Minister stresses need for community-oriented medical education
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Health Minister Aslam Humayun stressed the need for community-oriented medical education to motivate and train doctors according to the expectations of patients.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting of the Academic Council of Rawalpindi Medical College. Members of the council including Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) Principal Professor Musadaq Khan, Holy Family Hospital Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Sayed Abid Hussain Shah, Rawalpindi General Hospital MS Dr Habib Ahmed Khan, District Headquarters Hospital MS Dr Khalid Iqbal Malik and District Health Officer Muhammd Rafiq attended the meeting.
Humayun invited suggestions and proposals for upgrading the standard of health facilities from the council and asked the members to intimate about their requirements and shortfalls.
The minister said the government had taken serious note of illegal medical practice and activities of quacks and they would be dealt with according to the law. Dr Musadaq Khan briefed the minister about the performance of teaching hospitals and academic activities of the college. Later, the minister visited the Holy Family Hospital and took round of surgical, physiotherapy wards, burn centre and other departments and inquired about the health of patients.
Sayed Abid Hussain Shah and Director Emergencies Dr Shafiq Raja informed the minister about the services being rendered to the patients. The minister lauded the services of the doctors, paramedical and nursing staff.
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