LAHORE – Noted physicians of the country have termed medical ethics as the basis of successful clinical medicine and have advised the young doctors to acknowledge patients’ empowerment and participation in the decisions related to their health.
While addressing at a scientific session on the first day of international flagship conference organized by Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine (PSIM), here in a local hotel on Friday, Lahore Medical and Dental College principal, Prof Abdul Majeed Chaudhry said that there is considerable healing power in good doctor-patient relationship.
“It helps patients’ fear and doubt slowly transform into clarity, relief and assurance”, the veteran physician preached adding that with the positive role of doctor, patients would definitely be relieved of hopelessness, had higher satisfaction, better adherence and improved health.
Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro (LUMHS). vice chancellor Prof Bikha Ram Devrajani said that ethical decisions cannot be avoided in medical practice.
“Whenever doctors make a clinical decision, they are almost always making an ethical decision”, he added.
University of Health Sciences Lahore (UHS), vice chancellor, Prof Javed Akram was of the view that relationship between a patient and a physician is based on trust, which gives rise to physicians’ ethical responsibility to place patients’ welfare above the physician’s own self-interest or obligations to others, to use sound medical judgment on patients’ behalf, and to advocate for their patients’ welfare.
The Three-day conference which is being organized by PSIM in collaboration with University of Health Sciences (UHS), kicked off on Friday with different scientific sessions held on the first day. The session on gastrointestinal and liver diseases was chaired by Prof Ghias un Nabi Tayyab, Prof Sadiq Achakzai and Dr Asif Gul. The session on medical education and medical ethics was chaired by Prof Abdul Majeed Ch., Prof. Bikha Ram Devrajani and Prof Munir Azhar.
The session on diabetes and hypertension was chaired by Prof Hafiz Ijaz Ahmad, Prof Jamshaid Taj and Prof Muzaffar Sheikh. The parallel session on critical care medicine was chaired by Prof Kamran Chima, Prof Amir Shoukat and Prof Irshad Hussain Qureshi. The session on telemedicine and artificial intelligence in healthcare was special feature on the first day of the conference which was conducted by Dr Sohail Chughtai from UK.
The session on pulmonary diseases was chaired by Prof Zafar Ullah Khan whereas Prof Tahir Shafi, Prof. Aizaz Mand Ahmad and Prof Nauman Tarif presided the session on nephrology. King Edward Medical University (KEMU), vice chancellor Prof Khalid Masood Gondal, and Prof Masood Hameed Khan presided the session on kaleidoscope of medical career.
The speakers included Prof Faisal Ghani, Prof Seema Daud, Prof Saqib Bajwa, Prof Wasim Jafri, Dr Parit Mekaroonkamol, Prof Saeed Hamid, Dr Kamran Hassan, Prof Zaigham Abbas, Prof Tariq Waseem, Prof Khalid Mehmood Yahya, Dr Madiha Hashmi, Dr Arshad Taqi, Dr Sobia Qazi, Dr Irfan Malik, Dr Saqib Saeed, Dr Salman Ayyaz, Prof Safdar Ali Malik, Prof Shafique Cheema, Prof Syed Fazal Akhtar, and Prof Muhammad Anis.
The first day also saw a fellowship convocation of PSIM which was president by noted scientist Prof Atta-ur-Rehman. The conference was formally inaugurated by noted physician anf former principal King Edward Medical College, Prof Khawaja Sadiq Hussain.
PSIM also organized 20 pre-conference workshops at King Edward Medical University Lahore, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad, Services Institute of Medical Sciences Lahore, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College Lahore, Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute Lahore, Mayo Hospital Lahore, FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry Lahore, Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, and University of Health Sciences Lahore.–PRESS RELEASE
