ISLAMABAD: The Young Doctors Association has categorically rejected the Federal Medical Teaching Institute Bill, 2020 as approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Health in absence.
The BoG shall appoint deans, the hospital director, medical director, nursing director and finance director of the hospital. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: After a boycott by members of the opposition parties, National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Health on Monday passed the Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Bill and referred it to the house for further discussion and voting.
The meeting was chaired by Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) legislator Khalid Hussain Magsi and held at the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS).
During the meeting, members of the opposition parties criticised the bill and alleged that it was an attempt to privatise Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (Pims).
A worker fills oxygen cylinders for hospital use on Covid-19 coronavirus patients, at a factory in Peshawar on April 13. AFP
ISLAMABAD: While a record number of single-day deaths since June 2020 (118) was reported on Tuesday, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar warned that the new UK variant of coronavirus was spreading in southern parts of the country and said vaccination of the people between 50 and 60 years would start soon after Eidul Fitr
Meanwhile, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on health Dr Faisal Sultan has revealed that Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the authorities to resolve the issue of three hospitals of Sindh as per the wish of the chief minister of the province.
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PPP lawmaker says 37 questions came out of syllabus
Dr Faisal Sultan says he would appraise PMC of NA standing committee s reservsations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission came under fire during a session of the National Assembly s Standing Committee on Health on Monday for how it conducted the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT 2020) last year.
During the session, chaired by Khalid Hussain Magsi, PPP lawmaker Shazia Sobia expressed Sindh government s reservations and said 37 exam questions were reported out of syllabus due to which many students faced issues.
She maintained that the PMC had admitted 14 questions were out of syllabus during a court hearing in Punjab, and urged for a retest. The lawmaker questioned why the test was conducted by the Centre and not provinces. The children s future is at stake, she stressed.