Dental News

Doctors punished by PMDC

ISLAMABAD- The Disciplinary Committee of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) announced punishments from suspension to warning to 23 doctors for ...

BDMC organizes CDE for Dental Surgeons

MIRPURKHAS- Bhitai Dental and Medical College, Mirpurkhas, conducted a CDE program to update the Dental Surgeons on the latest developments taking place in ...

Public Sector Hospitals of Karachi – Over 450 posts of doctors lying vacant

KARACHI- Over 450 posts of doctors are lying vacant in the city’s different health care facilities of Sindh government, thereby badly affecting the ...

BUM&DC Convocation – 91 graduates awarded degrees

KARACHI- As many as 91 fresh graduates of the city’s Bahria University Medical & Dental College were awarded degrees at its second convocation.

Unavailability of water & gas supply – Patients suffer as JPMC puts off operations

KARACHI- Disconnection of gas supply to the city’s major public sector hospital – Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) – by Sui ...

SSGC Mounts Pressure on Defaulters – Huge amount outstanding against govt hospitals

KARACHI- Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) last week disconnected gas supply of a number of government hospitals of the metropolis over non-payment of gas ...

19th Convocation of Hamdard University

KARACHI- Last month, the Hamdard University held its 19th Convocation at the new purpose-built Convocation Centre on the main campus of Hamdard University. ...

BUMDC Students beat teachers in a cricket match!

KARACHI- Cricket is a popular sport that cements the bond between Pakistani people. On 4th March 2015, Cdre Raza Jafar, HoD Pathology Department at PNS ...

PIMA holds annual conference

KARACHI- Pakistan Islamic Medical Association was established in October 1979. Since its inception PIMA has been pursuing numerous developmental goals for ...

Hats off to young doctors of HU Dental College

KARACHI- How many times do we see lower class children around us? Working on tables, selling fruits, lifting weight their bodies can’t even bear. How ...

MoU signed between Hamdard University & PCSIR

KARACHI- Hamdard University (HU) signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), Karachi for ...

Brain-eating amoeba claims one more life

KARACHI- One more patient of brain-eating amoeba, also called naegleria fowleri, died in a private hospital of the city last Friday.

Isolation & maxillofacial surgery wards re-open at CHK

KARACHI- Civil Hospital Karachi’s (CHK) isolation and oral & maxillofacial surgery wards have been made functional.

19 Sindh govt hospitals to have ICU & CCU

KARACHI- Sindh government has planned to set up Intensive Care Units (ICU) and Coronary Care Units (CCU) at 19 public sector hospitals in the next financial...

Dr Arsalan promoted

FAISALABAD- Dr Arsalan Wahid Malik, has been promoted as Assistant Professor and Head of Oral Diagnosis & Radiology Department at the University Medical...

BUMDC medical colleges sports gala 2015, Islamabad

KARACHI- An inter-collegiate sports gala was held recently at Bahria University Islamabad Campus. Five medical colleges participated in the event which ...

90% doctors think arrangements for CME by PMDC severely inadequate

Karachi: A countrywide comprehensive survey entitled “PMDC performance Survey” showed that merely 13 per cent dentists are satisfied with the existing ...

Good news for all & sundry

PMDC & CPSP join hands to uplift medical education KARACHI- It was after a long time that two major institutions of the country – Pakistan ...

Yemen Conflict – WHO calls for urgent scaled up health response

CAIRO, Egypt- As the humanitarian and health situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate, WHO (World Health Organization) called for increased access for a ...

Official Quarters Rented Out – JPMC seeks Rangers’ help in retrieving land

KARACHI- Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) administration has sought Rangers’ help for removing encroachers who have unlawfully occupied ...

All over the Globe – Systems to combat antibiotic resistance lacking: WHO

GENEVA: A quarter of countries that responded to a World Health Organization (WHO) survey have national plans to preserve antimicrobial medicines like ...

Over 1,200 doctors to be promoted soon: Dahar

KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has said that 1,200 doctors would be promoted in next grade shortly.

Workshop on “Dental Implantology” held at Military Dental Centre

By Dr Ali KARACHI- A one-day workshop titled “Dental Implantology” for general dental practitioners” was held last month at Malir ...

`Employee of the Year’ ceremony LCMD-Dental section lauds employees’ performance

Everything for digital dentistry

COLOGNE, Germany: In 2013 the Henry Schein launched an umbrella brand, ConnectDental, bringing together the range of digital products and services needed to...

Dr Rafey joins HUDU

KARACH- Dr. Rafey Ahmad Jameel BDS, MDSc (Oral Biology) has joined the Hamdard University Dental Hospital (HUDH), Karachi as head of its Oral Biology ...

The dentist and the technician: A love story about breaking up with traditional methods

It’s time to say good-bye to the old ways of making traditional physical impressions. While once deemed the way of the future, physical impressions ...

MIHS’ first convocation — degrees awarded

ISLAMABAD – Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, one of the leading and pioneer educational institutes in dental and physiotherapy held its first ...

Dr Humayun Kaleem promoted as HoD at Baqai

KARACHI- The renowned Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Dr Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui, BDS, FCPS, has been promoted as the Head of Department, Oral and ...

One day free DENTAL CAMP by Margalla

RAWALPINDI – Margalla Dental Hospital arranged a Free Dental Camp at Car Chowk Rawalpindi as part of its community outreach programme.