Staff Reporter
Medics Interna-tional (MI), a USA-based Medical Professional Organization with its main focus on Medical Academia, Global Relief and Health Care with footprint of its work in 55 countries, is organizing its “Silver Jubilee and 10th Global Convention” here in Pakistan starting in Karachi from 24th December, 2019.
The MI being a United Nations accredited body has been providing humanitarian and health care work in countries like Burkia Faso, Haiti, Greece, Iraq, Tanzania, and Pakistan.
The upcoming convention will mark the silver jubilee of the foundation of the MI by a group of like-minded expatriate Pakistani physicians in New York who were the graduates of Medical Colleges across Pakistan. The MI was founded at the basement of a residence in NY and quite soon it emerged as a global health care relief organiza-tion. With participation of over a 1,000 medical pro-fessionals from United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, Iraq and UAE, the upcoming convention is going to be one of the biggest conferences Pakistan has ever seen on the subject of health care, medicine, and related fields. It is a completely CME approved Conference.
There are several threads of the conference namely, Medical, Surgical, Pharmaceutical, Dental, Young Professionals Career Guidance and Women Wing axes.
The first leg of the convention will be held at PC Hotel in Karachi on 24th, 25th and 26th of December, 2019 while the second and final leg will be held in Islamabad at Serena Hotel on December 28th and 29th. “Previously we have organized our global con-ventions in countries like the USA, Canada, the UK, Barbados, India, Iran, Iraq and now we are coming to Pakistan for the very first time after peace and security situation of our beloved native country has im-proved. It is now conducive to holding such international events” said MI founder Dr Wajih who is also a senior endocrinologist and diabe-tologist based in the New Jersey. “We will be having elaborated sessions on dif-ferent fields of health care profession.
There is a whole army of Global Medical Experts whose goal is to transfer latest technology to Pakistan, train the trainers and facilitate a dialogue to benefit Pakistan, the region and the world at large “ said Dr Rizvi. “One major focus of our conference will be ca-reer counselling for medical students and graduates in Pakistan to help them chose right paths for further education and practice. MI has been doing this for last 25 years,” he said.
