PMDC, CPSP to uplift standard of medical education

Islamabad: PMDC President Professor Dr Masood Hameed and CPSP President Professor Dr Zafarullah Choudhry said after a long time both the institutions were together to promote and uplift medical education in the country.
During a meeting, both were accompanied by the members of Executive Committee named Prof. M Awais, Prof. General Aslam, Prof. Dr. Azam Yousifani, Prof. Dr. Ghulam Qadir Kazi, Prof. Dr. Umer Ali Khan and the Council members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSP) Prof. Dr. Zuffarullah Chaudhry, Prof. Dr. Asghar Butt, Prof. Maj. Gen. Salman Ali, Prof. M. Shoaib Shafi, Prof. Khalid Masood Gondal, Prof. Rizwana Chaudhry, Prof. Gulam Mujtaba, Maj. Gen. Prof. Dr. Sohail Hafeez, Prof. Mahmood Ayyaz, Prof. Muhammad Tayyab, Prof. Amir Zaman Khan, Prof. Naqibullah, Achakzai, Prof. Nasir Saeed, Waqar Alam Jan.
At the dinner organised by Dr. Asim Hussain chancellor Ziauddine University and member PM&DC Council in the honour of newly elected Council of CPSP. Dr. Asim while expressing his contentment at the historical endeavour where both the institutions were together and to contemplate each other to bring the enormous improvement in the field of medicine.
The PM&DC president while telling the media expressed his concern over the issue where despite increasing number of doctors, Pakistan is facing challenge of far below doctor patient ratio. He said that we need to produce much more doctor to combat the challenging situation of health in Pakistan, but due to reduced number of postgraduate doctors/specialist who can become teachers to run these medical colleges, ministry of NHSR&C could not uplift decision of Moratorium on the establishment of new medical colleges.
Prof Zafarullah Choudary while adding to the concern emphasised that CPSP though is the highest esteemed postgraduate degree awarding institute but universities should also encourage doctors to enter into specialised courses to overcome this dearth.
He was pleased to have his worthy Council and PM&DC Council together after a long frustrated gap to manage and to provide opportunities to the doctors to enter into postgraduate advance studies in medicine/surgery and allied.
All the members of the Council CPSP and Executive members of PMDC were ambitious as to join hands and to become troops of one army to conquer the ongoing battle where general public at large is facing deteriorating health facilities and to support government in facing challenges in health care delivery system all over Pakistan.