KARACHI: Health volunteer praised

Published December 8, 2005

KARACHI, Dec 7: The Pakistan Medical Association on Wednesday held a special reference meeting to honour Mrs Frances Walton for her services at PMA Hospital Mansehra. Mrs Walton is a psychiatrist and a trained nurse who came to help people at Mansehra. PMA President Dr Haseeb Alam presented a memento to her on behalf of the PMA. Mrs Walton urged the PMA to continue the work and emphasized development of infrastructure in quake-hit areas. —PPI

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