Fortnightly Medical Newspaper
published from Pakistan
Published by
Professional Medical Publications
March
1-14, 2010
ISSN: 1026-6828
JPMC Symposium introduces many innovations with
emphasis on academics KARACHI: Upgradation of JPMC as a medical
university was taken up in the past and some useful
work was also undertaken though there are certain
problems and hurdles. Similarly the construction of
a surgical block has also not made much headway and
both these issues need to be pursued by the JPMC
administration.
Senate Health Committee members visit CPSP at
Karachi KARACHI: Members of the Senate Committee on
Health accompanied by Federal Health Secretary Mr.
Khashnood Akhtar Lashari and DG Health Prof. Rashid
Jooma recently visited the College of Physicians and
Surgeons Pakistan in Karachi.
Functioning of Infertility
clinics need to be monitored and regulated ISLAMABAD: A large number of
Infertility Clinics are functioning all over the
country without any monitoring and regulation. While
only a few have the requisite facilities and
experienced staff, a vast majority of these
establishments do not have even the basic minimum
facilities to make proper diagnosis what to talk of
managing these cases.
National Poison Control Center at JPMC received 5036
patients from 2003-2009 KARACHI:
A pre-symposium workshop on Clinical toxicology was
organized at JPMC on February 13th by the National
Poisoning Control Center and Medical Unit-5 which
was largely attended by healthcare professionals,
representatives of the media, and telecommunications
besides pharma industry.
Plenary talks at JPMC’s 47th
annual symposium
KARACHI: Speaking
in the plenary session during the JPMC’ s 47th
annual symposium Mr. Shaukat Ali Jawaid Chief Editor
of Pulse International has made a passionate plea to
the members of the medical profession to come back
to the auditoriums and lecture halls of medical
institutions from banquet halls of five star hotels
for holding of seminar, symposia and medical
conferences.
SURGICON 2010 Proceedings
KARACHI: Prof. Mahmood Shaukat Prof. of Paediatric
Surgery who is also Registrar of KEMU delivered his
invited lecture on Role of Stem Cell therapy in
paediatric surgery in the session devoted to
paediatric surgery during the SURGICON 2010
organized by Society of Surgeons of Pakistan at
Karachi from January 16th to January 17th2010.
Haematology disorders in
Gynaecology and Obstetrics by Tahir Shamsi and Nazli
Hossain
KARACHI: The second edition of the book” Haematology
Disorders in Gynaecology and Obstetrics by Tahir
Shamsi consultant haematologist from National
Institute of Blood Diseases & Bone Marrow
Transplantation (NIBD), and Nazli Hossian consultant
obstetrician and gynaecologist from DUHS was
formally launched on February 10th 2010.
Otsuka awareness campaign
against Hepatitis
KARACHI: Beauty parlors and saloon are another
source of hepatitis spread besides Pricking habit of
IV infusion bottles and unnecessary use of blood
products, re-used syringes in Pakistan.
Praim Ras- the sixth
compilation of Dohay by Prof. Tahir Saeed Haroon
LAHORE: Prof. Tahir Saeed Haroon FRCP, FCPS an
eminent dermatologist who retired as Prof. of
Dermatology from King Edward Medical College many
years ago has now published his sixth compilation of
Dohay which has been named as “Praim Ras”.
