PMDC briefs Senate panel on fake doctors
Committee on health expresses ire over erratic lab reports of NIH
Committee on health expresses ire over erratic lab reports of NIH. PHOTO: PMDC.ORG.PK
ISLAMABAD:
The regulator of medical education has banned 10 medical colleges for gross irregularities and has also taken action against 100 fake doctors and their clinics across the country.
The President of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Dr Shabir Lehri said this in a presentation to Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.
Lehri told the committee that the council establishes uniform minimum standard of basic and higher qualifications in medicine and dentistry throughout Pakistan and maintains liaison with other regulatory authorities of the world to facilitate the Pakistani professionals.
He added that till now the PMDC has conducted 35 inspections along with five surprise inspections of different colleges to check their standards.
He informed the Senate committee that PMDC is looking after the standard of courses of training for obtaining graduate and post graduate medical and dental qualifications, minimum requirements for the content and duration of graduate and post graduate medical and dental courses.
NIH
The committee members expressed their displeasure over not presenting report about erratic lab test results of National Institute of Health (NIH). The committee in its last meeting had directed the institute to present a complete report after lab tests of Senator Khalida Parveen conducted at NIH and a private lab had different results.
The Executive Director of NIH Dr Mukhtar Ahmad told the members that test results of NIH labs are authentic and among hundreds of tests if one or two show erratic results it can be attributed to human error. Every medical test report is not flawed and there are chances of error in results, he added. Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh questioned if a patient does not have hepatitis C and is diagnosed by the labs hepatitis C positive do you think it’s quite normal and not an issue. Senator Kalsoom Parveen said it can kill a person if he is normal and starts consuming the medicine of hepatitis or any other disease.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 23rd, 2017.
The regulator of medical education has banned 10 medical colleges for gross irregularities and has also taken action against 100 fake doctors and their clinics across the country.
The President of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Dr Shabir Lehri said this in a presentation to Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.
Lehri told the committee that the council establishes uniform minimum standard of basic and higher qualifications in medicine and dentistry throughout Pakistan and maintains liaison with other regulatory authorities of the world to facilitate the Pakistani professionals.
He added that till now the PMDC has conducted 35 inspections along with five surprise inspections of different colleges to check their standards.
He informed the Senate committee that PMDC is looking after the standard of courses of training for obtaining graduate and post graduate medical and dental qualifications, minimum requirements for the content and duration of graduate and post graduate medical and dental courses.
NIH
The committee members expressed their displeasure over not presenting report about erratic lab test results of National Institute of Health (NIH). The committee in its last meeting had directed the institute to present a complete report after lab tests of Senator Khalida Parveen conducted at NIH and a private lab had different results.
The Executive Director of NIH Dr Mukhtar Ahmad told the members that test results of NIH labs are authentic and among hundreds of tests if one or two show erratic results it can be attributed to human error. Every medical test report is not flawed and there are chances of error in results, he added. Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh questioned if a patient does not have hepatitis C and is diagnosed by the labs hepatitis C positive do you think it’s quite normal and not an issue. Senator Kalsoom Parveen said it can kill a person if he is normal and starts consuming the medicine of hepatitis or any other disease.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 23rd, 2017.