Chairman Board of Management (BoM), Institute of Public Health, Lt. Gen. (R) Khalid Maqbool has said that the Research and Development (R&D) department of Public Health Institutions should be very strong and vibrant.
Steps are being taken for the upgradation of IPH so that the institute could play its due role for establishing a healthy society.
These views were expressed by him while chairing a meeting here on Saturday. The meeting gave approval for hiring the services of a well reputed and highly qualified Public Health Experts to examine the existing organizational structure, upgradation of the institute, revision of existing curriculum and introducing of new courses, establishment of a Research Centre, etc.
Dean IPH, Prof. Dr. Zarfishan Tahir informed the meeting that upgradation of class rooms, establishment of ladies common room, student’s facilitations centre has been completed.
Moreover, upgradation and establishment of Laboratories and construction of collection centre have also completed. She informed that installation of solar system and water filtration plant are also in process and according to the rules quotations have been sought from the contractors.
Dr. Zarfishan further informed that admission in Post graduate and undergraduate classes are also in progress. She disclosed that so far IPH BSLIII Labs have been conducted 176242 Covid tests free of cost.
Former Governor Punjab Lt. Gen. (R), Khalid Maqbool has said that huge burden of expenditures on clinical side would be reduced if a strong prevention and control of disease program could be in placed which would enabled the medical professionals and public health experts to predict about the seasonal diseases and epidemics in advance and generate Alerts to take precautionary measures.
The BoM meeting was attended by the members BoM, ex AG Punjab Imran Iqbal, Prof. Dr. Shakeela Zaman, Dr. Saima Ayub, DS (ME) Specialized Healthcare Dr. Aisha Pervaiz, DS Finance Asim Hafeez, Dr. Ubaidullah Qazi and other concerned officers.
