PIMA rejects dissolution of PMDC.

Rawalpindi -- Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has rejected the recently announced Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) ordinance by the government and dissolution of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC).

In a statement issued on Friday, PIMA President Prof Muhammad Afzal Mian considers it an undemocratic hastily taken decision with far reaching negative consequences not only to doctors but to the country.

He added 7 out of 9 members of council are nominated by one person, i.e. the Prime Minister of Pakistan, as compared to previous democratic elections.

'This means that representatives of medical community with fair balanced point of view will not be able to reach the decision making forum,' he said adding that despite presence of several professional bodies, no stake holder is taken on board. Muhammad Afzal Mian said with handpicked nominations in the first place, who can expect merit and accountability in functions of various sub committees?

He said licensing exam is planned to be taken at the end of education even before house job (which is part of program). This US model will be a disaster for a country where US conditions are not available at all.

There are contradictions in the same ordinance regarding standards of accreditation and their implementation which will lead to serious effects on the standard of medical education in the country, he said.

President PIMA said the sudden announcement has shell shocked thousands of medical/dental students and doctors in training who were waiting for their registrations or experience...