PMDC computerisation starts

LAHORE

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has started the process of implementing digitalisation system for its better functioning.

Ad hoc Council of PMDC Chairman Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan (retd) chaired a meeting at PMDC office on Saturday to improve and revamp the IT system of the office and to implement digitalisation system to speed up the working and to move towards paperless environment, said a press release issued here.

National Information Technology Board Director General Farjeel Javed and project head Bilal Abbasi gave a briefing on the digitalisation system going to be implemented.

The digitalisation system would includes e-office system which is the first step towards automation of the working and paperless environment. After that, other system is the management information system which would help digitalisation of software system for all institutions imparting medical/dental education and online registration system, etc.

The purpose of the e-office system is to provide a standard platform common to all federal organisations, keeping in view the existing rules and regulations of the organisation and to provide a fast, reliable and transparent system for quick disposal of working and to reduce the unnecessary delay and the cost associated with traditional physical file system and record keeping.

The chairman said that, with this system, the doctors and medical dental institutions would be facilitated promptly. He appreciated Prof Mubashir Malik for facilitating the process of digitalisation.

Mian Shakirullah Jan directed immediate start of the process. On his directions, letters have been written to the National Informational Technology Board to start the process.

MoU: Punjab University and Fatimah Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which FJMU would provide advisory services and allow its faculty to act as a visiting teacher at PU. The Vice-Chancellors of both varsities signed the MoU.

According to a press release, PU would provide opportunities for education and research for the faculty development of FJMU through short and long courses. Both varsities would collaborate for improving quality of programmes, curricula, examinations and research in the field of health sciences.

Fatima Jinnah Medical University Vice-Chancellor Prof Khalid Masood Gondal, Registrar Prof Shireen Khawar, PU VC Prof Dr. Muhammad Zakria Zakar and Faculty of Medicine Dean Prof Ahsan Nawaz were present.

PU workshop: Punjab University Career Counseling and Placement Centre (CCPC) Saturday organised a training workshop and conducted interviews for the students of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Chemistry.

Career Counseling and Placement Centre Chairman Dr Abdul Qayyum Chaudhary, ICET Director Prof Dr Abdullah Khan Durrani, Fouji Fertilizer HR Deputy Manger Muhammad Ali Imam, HR Senior Executive Major Waqar Hameed Malik, faculty members and students were present.

Abdullah Durrani welcomed the participants and briefed about the progress of ICET. Dr Abdul Qayyum guided the students about job seeking techniques and shining their abilities. Muhammad Ali and Waqar Hameed briefed the participants about Fouji Fertilizer and threw light on the steps of job. After interviews, the short-listed students got their trainee engineers letters at Fouji Fertilizer.