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BKCD student tops BDS exam
Peshawar
May 11, 2021
PESHAWAR: A female student of the Bacha Khan College of Dentistry (BKCD) Mardan on Monday topped the final year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) professional examination-2021 held under the Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar.
According to a press release, Aiman Manan secured the first position in the BDS professional examination by obtaining 1,023 marks out of the total 1,200. Her mark percentage was 90. Overall, the BKCD pass percentage has been put at 95, thus being the best among all dental institutions.
She had already topped the second year BDS professional examination in 2019 and had got 2nd position in the 1st year BDS professional examination held in 2018 conducted by the KMU.
Peshawar
May 6, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Medical University (KMU) has formally handed the COVID-19 response items to the KP Department of Health.
A press release said an event was organized by the KMU and GIZ with the financial support of the European Union for the purpose.
Dr Amer Afaq, Special Health Secretary, Prof. Dr. Ziaul Haq, KMU vice-chancellor, Dr. Maqsood Ali, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Commission, Dr. Saleem Gandapur, KMU Registrar and Dr Naveed Sadiq, Project Lead were present there.
After the emergence of COVID-19 as a pandemic, the GIZ extended support of approximately Rs 13 Million to procure COVID-19 response items to strengthen the testing capacity of COVID-19.
Health minister Taimur Jhagra meets representatives from the Hayatabad Medical Complex. - Photo courtesy Twitter
PESHAWAR: Resenting the non-implementation of the last year’s legislation for the prevention of violence against health workers, the Provincial Doctors Association has warned that the medics will suspend the management of coronavirus patients in hospitals if the government doesn’t act against MPAs Nighat Orakzai and Shafiq Afridi for ransacking the Hayatabad Medical Complex and torturing staff members.
The PDA leaders told
Dawn that health professionals would stop offering coronavirus-related services to patients in hospitals as a last resort if perpetrators of the Friday violence at the HMC weren’t booked and dealt with strictly.