Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences Symposium On 'transforming Health Care' To Be Held On Friday

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences symposium on 'transforming health care' to be held on Friday

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has planned to organize a symposium on 'transforming health care' here on Friday.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Dec, 2018 ) :Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has planned to organize a symposium on 'transforming health care' here on Friday.

The symposium is expected to be participated by 1,000 delegates from all over the country and also abroad.

The highlights of the symposium are plenary sessions comprising of state-of-the-art lectures, scientific papers, poster presentations, pre and post symposium workshops, scientific exhibition and participation of distinguished national and international experts as speakers.

The Scientific Committee has been receiving a large number of abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations.

The registered participants of the symposium will receive eight CME Credit Hours for full attendance and four CME Hours for participation in the workshops only.

A large number of doctors have already registered themselves for the symposium. Participation in medical conferences is an essential part of the post-graduate training programmes.

PIMS offers post-graduate training in many major and minor specialties and trainees from these programmes have registered themselves for the symposium in large numbers and will also present their research work on this occasion.

A high level Organizing Committee has been notified under the Chairmanship of the PIMS Executive Director comprising of faculty members of PIMS.

Sub-committees on Scientific, Finance, Logistics, Catering, Accommodation, Entertainment, Workshops, Publishing, Media and Audio-visual have also been formed.

PIMS ED Dr Amjad Mahmood said the 'PIMS Symposium 2018' will serve as an excellent opportunity to highlight the recent improvements made in the hospital to transform the standard of health care services provided to the patients in this iconic Institute.

He said PIMS will continue to provide service to a large number of patients from all over the country and despite limited resources there are many achievements to its credit.

He said the new government places great emphasis on improving the healthcare system in the country and improving health indicators is a major priority area of the government.