The University of Health Sciences (UHS) is all set to conduct the Medical and Dental Colleges' Admission Test (MDCAT) on Sunday (today). The test conducted earlier on August 20 was cancelled by the government after a high level inquiry found evidence of leakage of MDCAT question paper.
The UHS vice-chancellor, Professor Faisal Masud told media here on Saturday that around 65,000 candidates including 41,000 female and 24,000 male, would once again appear under their previous roll numbers at same 28 centres from where they appeared in the last test. The test would start exactly at 9:00 am at all the centres set up in 13 cities including Lahore, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Sargodha, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sialkot, D.G. Khan and Hassan Abdal.
The candidates will compete for 3,405 MBBS seats in 17 public sector medical colleges and 216 BDS seats in 03 public dental colleges of the province. Besides, there are 2640 MBBS seats available in 22 private medical colleges and 525 BDS seats in 09 private dental colleges affiliated with the university.