Islamabad:
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) informed the Senate’s Standing Committee on National Health Services Tuesday that a three-year ban has been introduced on the registration of new medical colleges due to a lack of teaching faculty.
The committee, who met here with Senator Aamir Waleeduddin in the chairman, discussed the PMDC change proposal, which was moved by Senator Humayun Mohmand. The bill proposed to include parliamentarians on the PMDC Board. However, Health Minister Mustafa Kamal opposed the proposal.
PMDC President Dr. Rizwan Taj said parliamentarians had never been part of the board, but the chairman corrected him and said a senator and an mna used to sit on the board.
Irfan Siddiqui said that the inclusion of political people would not change the structure of the institution.
Mustafa Kamal told the committee that even he as Health Minister was not part of the PMDC board.
He maintained that Pakistan’s medical professionals were still respected globally and political involvement could undermine their reputation.
