KARACHI: IBS facility for patients

Published December 25, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 24: The general body of the Pakistan Association for Mental Health has decided that patients undergoing treatment at the IBS will be provided with free consultations at an alternative venue.

A recent meeting of the PAMH discussed the related situation and administrative matters and also approved a working paper on “role of donors”. Among other things, matters regarding the care of patients undergoing treatment at the IBS was considered, said a press release.

It was decided that psychiatrists/psychologists would provide free consultations at 90-A, Depot Lines, Coast Guards Road, from Dec 28 from 9am to 4pm.

Prof Zaki Hasan, Prof S. Haroon Ahmed, Dr S. Tariq Sohail, Dr Ijlal Mazhari, Dr Amanat Mohsin, Dr Sirajuddin, Dr Uzma Ambreen, Dr S. Ali Wasif, Dr Rubina Kidwai and Dr M. Kasim would be the consultants.

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