factories producing the suspicious medicines.
Most of the patients were admitted to Punjab Institute of Cardiology, after they had consumed blood-thinning medicines and had then developed this mysterious disease. According to sources, the disease has killed more than 26 people, a claim that has been denied by the Punjab Health Department.
A 48-member committee was formed under Lahore Allama Iqbal Medical College Principal Prof Dr Javed Akram for investigating the deaths. According to Dr Afzal Shaheen of Jinnah Hospital, the symptoms of this disease include low count of platelets and white cells along with marks on the body. Some patients also bleed from various parts of their body.
Other members of the committee include PIC Chief Executive Prof Muhammad Azhar, SIMS Principal Prof Faisal Masood, Prof Irshad Hussain, Prof. Farzana Chaudhry, Prof Bashir Ahmad, Prof Farkhanda Kokab, Addl. Secretary Health Technical) Dr. Muhammad Anwar Janjua, Dr. Zahid Pervaiz, Prof. Munazza Qayyum, Mufti Abdul Salam, Prof Nosheen , Dr Mubashir Attique, Prof Tahir Javed, Sheikh Akhtar Hussain and Ayyaz Ali.
Special arrangements have been made for the patients at the hospital.
Khan, while talking to a private TV channel, said that deaths due to medicine reaction were deplorable and strict action will be taken against the responsible. Provincial Health Minister Dr Saeed Elahi said the tragedy happened due to improper storage of medicines. Dr Saeed promised stern action against the people behind this mishap.
Meanwhile, Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa had taken notice over death of people due to mysterious disease and sought reports from health department immediately in this regard.
PATIENTS POURING IN: Over 80 more patients of the mysterious disease have reported at different hospitals while five more have died, Mayo Hospital Addition Medical Superintendent Dr Abdul Majeed said on Saturday. “Some 80 patients including 45 in Mayo Hospital and 35 in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital were referred from Punjab Institute of Cardiaoloy (PIC) suspecting dengue fever due to some alleged reaction by administering cardiac medicines which were provided by the PIC store,” he added.

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SRI LANKAN medical experts visit Allama Iqbal Medical College

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:03:15 +0000

in LAHORE SRI LANKAN medical experts visited Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital Lahore on Wednesday. AIMC/JHL Dengue Focal Person gave a presentation to them about dengue patients at Jinnah Hospital. AIMC/JHL Principal Prof Dr Javed Akram, Jinnah Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Afzal Shaheen, faculty members including professors and other doctors were also present. The meeting was a highly fruitful session with Sri Lankan experts about the management of dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.The news.

University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences UVAS for setting up research institute for vector-borne diseases

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:49:16 +0000

LAHORE The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) has proposed setting-up of a Postgraduate Institute of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Research (PIAMBR) to take forward Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif’s vision of conducting research for effective control of vector-borne diseases, including dengue, before they reach alarming proportions. The Punjab government’s Dengue Research Group meeting chaired by UVAS Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Nawaz shared experiences of scientists, entomologists, veterinarians and clinicians at university’s Syndicate Room on Wednesday. Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department Secretary Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh, CM’s Dengue Research Group head Dr Waseem Akram, University of Health Sciences Prof Dr Abdul Hannan, King Edward Medical University’s Prof Dr Irshad Husain as well as researchers from Allama Iqbal Medical College attended the meeting. UVAS VC Prof Nawaz also formed five sub-groups for conducting extensive research in the fields of microbiology, diagnostic research on vector-borne diseases, virology, vaccine development and clinical aspects.Daily Times.

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approves new discipline in University of Health Sciences lahore

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:26:54 +0000

LAHORE, The University of Health Sciences’ syndicate has approved the five-year Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree programme to be introduced in affiliated institutes.

The 28th meeting of the University of Health Sciences syndicate was held here on Tuesday, with vice-chancellor Prof Malik Husain Mubbashar in the chair.

The members were of the opinion that the four-year BSc (Hons) physiotherapy course being offered in eight affiliated institutes must be upgraded to a five-year DPT programme in line with the guidelines issued by the Higher Education Commission.

Currently the course is being offered by the Allama Iqbal Medical College; the Rawalpindi Medical College; the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur; the School of Allied Health Sciences; the Children’s Hospital; the ACE Institute of Health Sciences, the FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore; the Medical and Dental College; and the Armed Forces Postgraduate Medical Institute, Rawalpindi.Dawn.

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Medical college admission forms available

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:49:05 +0000

Entrance test application forms for admissions to medical and dental colleges will be available from today on Saturday University of health sciences (UHS) vice chancellor Prof Malik Husain Mubashar said. Candidates can get forms free of cost and the last date for submission of application forms will be September 7, 2011. Entrance test examination will be held on September 13 in the 12 major cities of the Punjab province.

Entrance test application Forms will be available at UHS, the King Edward Medical University, Lahore; Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore; Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore; the Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore; de Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore; Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi; Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad; Nishtar Medical College, Multan; Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur; and Shaikh Zayed Medical College, Bahawalpur.

Entrance test paper would be prepared from a common syllabus prepared by the UHS on the directions of the Punjab government and syllabus was based on common core knowledge, taken from both FSc and non-FSc syllabi and textbooks. “There will be a single paper and all questions will be set in a way that no question will be out of course and textbooks of both FSc and non-FSc schemes of education,” prof Mubashar said.

More than 35,000 candidates were expected to appear in the test this year and all the arrangements for entrance test of medical and dental colleges had been finalized. He said that a total of 22 centres were being established for this purpose three in Lahore, four in Rawalpindi, three in Bahawalpur, three in Gujranwala, two in Faisalabad and one each in Sahiwal, Multan, Gujrat, Sargodha, D.G. Khan, Rahim Yar Khan and Hassan Abdal.

Candidates from Lahore, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sargodha must submit their applications at the UHS; those from Multan and D.G. Khan at Nishtar Medical College Multan; those from Rawalpindi and Hassan Abdal at Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi; and those aspiring to appear from Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Faisalabad must submit their applications at Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, Shaikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan and Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, respectively.

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matriculation and intermediate examinations, rejected to eliminate examination system

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:00:12 +0000

LAHORE:SPEAKERS at a seminar, underlining the importance of practical portion in matriculation and intermediate examinations, rejected any move to eliminate the same from examination system on the pretext of ensuring transparency.

They were speaking at a seminar “Importance of practical in examinations” jointly organised by Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Memorial Society (Jang Group of Newspapers) and Punjab Group of Colleges at a local hotel on Thursday.

Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore’s Chairman Prof Dr Akram Kashmiri said a number of proposals were under discussion in connection with reviewing practical portion in matriculation and intermediate exams to ensure maximum transparency and improve conduct of exam of this vital component.

He said besides many other proposal there was one to empower school/college heads to award marks of practical exam to candidate or to replace this exam with Alternate to Practicals (ATPs), as followed in O/A level exams. He, however, said all these proposals were under discussion and nothing concrete had emerged so far.

Dr Kashmiri also supported practical exams and said without practical component there was no concept of science. He also quoted examples of Muslim scientists in this regard and highlighted the significance of practical exams. He said the government wanted to ensure maximum transparency in practical, as it was doing for theoretical exams.

BISE Faisalabad Chairman Syed Mumtaz Hussain Shah, who is also Chairman of Punjab Board Committee of Chairmen (PBCC), also said no one could deny the importance of practical in education system, adding teaching also remained ineffective if this component was missing. He said the government wanted to improve practical exams therefore the same was being reviewed in consultation with the stakeholders. “This seminar is also a part of this process”, he said while lauding the initiative of the Jang Group of Newspapers and Punjab Group of Colleges.

Prof Rana Adil from the Superior Group of Colleges said practical portion should not be eliminated, adding research and quality of education were missing from the country’s education system. According to him, this missing link is the difference between developed and developing countries.

Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) Principal Prof Javed Akram said there was a need to improve the existing system of practical exams, adding all kind of biases, including like and dislike should be eliminated from conduct of practical exams. “Any degree without practical evaluation will be thrown into dustbin”, he said while elaborating that world never recognised degrees without practical evaluation of a candidate.

Advocate Nimra Sabahat said there was a need to eliminate all kind of influence, including political influence, during the conduct of practical exams. According to her, the situation can only improve with better arrangements for conduct of exams to discourage any kind of favour to candidates in practical exams.

Rana Muhammad Arshad, Chairman, Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Asataza Punjab warned that any move to empower school heads to award practical marks to candidates would be strongly resented. He said BISEs should depute honest and dedicated staff for conduct of practical exams, adding at present the situation in this regard was quite discouraging.

Fazaia College Lahore’s Principal Naz Gul was of the view that practical exam was significant, as it discouraged rote learning and gave confidence to the students. She also said there was a need to depute honest and committed teachers for conduct of practical exams. “There should be a corruption-free system instead of simply eliminating practical exams”, she added.

Former DPI (Colleges) Punjab Prof Dr Shaukat Ali said teaching of science without practical was like a body without soul. He said foreign examination bodies had introduced ATPs in countries of less credibility, claiming in other countries a proper conduct of practical exams was ensured by these bodies.

Dr Shaukat said spirit behind practical was rapidly vanishing, adding it was also unfortunate that marks of practical had been lowered from 60 to 30 over the years. He also said practical exam should be taken part-wise, as presently it was being conducted at the end of part-II only.

He suggested that Section 144 should also be imposed during the conduct of practical exam as imposed during the conduct of theoretical portion. He also said the marks for practical should be increased to encourage students to develop their interest.

Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) Vice President Rana Liaqat said conduct of practical exam was disheartening at the moment which discouraged brilliant students. He said mafia deputing corrupt officials for exam duties was very strong while demanding the government to take notice of this aspect instead of eliminating practical exams.

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) President Prof Dr Sibt-ul-Hasnain Syed said our exams were unstructured while examiners also lacked training.

Former VC of King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Prof Dr Mumtaz Hassan,

Prof Seemal Ijaz from Government Postgraduate College, Samanabad, Prof Saeed Ahmed from University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Prof Arifa Syeda, Prof Amjad Saleem and two students Ayesha from KEMU and Ajasim from UET also spoke and highlighted the importance of practical exams.

Executive Director of Punjab Group of Colleges Sohail Afzal besides a large number of people from different walks of life, including students and teachers, attended the seminar.

Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Memorial Society (MKRMS) Chairman Wasif Nagi performed the duties of the host while the proceedings of the seminar were assisted by Kashan Haider, Ali Imran and Shahzad Rauf.The news.