As many as 65,670 candidates including 41,681 female and 23,989 male, appeared in Medical and Dental Colleges' admission test (MDCAT) which was conducted by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Sunday. The test, started at 10:00 hrs, went of peacefully at 28 centres set up in Lahore, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Multan, D.G.Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rawalpindi, Sialkot and Hassan Abdal. Candidates started reaching their centres as early as 6 o'clock in the morning.
More than 5500 invigilators and supervisory staff performed duties at these centres. All the centres were sealed at 09:15 am. A large number of police personnel were deployed at the centres to prevent any disruption of the examination.
Ambulances and fire brigades were also made available at the centres to counter any untoward incident. Besides, close circuit TV (CCTV) cameras, mobile phone jammers and walk-through gates were installed at major centres. Body search of the candidates was also conducted. There were proper arrangements for the disabled students, parking and waiting area facilities for the parents of the candidates. Back-up power generators were also provided at some of the centres.
In Lahore, a total of 12068 female and 6350 male candidates appeared in the test at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education examination halls at Lawrence Road, Punjab University examination halls at Wahdat Road, Government Comprehensive Girls High School, Wahdat Road, Divisional Public School, Model Town, Govt. Postgraduate College for Women Samanabad, University Engineering & Technology, G.T. Road, and Lahore College for Women University, Jail Road. UHS Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Javed Akram and Deputy Commissioner Lahore Anwar ul Haq visited various centres and monitored the arrangements.