Medical college without registration

ESTABLISHED in September 2003, Ghulam Muhammed Mahar Medical College is not yet registered by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.

According to the PMDC Ordinance 1962, unregistered medical colleges are running their MBBS degree courses illegally and any graduate of any unregistered medical college will not be granted an MBBS degree nor will he or she be able to do house job in any part of the country.

It is now clear that the future of some 450 students of the college will be at stake if the PMDC does not register it as soon as possible.

Also, the the PMDC team visited the college on April 25 but denied issuing registration because of lack of proper facilities and severe shortage of teaching and other staff in the college.

The college does not have its own building and is running in a very small health technician school.

Although students have held a number meetings and organised rallies demanding registration of the college, nothing has been done so far to meet the demands of the students.

Also a delegation of students met Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the Circuit House, Khairpur, on Oct 14 and explained to him the problems of the college, whereupon the CM assured the delegation that all their problems would be solved in a week. However, no major headway in the regard has yet been made.

However, provisional health minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed at a meeting with the students in the presence of the principal of the college at Sukkur on Oct 20 promised the students that all the required faculty of the college would be mdae available and the PMDC would register the college during its second vis it, which is scheduled in the first week of December.

Also, a delegation of students met Faryal Talpur at the Zardari House, Nawabshah, on Oct 23. Ms Talpur also promised to take interest in the registration of the college to save the future of students.

The authorities concerned should get serious and take necessary steps for registration of the medical college by the PMDC during its team’s coming visit to the college. STUDENTS ACTION COMMITTEE G.M. Maher Medical College Sukkur