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PMDC comes to students' rescue
LAHORE, Dec 15, 2007: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has
directed 15 public and private medical and dental institutions to 'accommodate'
168 students of a private medical college, which is not 'recognised' by
it.
The institutions which have received PM&DC's direction are Punjab
Medical College, Faisalabad; Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore; Lahore
Medical and Dental College; FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore; Wah
Medical College, Rawalpindi; Rawalpindi Medical College; University Medical
College, Faisalabad; Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore; CMH Medical College,
Lahore; Islamic International Medical College, Rawalpindi; Shifa College of
Medicine, Islamabad; King Edward Medical University, Services Institute of
Medical Sciences, Lahore; University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore;
Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi; and Islamabad Medical and
Dental College, Islamabad.
In a letter to the heads of these
institutions, the PM&DC has asked them to admit students of the Independent
Medical College, Faisalabad, by exceeding the (PM&DC) seat allocation not
more than five per cent per session.
Some heads of public medical and
dental institutions criticised the PM&DC directive. They say the college in
question is not even provisionally recognised (by PM&DC) therefore its
students do not qualify for admission to PMDC-recognised
institutions.
PM&DC Secretary Dr Ahmed Nadim Akbar said these
institutions had been directed to adjust Independent Medical College students on
the order of the Supreme Court. "We are just complying with the court order." He
maintained the PM&DC would not press any institution to admit the college's
students. He said PM&DC had stopped the college from admitting new students
till its recognition.
On the other hand, the federal health ministry has
already notified the college's recognition by PM&DC. The notification says:
"With reference to the PMDC letter PF-2-D-2007 (Ordinance) 61991, dated Aug 9,
2007 and subsequent to the decision by the Supreme Court on Sept 24, 2007,
Independent Medical College, Faisalabad is deemed recognised by PM&DC." Dawn
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