Year 2019, witnessed a very large number of Polio cases in Pakistan. Polio Eradication is every body’s duty. All of us have to play our role, was said by Professor Dr. S.M. Inkisar Ali. Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, arranged a Polio awareness program on 6th March 2020 for staff in collaboration with EPI Sindh. The audience consisted of faculty doctors, paramedics,nursing staff and non-medical employees from all the departments in order to enhance the awareness on community level. 6-March-2020
Department of ENT,conducted two days ENT Camp on 6th March 2020 at Jinnah Medical College Hospital to facilitate free check-up for hearing impaired patients. More than 100 visitors visited the camp and were provided with a Free Medical facility. 6-March-2020
Jinnah Medical & Dental College / Sohail University hosted its 2nd Annual Research Symposium on 25th Feb 2020 which highlighted diverse research conducted in various disciplines on campus. One of the main objectives of the Annual Research Symposium is to disseminate new knowledge acquired through research conducted by final year MBBS students under faculty supervision. Undergraduate Research Preject Presentations were graded as follows: 1st Prize Tiltle: Interventional Study Regrading Awareness of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among prison inmates in Malir Jail Karachi. Supervisor: Dr. Sahrish Mukhtar Group Members; Agha Muhammad Wali Mirza, Wasay Hussain, Syed Ali Farhan Abbas Rizvi, Mohid Ahmed, Junaid Nawab, Iqra Baig 2nd Prize Title: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND MARIJUANA: Effect of Illicit Substance use on Academic Performance of Medical Students in Karachi. Supervisor: Dr. Syeda Urooj Riaz Group Members: Bilal Mehmood, Muzamil Junejo, Ghulam Muhammad, Reem Nasir, Ayesha Hassan 3rd Prize Tiltle: The Effects of Water-Pipe Tobacco Smoking on the Respiratory System in Medical Students of Karachi. Supervisor: Dr. Nadia Younus Group Members: Komal Kiran Galaria, Rahat Zubair, Safa Shahab, Sameen Abid, Malik Balaj, Syed Muhammad Ishaq 25-Feb-2020
Seminar on Research & updates in Neuroscience (RUNS)
RESEARCH & UPDATES IN NEUROSCIENCES (RUNS) in collaboration with Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons. Conference was held on Jan 18, 2020 at Medicare Cardiac & General Hospital by Prof. Dr. Raza Rizvi head of Neurosurgery Department. This is the conference where all departments of Neurosurgery from all over the province participated including their senior faculty. The aim of the program is to share the experience regarding management of complicated neurosurgical cases and to improve the concept of research among the junior faculty. This program is rotated in different centers of province and this was the first ever neurosurgical event at Medicare cardiac & general hospital. 18-Jan-2020
