Negative attitude of institution heads and senior clinicians has always been a major barrier in the development and progress of sub-specialties
KARACHI: Negative attitude of institution heads and senior clinicians who always desire to monopolize things has been a major barrier in the development and progress of sub-specialties. Those who took up this challenge had to face innumerable hurdles, hardship and wrath of their seniors but it was their determination, faith in their cause, hard work and sincerity that eventually earned them an important place in their respective disciplines.
Egypt to host EMMJ6 Conference of Medical Journals from Sept. 1-4th 2013
CAIRO: Bridging the gap: challenges and opportunities in publishing health science journals in the Region is the theme of the Sixth Regional Conference on Medical Journals in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMMJ6) to be held in Cairo, Egypt from September 1-4 2013.
Pakistan Aspirin Foundation publishes revised Guidelines on Medical Uses of Aspirin
KARACHI: Pakistan Aspirin Foundation has published the revised guidelines on Medial Uses of Aspirin which can be viewed on its website www.pakaspirin.org.pk. These guidelines have been jointly authored by Prof. Abdus Samad, Prof. Ejaz Ahmad Vohra, Prof. Muhammad Akbar Chaudhry and Mr.Shaukat Ali Jawaid.
Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Unit at GTTH examines 28,918 patients in OPD & performs 5,752 surgeries during the Year 2012
LAHORE: Keeping up its past traditions, Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery at Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital headed by an eminent orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon Prof.Amer Aziz has published the departmental annual report for the year 2012. According to the information provided they examined twenty eight thousand nine hundred eighteen (28,918) patients in the Out Patients Department during the Year 2012.
Universal Quality Education: A Challenge to the Whole World
PESHAWAR: Universal Quality Education- a challenge to the whole World is an extremely useful an informative book which is an essential reading for every physician, educationist and the parents as well. The book gives lot of useful information, data with pearls of wisdom spread on page after page and one has to read it not once but more than that to fully grasp the message it contains.
Prof. Kundi speaks on primary prevention of CAD
KARACHI: Prof. Asad Kundi, Professor of Cardiology at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases delivered Dr.Izhar ul Hasan Memorial lecture on primary prevention of coronary artery disease at Jinnah Medical and Dental College Medicare Campus Karachi recently.
Otsuka awareness campaign against Hepatitis
KARACHI: Increased prevalence of Hepatitis B and C in the population has become a major public health problem and we need to utilize every medium of instruction, education including print and electronic media to highlight its dangers besides educating the public and promoting preventive measures.