Senate body on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination meets

ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (NNI): The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Thursday was apprised through Petition No 4906 that the entire system of nursing is malfunctioned and the vision and mission of the Government of Pakistan for the nursing profession to meet the target of 300000 Nurses by 2023 is being damaged by the Pakistan Nursing Council which do not aim to promote the nursing education by fair means.
The Petitioner Malik Muhammad Usman Ali through Public Petition no 4906 regarding violation of Pakistan Nursing Council Act 1973 argued that the future of thousands of nursing students through bogus institutes established by the Pakistan Nursing Council Academy employees malpractices and illegal appointments is being wrecked. The Petitioner lamented that the PNC is working on ,”one man show” basis and self seeking interests.
The petitioner apprised on the appointment of Ms Fozia Mushtaq as illegal, it was apprised that the service rules for the employees of PNC has not yet been articulated and without service rules any promotion give to Fouzia Mushtaq is illegal. It was also argued that the PNC has conflict of interest within the institute. The petitioner urged the Senate Committee to address the issues in the larger interest of the country.
The Chairman Committee maintained that nurses are central to the medical community and are held in high esteem world wide. They are the backbones of the field of medicine and shall be dealt under systematic Rules and Charters.The Committee deferred the matter, as the committee needed time to vet the working papers submitted by the petitioner. The committee also directed the Ministry as well as the Petitioner to answer the questions as and when asked upon solid grounds arguements and evidences in order fo resolve if inaccuracies are prevalent in the institute. Matter of issues faced by the foreign medical graduates regarding House Job and application of percentage reduction from retrospective by the PMC was also discussed in the committee. The PMC informed the committee that the council during its 2nd meeting held on 27th September, 2022 discussed passing percentage of NLE 1 & 2 shall be at par with the professional exams being taken by the medial universities in Pakistan, which is 50 pc. NNI