KARACHI: Medical seminars planned

Published August 31, 2005

KARACHI, Aug 30: The Health Times Academy is organizing a series of medical seminars for the training and awareness of family physicians in Karachi Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, Nawabshah and Sukkur, during September. Topics to be discussed will include diabetes, high blood pressure, typhoid , hepatitis B and C and Career Structure for Doctors, according to Professor M. Zaman Shaikh, president of the academy.

Speakers will include Prof Ali Muhammad Ansari, Prof Ghaffar Billo, Prof Masood Hameed Khan, Prof M. Zaman Shaikh, Prof Mashoor Alam Shah, Prof Jan Muhammad Memon, Prof Hassan Shaikh, Prof Inkisar Ali, Prof Abrar Shaikh, Prof Shams Shaikh, Dr Maqbool Jaffari and Dr Razi Muhmmad.

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