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Following office bearers have been elected in the annual meeting of P.M.A. Sargodha Branch held on January 15. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Ch. Nasrullah Khan.
President: Dr. A.A. Hashni, Vice President: Dr. Muhammad Siddiqui F.R.C.S., Wing Commd. Dr. Sharif-Ul-Zaman, Dr. Mahboob Alam,M.B.B.S.,Khushab, General Secretary: Dr. Capt. Bashir Ahmed Chaudhry, Joint Secretary cum-Provincial Councillor: Dr. Anwar Ahmad Baghvi, Finance Secretary: Major Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Zahid, M.B.B.S., Provincial and Central Councillor: Dr. Khurshid Anwar Kazmi, Dr. Syed Akhtar Hussain.
PESHAWAR PMA POLLS
In the election meeting of Pakistan Medical Association, Peshawar held on December, 26 under the Convenorship of Professor Muhammad Kabir, the following office bearers were elected in addition to 20 Executive Committee members:-
Dr. Mohammad Ismail-President; Dr. Imtiaz Sultan Bukhari-Vice President; Dr.Murad Ali- Vice President; Dr. Mohammad Arif-General Secretary; Dr. Khan Mohammad Bangash- Finance Secretary; Dr. Sayed Hakim Shah- Joint Secretary; Dr. Naveed Yousafe-Clinical Secretary; Dr. Mohibullah Khan-Public Relations Secretary.
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY OF THE MUSLIM WORLD
The Pakistan Dental Association and the International College of Dentists are planning to hold an international Congress of Public Health Dentistry of the Muslim World in Oct. 1981. The idea has been appreciated by the President of Pakistan and the Government of Pakistan is extending all sorts of help to upkeep the standard of the congress. It is expected that many of the Muslim countries will participate, in addition to local participation.
PNEUMONIA VACCINE EFFECTIVE IN DIABETICS
Pneumonia vaccine is effective in raising the antibody level against the disease in diabetics, says a report in the Dec. 12 Journal of the American Medical Association.
Health authorities have recommended that diabetics be vaccinated against pneumonia, because pneumonia when combined with diabetes greatly increases the risk of death, says Thomas R. Beam Jr., M.D. of the State University of New York, Buffalo.
But it had been uncertain whether diabetes impaired the ability of the vaccine to trigger antibody production against pneumonia in the body.
Dr. Beam found that the diabetics responded well to the pneumonia vaccine. Levels of antibodies in the blood were sufficiently high to offer protection from the disease, if caused by One of the 14 strains included in the vaccine.
SERVIER RESEARCH PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE IN PAKISTAN
The LES Laboratories Servier, the second French Company in importance for Research has now started operating in Pakistan.
Servier is a comprehensive scientific organization, including one of the most modern toxico-logical and teratological Laboratories in Europe. The Research endeavour of Servier is reported to represent 23% of the French annual budget. The company envisages to invest 28% of the total revenue for the next 10 years on research activities. Servier is represented in 123 countries of the world, and having subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Venezuela, India and South Africa. One of the prime aim of the company is to provide to the medical profession all over the world, the drugs needed today and tomorrow. The Company anticipates to help physician to provide the benefits of modern research to the patients.