PMDC in Peshawar.

APROPOS the news item 'Abolition of PMDC causes unrest among doctors in Peshawar' (Oct 28).

It is good riddance, as the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council was nothing but a trade association to protect and promote interests of the medical professionals. What little it did was lip service to patient, consumer and public interest.

No public representation on their board, none that I could see on their web page. Secretive in every aspect of its operations. Requires little by way of material actions by their members to comply with a grandiose code of professional conduct but no teeth in it. Front and centre to lobby for their own interests, but lacks consensus...

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