Postgraduate classes being started in four DHQ hospitals, says minister

LAHORE : Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Dr Jamal Nasir has revealed that postgraduate classes for doctors are being started at four district headquarters hospitals in Punjab which would be first of its kind in the history of Pakistan.

Chief Minister, Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi has granted formal approval for starting these classes at districts Attock, Bhakkar, Mandi Bahauddin and Jhang with the support of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan.

The posts of specialist doctors will also be increased in the hospitals of Punjab. He was addressing the 56th annual convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) as chief guest.

President of the World Federation of Medical Education Ricardo Leon, President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Professor Dr Khalid Masood Gondal, Senior Vice President Prof. Muhammad Shoaib Shafi, Lt. Gen. Arshad Wasim, heads of other health institutions, besides students, teachers and parents participated in large numbers also attended the convocation.

Dr Jamal Nasir said that formalities with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan have been finalised and orders have also been issued for starting post-graduate classes in DHQ hospitals of these districts. Provincial Minister Dr Jamal Nasir said that two new cancer hospitals are being established in Lahore, which will be made operational within a short period of two months.

He said that one cancer hospital will be established in Manawan area of Lahore while the other one will be established in Punjab Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute, Lahore. He said that these historic decisions have been made with the special efforts of Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

He said that Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi is personally supervising the improvement of hospitals in Punjab. Dr Jamal Nasir said that CPSP has become an international organisation and its regional centres have been set up in England, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Nepal that is the matter of pride for the entire country.

He said that the doctors who obtained degrees from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan are rendering their services not only in Pakistan but also in foreign countries.

Later, the provincial minister also distributed shields among the CPSP officials and awarded degrees to the graduating students.