As many as 15 new HIV positive cases were detected at two blood screening camps established by the Sindh AIDS Control Programme (SACP) on Monday, bringing the number of to positive cases to 27. This was disclosed by SACP Programme Manager Dr Sikandar Memon while talking to Daily Times on Monday. He said 69 people […]
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PMDC to leave no stone unturned in penalising professional negligence
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC), on Monday, decided upon a strict penalty of the permanent cancellation of license of doctors found involved with a medically false or incorrect postmortem report. Showing zero tolerance to those at fault, the Council permanently cancelled the licences of two doctors over false post mortem reports, and further directed […]
Merit list discrepancies in medical admissions
The Admission Board of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) on Friday declared the admissions undertaken and issued by National University of Medical Sciences to be held in abeyance pending review in view of discrepancies in the merit lists. According to the press release, the merit lists as issued by NUMS for admission to MBBS […]
PMDC issues notice to shut down seven private medical colleges
KARACHI: Pakistan Medical and Dental College (PMDC) has issued a notice to shut down seven medical and dental colleges, out of which five private medical colleges are in Lahore, while two dental colleges are in Karachi. According to the rules of the council, every medical and dental college is supposed to own a hospital as well. […]
Foreign medical degree holders suffer due to PMDC policies
LAHORE: At least 3000 foreign qualified medical students are suffering due to the ‘discriminatory’ policies of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). According to the PMDC rules, all medical graduates who did their degrees abroad, on return, have to pass a national examination board’s (NEB) exam, which is conducted twice a year. But during last four […]