Pulse International

Fortnightly Medical Newspaper published from Pakistan		Published by Professional Medical Publications
February 1-14, 2010		ISSN: 1026-6828

Prof. Manzar Salim Memorial Lecture at Surgical Conference
KARACHI: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) has emerged as one of the most credible postgraduate medical institution in the Muslim World.

WPA Regional conference at Dhaka attracts 240 delegates including 120 overseas participants from 23 countries
DHAKA (BANGLADESH): World Psychiatric Association’s three day Regional Conference at Dhaka organized by Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists from January 21st to January 23rd 2010 attracted two hundred forty delegates including one hundred twenty overseas participants from twenty three countries including Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and Australia.

PHL’s 13th Annual Symposium at Faisalabad from February 27-28th 2010
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Hypertension League is holding its 13th annual symposium here from February 27th to Feb. 28th 2010 at a local hotel. Prof. Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry from Punjab Medical College is the Convener and Chairman of the symposium while Dr. Javed Iqbal is the General Secretary.

Career Counseling Centre opens at Karachi University
KARACHI: PharmEvo a fast growing national pharmaceutical concern which is known as an ethical company in the Pharma industry has established a Career Counseling Centre in collaboration with Karachi University in the Pharmacy department.

Problems faced by postgraduate trainees: Response from the CPSP
It may be mentioned at the very outset that CPSP and its present Council treats its trainees as the future stakeholders of the College.

Education and training of Health Care Professionals need serious attention- Prof. Mushtaq A. Khan
ISLAMABAD: Education and training of the Health care professionals needs a serious revisit. It is mandatory to include behavioral sciences in the curriculum and a programme of human resource development for every person who is involved in the patient care..

Skills, Values and ethics have to be inculcated in our future generation of surgeons - Prof. Majid Chaudhry
KARACHI: Prof. A. Majid Chaudhry former President Society of Surgeons Pakistan and Principal Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore was one of the invited guest speakers at the SURGICON 2010 held at Karachi on January 16-17th 2010.

Virtual Reality – Cutting Edge Keyhole Surgeons Training Could Help Meet European Working Time Directives
Trainee surgeons who add virtual reality (VR) training to standard ‘apprenticeship’ training in key-hole surgery learn more quickly, work with greater accuracy and have less errors than those with no VR training, and perform as well as those who use additional video training.

All units and medical institutions should conduct their Annual clinical audit to know their strength & shortcomings
KARACHI: Every unit and all the medical institutions in the country must conduct their annual clinical audit which will help them to find out their strength as well as shortcomings and weaknesses.

SKMT Symposium on Medical Negligence & Physician’s Liability
LAHORE: Every charge of medical negligence and defense thereof has to be investigated in detail. There cannot be “bright line” rules and each case has to be judged on its own merits.

DUHS Karachi completes six years
KARACHI: Dow University of Health Science (DUHS) Karachi which was established in December, 2003 has completed six years and more than fifty new institutions, departments, units have been added.

Otsuka awareness campaign against Hepatitis
KARACHI: Recertification of medical professionals specially General practitioners must be initiated which will help to promote continuing medical education in the country.

Proper management of birth asphyxia and other problems can improve newborn survival dramatically
KARACHI: Improvements in immediate newborn care and interventions that target common killers like birth asphyxia offered in communities and rural health facilities can dramatically change the number of babies surviving their first month of life.