LAHORE: According to One Belt, One Road & China Pakistan Economic Corridor Programme (CPEC), the alliance of International Medical Education has been established in the first three day conference held in the Sheyang city of province Lieyang, China.
At least 49 health institutes from 15 countries including China and College of Physcians & Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) will be linked through One Belt, One Road Programme. The conference was attended by CPSP President Professor Zafarullah Chaudhry and Professor Waris Farooq from Services Institute of Medical Sciences representing Pakistan in the three day international Medical Education Conference.
Professor Zafarullah Chaudhry apprised the participants of the conference about the performance of CPSP, achievements and E-log monitoring system for the specialist doctors. He said that the outcomes of the One Belt, One Road CPEC programme will be witnessed in the health sector of Pakistan. Through this, the alliance of 49 countries including Pakistan would cooperate with each other for medical education, training of doctors, students, expert exchange programmes and research and to materialise the ideas for mutual cooperation.
In this regard, CPSP has signed MoU’s with three tertiary care hospitals of China for the betterment of profession of medicine. First MoU signed between Zafarullah Chaudhry and Fuwai Hospital Cardiology Professor Wu Yongjian for the better treatment of cardiac diseases in Pakistan.
The second Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Chaudhry and Weifang People’s Hospital Professor Lu Hong Kai for the establishment of international training centers for laparoscopic and endoscopic.
The third MoU was signed between Chaudhry and Qilu Hospital Shandong University Professor Niu Jun, according to which a state-of-the-art hospital and a nursing college would also be established in CPSP Kala Shah Kaku.
Published in Daily Times, June 3rd 2018.