LAHORE: Hardly 10 per cent of the Pakistani students who have done their MBBS and BDS from 19 foreign countries have got through the exam conducted by the National Examination Board to test their ability before awarding them licence to practice in the country.

The NEB was constituted by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to make the graduates from other countries prove their mettle, but now it has been handed over to the University of Health Sciences, Lahore. The UHS vice-chancellor is the chairman of the board (NEB).

Accordingly, theoretical examination was held in Islamabad on Jan 17. The registration examination is conducted twice a year and it is mandatory for every foreign doctor or dentist to pass this examination before being allowed to practice in Pakistan.

UHS Vice-Chancellor Prof Husain Mubashar announced the NEB result on Friday at a press conference. “A total of 526 Pakistanis who have done their medical graduation from 19 different countries appeared in the examination.
 
Only 52 got through with 9.88 percentage. However, none of the 11 dental graduates could pass the exam,” he said.

He said the NEB conducts examination to determine the professional competence of a candidate for registration and equivalence of his/her foreign medical and dental qualifications. He said the successful candidates would also appear in the clinical test of the NEB.

Among those who graduated from China, twenty-two of the 157 candidates have passed the exam. From Kyrgyz Republic; eight of the 120 students have passed, from Kazakhstan; 14 of the 83 have passed, from Iran; three of the five have passed.
 
A candidate each from Ukraine, Russia and Bangladesh has got through. Sixty-two medical graduates from Afghanistan appeared and none of them could pass the exam.

“Some 22 Pakistani graduates from Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore and Services Institute of Medical Sciences have been asked to attempt the same question paper. Of them, 21 passed the exam,” Prof Mubbashar said.

Pertinent to mention is the fact that the candidates have unlimited chances to appear in the examination (conducted twice a year) to get a licence.

Jinnah Hospital’s Professor of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery Azim Jahangir Khan said there was a need to create awareness among the parents not to send their children to such countries.
 
“The parents must check with the PMDC before sending their children to the countries where the standard of medical education is poor,” he said.

Prof Khalida Waheed said the PMDC had handed over the task to the UHS because of its high security, validity and transparent examination system.

Dow Medical College, Karachi, Principal Prof Salahuddin, Prof Zubair A. Khan, Maj-Gen Tasawar Hussain (retired), Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Principal Prof Laiq Hussain, Prof Inayatur Rehman Khalil, Prof Nazia Yazdanie and Prof Arif Zaidi were also present on the occasion.

 

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