Bioethics committee

LAHORE

The first meeting of Provincial Bioethics Committee Punjab was held at the Directorate General Health Services on Thursday. 

Chairperson Prof Asad Aslam Khan chaired the meeting, while Dr Haroon Jehangir (Secretary PBC), Prof Sadaqat Ali Khan, Prof Muhammad Suhail, Prof Tajammul Ch, Dr Abdul Majeed Akhter, Dr Tayyaba Ijaz, Ms Zeba Mir, Abdul Quddus, Dr Iffat Shabbir, and Mehfooz Ch attended the meeting.

According to a handout, Provincial Bioethics Committee, Punjab, was established on March 14, 2014, as an advisory body on “bioethics” to the Punjab Health Department (s).

Essential functions are: “Promote & facilitate ethics” in healthcare services delivery, research and medical education; “Promote & technical support” to “Research Ethics” & “Health Care Ethics” sub-committees and “Institutional Bioethics Committees”; “Develop bilateral linkages” with the Bioethics Review Committees in public & private Medical/Health teaching institutions, Universities, and district health departments’ Develop guidelines on significant & contemporary health issues.

Dr Haroon Jehangir Khan, Secretary Provincial Bioethics Committee, presented a comprehensive background, perspective and mandate of the PBC. The PBC members discussed, debated and agreed on various recommendations pertaining to various agenda items. It was decided that PBC should meet regularly on quarterly basis.

Prof Asad Aslam Khan, Chairperson, concluded the session with the remarks that it is pride and privileged to be a part of the Provincial Bioethics Committee (PBC).