AUPSP rejects PMC Ordinance 2019.

Byline: Rahul Basharat

ISLAMABAD -- Association of University Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (AUPSP) on Wednesday rejecting the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) Ordinance 2019 said that government covertly unemployed hundreds of employees on the spur of the moment.

Hundreds of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) employees who lost jobs after introduction of PMC Ordinance 2019 have set a camp outside the building demanding from government to restore the council.

In a statement issued, AUPSP said that PMC Ordinance 2019 is against the spirit of democracy, doctors, hospitals, and medical universities which is unacceptable for doctors' community.

'Execution of the ordinance has ended jobs of hundreds of PMDC employees in all of the sudden,' it said.

The AUPSP said that under the new ordinance no doctor will be able to challenge the decision of the authority in any court but a three-member tribunal will decide the matter.

It also added that under the new ordinance, PMDC has been dissolved and the body has been given under Prime Minister's authority taking it from doctors.

The statement issued by AUPSP said that government while neglecting the university degree holders has awarded the authority of PMDC to a private institute like CPSP.

It demanded that medical community should be taken in confidence for reforms process of PMDC.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri while joining the camp of PMDC employees said that his party has raised this issue on every forum and dismissing a large number of employees in this way is unjust.

Meanwhile, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services (NHS) Dr. Zafar Mirza briefing on newly introduced ordinance of PMC after dissolving PMDC said that the commission is a body comprising three parts.

He said that PMDC will be a component of PMC, second part will be National Medical and Dental Academic Board (NMDAB) and third will be National Medical Authority (NMA).

He said that commission will perform three kinds of functions including policy making on medical profession, NMDBA will set the standards of medical education and look into matters of licensing in medical profession, while NMA will ensure implementation...