PMDC dissolved, new body to regulate medical profession.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi has promulgated an ordinance which has left the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) dissolved and paved the way for establishment of a new organisation namely Pakistan Medial Commission (PMC). The PMC will be run by a nine-member body and the head of the commission would be called president. The notification for the new ordinance is expected to be issued on Monday (today). Moreover, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) through the Islamabad district administration and police took over the possession of the PMDC building and directed 220 employees of the council that the office will remain shut for one week. However, the representative body of doctors,

Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), has termed the decision undemocratic and appealed to political parties to reject the presidential ordinance. Even though it was an off day on Sunday panic was triggered in the medical fraternity in...

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