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MANCHESTER: The leading association of Pakistani doctors has called on the government of Pakistan to follow the lead of Punjab government and take steps to end bureaucratic logjams and bring reforms to facilitate Pakistani doctors from overseas who want to help Pakistan develop a credible healthcare system.
At the annual gala dinner of the Association Pakistani Physicians & Surgeons (APPS UK) here attended by 700 people, leading Pakistani doctors complained that while the Punjab government was being helpful in facilitating the projects of overseas doctors under the “Initiative for Change Pakistan”, the federal government and other provincial governments were not showing any interest in the offers of organisations like APPS UK.
Dr Muhamad Iqbal, Chairman of the APPS, said: “We want to pay back to Pakistan, but it feels that our offers are not valued by the administrations in Pakistan. We want to send machinery to Pakistan, but the government is asking us for as much as 300 percent tax. We want to build centres of excellence in Pakistani cities, but the government has to facilitate us. The centre and other provinces have to come forward to help us,” he said.
Speaking about Malala Yousufzai’s treatment in the UK, he called on Pakistan to provide security to its citizens everywhere. “We don’t want more Malalas to come out of Pakistan in such conditions. We want Pakistan’s daughters to be educated in Pakistan. It’s intolerable that girls are stopped from getting education and the government fails to provide safety to them.”
Dr Abdul Hafeez, founder of the APPS, said that the biggest organisation of doctors was planning to set up four hearing centres in Pakistan. “The work on the first centre in Lahore will begin this week for which we have been provided free land. We will start the same in Karachi in Civil Hospital, followed by other provinces.
In Britain’s General Medical Council and other medical bodies, Pakistani doctors occupy prominent positions and are known for their expertise. They can-and want to-help Pakistan in so many ways, but they want the Government of Pakistan to hold their hand in many areas. That bilateral cooperation is lacking at the moment.
Pakistan needs to form policies to tap in this talent which doesn’t cost Pakistan anything but can go on to help Pakistan overhaul its medical system.”Dr Abdul Hafeez said that there were between 8-10 thousand British Pakistanis doctors who appreciate that Pakistan helped them to reach where they are, but the system in Pakistan needs to welcome them or else Pakistan will lose out on capitalising on their expertise and skills which is high regarded professionally.
Professor Azhar Farooqui OBE from Leicester said that Pakistanis could be isolated from each other without an event like the one organised by the APPS. “This event is a great avenue for us to come together. We need to come together to help each other here as we have many health problems here as well as in Pakistan. We have a responsibility to contribute to develop the health system of Pakistan.”
Shahid Basheer, Qazi Zaman, Afzal Sawal, Dr Taimorr Mirza, Dr Shaheena Anjum, Azhar Iqbal, Dr Naveed-ul-Haq, Riffat Saleem, Shadaba Ahmed, and Professor Valerie Newton also addressed on this occasion.
At the annual gala dinner of the Association Pakistani Physicians & Surgeons (APPS UK) here attended by 700 people, leading Pakistani doctors complained that while the Punjab government was being helpful in facilitating the projects of overseas doctors under the “Initiative for Change Pakistan”, the federal government and other provincial governments were not showing any interest in the offers of organisations like APPS UK.
Dr Muhamad Iqbal, Chairman of the APPS, said: “We want to pay back to Pakistan, but it feels that our offers are not valued by the administrations in Pakistan. We want to send machinery to Pakistan, but the government is asking us for as much as 300 percent tax. We want to build centres of excellence in Pakistani cities, but the government has to facilitate us. The centre and other provinces have to come forward to help us,” he said.
Speaking about Malala Yousufzai’s treatment in the UK, he called on Pakistan to provide security to its citizens everywhere. “We don’t want more Malalas to come out of Pakistan in such conditions. We want Pakistan’s daughters to be educated in Pakistan. It’s intolerable that girls are stopped from getting education and the government fails to provide safety to them.”
Dr Abdul Hafeez, founder of the APPS, said that the biggest organisation of doctors was planning to set up four hearing centres in Pakistan. “The work on the first centre in Lahore will begin this week for which we have been provided free land. We will start the same in Karachi in Civil Hospital, followed by other provinces.
In Britain’s General Medical Council and other medical bodies, Pakistani doctors occupy prominent positions and are known for their expertise. They can-and want to-help Pakistan in so many ways, but they want the Government of Pakistan to hold their hand in many areas. That bilateral cooperation is lacking at the moment.
Pakistan needs to form policies to tap in this talent which doesn’t cost Pakistan anything but can go on to help Pakistan overhaul its medical system.”Dr Abdul Hafeez said that there were between 8-10 thousand British Pakistanis doctors who appreciate that Pakistan helped them to reach where they are, but the system in Pakistan needs to welcome them or else Pakistan will lose out on capitalising on their expertise and skills which is high regarded professionally.
Professor Azhar Farooqui OBE from Leicester said that Pakistanis could be isolated from each other without an event like the one organised by the APPS. “This event is a great avenue for us to come together. We need to come together to help each other here as we have many health problems here as well as in Pakistan. We have a responsibility to contribute to develop the health system of Pakistan.”
Shahid Basheer, Qazi Zaman, Afzal Sawal, Dr Taimorr Mirza, Dr Shaheena Anjum, Azhar Iqbal, Dr Naveed-ul-Haq, Riffat Saleem, Shadaba Ahmed, and Professor Valerie Newton also addressed on this occasion.
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