The federal government, while taking notice of the decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, has asked the authorities concerned to look into the matter and resolve the issue in an amicable way.
It may be mentioned that the CPSP has de-accredited eight departments of Fatima Jinnah Medical College including medicine, surgery, ENT, radiology, psychiatry, dermatology, anaesthesia, ophthalmology and two faculties of King Edward Medical College-gynaecology and obstetrics, for supervising trainees for its diplomas and courses, being offered by other universities simultaneously.
Well-informed sources told Business Recorder here on Friday that the decision of the CPSP has created resentment among senior doctors as well as students, and some of them brought the matter into the notice of the government.
After this decision of CPSP, an emergent meeting of the academic council of the FJMC was held to adopt future course of action. According to insiders, the meeting decided to use all channels of the government, to resolve the issue in an amicable way. Some members of the council also expressed anguish over the decision of the council, which has created deep resentment among the medical fraternity, the sources claimed.
When contacted, Professor Akbar Chaudhry, Principal, FJMC, said that they would resolve the issue with a professional approach, using all government channels. He hoped that the issue would be resolved very soon. When asked to comment on the decisions taken in the council meeting, he declined to unfold the details, however, he said that all out efforts were being made to resolve the issue.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that senior doctors of FJMC, KEMC and Lady Wellington hospitals have requested the Punjab Health Minister to intervene, and use his good offices to ease the situation so as to end resentment prevailing among the senior professors in medical colleges. 'The CPSP was bent upon to monopolise postgraduate examinations while charging exorbitant fees.