IPH to start training programme to ensure quality healthcare facilities.

LAHORE -- The Institute of Public Health (IPH) will start training programme for Health Professionals for imparting training regarding Minimum Service Delivery Standards (MSDS) to ensure provision of quality healthcare in public as well as private health facilities and clinics.

This was stated by the Dean, Institute of Public Health (IPH) Professor Dr. Zarfishan Tahir, while addressing the consultative meeting with Punjab Healthcare Commission, here on Friday.

She said that short courses would be chalked out under the guidance of Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC).

She said that the MSDS training course would be made mandatory to the student of degree and diploma classes of the IPH and these short courses would require to be part of their syllabus. Addressing the meeting, Chairman BoM, Lieutenant General (Retired) Khalid Maqbool said that the IPH would be made a leading institution in preventive health. He said that joint ventures had been started with various educational and research institutions and collaboration with the PHC would be another milestone in this regard.

Khalid Maqbool said that the IPH should also have capability of...