Honorable Sir,  We, the representatives of the prestigious group of Nursing & Midwifery Professionals of Pakistan-NMLF Connect Pakistan"  have been watching on media the students' protest and the suspension of one teacher Mr.Liaqat Hussain thereafter at School of Nursing PIMS on various media outlets with concerns. Dear Sir, On preliminary inputs from persons concerned, it seems the increased amount of stipends by your kind government were not being disbursed by bank checks in a transparent way rather students were made to stand close to a window, compromising the SOPs, and to receive deducted amount in cash. When one nursing teacher, Mr. Liaqat Ali Ogahi, also a member of the Finance Committee, urged the accountant the otherwise, he was manhandled by the ministerial office, and later, was suspended on their pressure. Afterwards, the students protesting over this unilateral and unjust action were locked in the hostel and protests are still continued. Your directives shall ...

by Dr Dildar Khan  Very heated debate about equivalence of MSN and MSPH is going on. The issue stems from a meeting being called by the apex body of nursing in Pakistan. Proponents and openents are both nurses; experienced and highly qualified, some are seniors and some are emerging leaders. All are respectsbles and every one holds their own value in their domain.  1. As far as as MSN and MPH are considered, they are equal in terms of numbers of years, that is 18 years of education is required to get them like any other degree. Both degrees have importance in their own domains, however neither of these degrees can replace each other.  2. For running the affairs of a nursing school we need graduates having MSN or PhD in Nursing because only these are qualified for the job.  3. HEC also asks for Master or PhD in the same field for faculty positions in any subject, for example MS Phsiotherapy or PhD in Physiotherapy can be Assistant Professor or Principal in a college t...

ہم انسان کسی چیز کے پھیلنے کی رفتار کو عام طور پر صرف ایک ہی نقطہ نظر سے دیکھتے ہیں۔ ہم سمجھتے ہیں کہ جو چیز پہلے دن ایک ہے وہ دوسرے دن دو اور تیسرے دن تین ہوگی۔۔۔ اور ایسے ہی سات دن بعد یہ تعداد سات ہوگی۔ کسی چیز کے اس طرح بڑھنے کو linear growth کہتے ہیں۔ ہمارے ارد گرد اکثر چیزیں ایسے ہی بڑھتی ہیں۔ لیکن ہماری عام سمجھ کے برعکس عام جراثیم اور وائرس exponential growth کرتے ہیں۔ کسی چیز کے اس طرح پھیلنے پر اس کی تعداد ہر کچھ عرصے بعد دگنی ہو جاتی ہے۔ اور ایسا ہو سکتا ہے کہ اگر کسی چیز کی تعداد آج ایک ہے، کل دو، پرسو چار، اور تین دن بعد آٹھ، اور یوں ساتویں دن یہ تعداد چونسٹھ ہو جائے گی۔ Exponential Growth Linear Growth دن 1 1 پہلا دن 2 2 دوسرا دن 4 3 تیسرا دن 8 4 چوتھا دن 16 5 پانچواں دن 32 6 چھٹا دن 64 7 ساتواں دن ضروری نہیں کہ کرونا کے مریضوں کی تعداد ہر آنے والے دن دگنی ہو جائے۔ کسی وائرس کے انسانوں میں پھیلنے کی رفتار م...

یونیسیف کے نام سے پھیلنے والا یہ میسیج اور اس میسیج کی بنیاد پر بننے والی وڈیوز صرف افواہیں ہیں۔ ان کا حقیقت سے کوئی تعلق نہیں۔ This message is a perfect example of how fake news about Coronavirus are spreading around the world. A few days back, the message was viral on Whatsapp saying the information was from UNICEF. However, any link from UNICEF was not provided in the message. Now, someone has written UNICEF at the top and also included their institution's logo and name but everything else is the same. If one would see carefully the asterisk marks (*), used in Whatsapp to bold the text, are also there. In a few more days, someone may replace the name at the top with the logo of UNICEF and the message would seem to be an official statement. The statement would spread around the world like coronavirus itself. "اس وقت ہمارا  سب سے بڑا دشمن خود کرونا وائرس نہیں بلکہ خوف، افواہیں، اور مریضوں سے متعصبانہ  رویہ ہیں۔" ڈائریکٹر جنر...

"اس وقت ہمارا  سب سے بڑا دشمن خود کرونا وائرس نہیں بلکہ خوف، افواہیں، اور مریضوں سے متعصبانہ  رویہ ہیں۔" ڈائریکٹر جنرل  عالمی ادارہ صحت Source: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---28-february-2020   کسی بڑے سانحے یا بیماری سے نمٹنے کے لئیے یہ ضروری ہے کہ درست معلومات عوام تک پہنچے۔ اس لئے اس آرٹیکل میں مستند ترین ذرائع سے کرونا  وائرس سے متعلق بنیادی معلومات دی گئی ہے۔ اس تحریر میں نیلے رنگ کے الفاظ کو کلِک کر کے آپ اس ذریعے تک پہنچ سکتے ہیں جہاں سے وہ معلومات لی گئی ہے۔ اس کے علاوہ معلومات کے ذرائع کے کچھ لنک انگریزی میں بھی دئیے گئے ہیں۔    وائرس کسے کہتے ہیں؟  وائرس نہایت سادہ اور انتہائی چھوٹے جراثیم ہوتے ہیں جو کہ کسی جاندار کے خلیے کو استعمال کر کے اپنے جیسے اور وائرس بنا لیتے ہیں ۔ میزبان خلیے کے بغیر وائرس اپنی نسل نہیں بڑھا سکتے۔ وائرس اتنے سادہ ہوتے ہیں کہ یہ جاندار چیزوں کی پوری خصوصیات بھی نہیں رکھتے۔ اس لئے یہ فیصلہ کرنا بھی مشکل ہو جاتا ہے کہ ...

Cap. (Ret.) Ms Farya Habib is a dynamic nursing professional who was working as a nursing superintendent (BS-18) in Federal Government Hospital (FGH), Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. Through an office order issued on 31st January 2020, Ms Farya Habib has been attached to the office of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) / Minister of State on National Health Services Regulations & Coordination (NHSR&C). Having diverse qualifications and experience, Ms Farya Habib marvellously represented the nursing profession at many national and international forums. Nursing spheres are hoping that her entry into the health ministry would prove to be a great opportunity for the development of the nursing profession and the health sector of Pakistan. Capt. Farya Habib, Nursing Superintendent at the Federal General Hospital, Chak Shahzad, presented capacity enhancement plans for its hospital as well as #Nurse practitioners that the Islamabad city administration has put in p...

by Shabbir Hussain Jathial In follow up of meeting held on 9th January, another consultative meeting with Vice-chancellors of five public universities held today in chairpersonship of Minister Health. Along with Department Officers, ex. President PNC Dr Rafat Jan, de facto President PNC Ms Afshan Amjad, Director Nursing Sindh, Directors/ Principals of Health Universities attended this meeting. I was called to assist the department as focal person for transformation/ affiliation & admissions in newly recognized nursing schools (public). Breakthrough decisions were taken to expedite the transformation process thanx to the member of the PM Task Force Dr Rafat Jan & Dr Dabeer Ahmed (Dir. Plan & Eva.) for their special interest to assist health department to facilitate change in a smooth manner. It is heartening to see all major stakeholders together to achieve our cherished goals. Sindh will set an example in the transformation phase for sister provinces Insha Allah! ...