Category Archives: Shifa College of Medicine, Pitrus Bukhari Road, Islamabad

94 MBBS students get degrees at Shifa College of Medicine (SCM) convocation

94 MBBS students get degrees at Shifa College of Medicine (SCM) convocation Islamabad - Shifa College of Medicine (SCM), which is affiliated with Bahria University, Islamabad, organised its 10th convocation at the Bahria University auditorium, where degrees were conferred upon 94 MBBS students. Dr. Rishtya Meena Kakar, Dr. Hassan Zafar Baig and Dr. Saleha Rizwan secured the [...]

Shifa Hospital holds free screening camps today

Shifa Hospital holds free screening camps today ISLAMABAD: Shifa International Hospital will hold free hepatitis screening camps at its gastroenterology clinics to provide free screening services, from 10am to 3pm today (Saturday). The camp is being set up to mark World Hepatitis Day. Another free medical camp will be established for hepatitis patients at Shifa [...]

Shifa College seeks transfer of affiliation

Shifa College seeks transfer of affiliation Islamabad: The Shifa College of Medicine has formally contacted the medical education watchdog for the transfer of its affiliation. It has been learnt that Shifa Medical College Principal Professor Dr Muhammad Aslam has written to Pakistan Medical and Dental Council President Dr Sibitul Hasnain for disaffiliating his educational institution [...]

Shifa formally opens first liver transplant centre

Shifa formally opens first liver transplant centre ISLAMABAD – After performing four successful living donor liver transplants in last six weeks, Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Saturday formally opened its liver transplant center for the people of Pakistan. Shifa’s liver transplant center is the first liver transplant centre of Pakistan. Muhammad Yaseen, 12, who was [...]

Lecture on sexual harassment, related laws

Lecture on sexual harassment, related laws ISLAMABAD: A panel of experts on Wednesday educated the Shifa College of Nursing’s staff and students about the basics of sexual harassment and its definition. Once the audience was clear about it, the issue of sexual harassment and the stigma attached to it was highlighted for the benefit of [...]

Shifa urges complete ban on tobacco

Shifa urges complete ban on tobacco ISLAMABAD - As many as 5000 people in the country are admitted to hospitals everyday due to tobacco-related diseases. Some 274 die daily and more than 100,000 die every year due to smoking. The worldwide deaths caused by the use of tobacco are above 5 million every year. This was stated [...]

Dr.Abdul Qadeer inaugurates Shifa Magazine

Dr.Abdul Qadeer inaugurates Shifa Magazine RAWALPINDI - The founder of Pakistan Nuclear Programmeand renowned Atomic Scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan inaugurated Shifa Magazine at Rawalpindi Medical College campus in Holy Family Hospital premises here Wednesday. Among others, Principal Allied Hospitals Dr Musdiq Khan, Editor in Chief of Shifa Magazine Dr Irfan and a large number of medical [...]

Shifa International Hospital (SIH) takes out thalassaemia awareness walk

Shifa International Hospital (SIH) takes out thalassaemia awareness walk ISLAMABAD: Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Tuesday organised a colourful awareness walk to mark the World Thalassaemia Day. SIH Chief Operating Officer Sohail Siddiqi, Strategic Planning Director Mahmood Mirza, Pharmacy Services General Manager Shafqat Ali Hamadani, Senior Manager Media Azmatullah Qureshi, scores of schoolchildren, thalassaemia patients, medical [...]

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) president lauds Shifa Hospital’s liver transplant programme

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) president lauds Shifa Hospital’s liver transplant programme ISLAMABAD - College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) President Prof Zafarullah Chaudhry has commended Shifa International Hospital (SIH) for starting living donor liver transplant programme for the first time in Pakistan. He congratulated SIH President and Chief Executive Officer Dr Manzoor H Qazi [...]

Shifa Hospital’s liver transplant programme hailed

Shifa Hospital’s liver transplant programme hailed ISLAMABAD: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) President Prof Zafarullah Chaudhry has commended Shifa International Hospital (SIH) for starting the living donor liver transplant programme for the first time in Pakistan. He congratulated the SIH Chief Executive Dr Manzoor H Qazi and the liver transplant team for performing [...]

Hospital performs liver transplant

Hospital performs liver transplant ISLAMABAD – A team of liver transplant surgeons has successfully carried out two living donor liver transplants at Shifa International Hospitals Islamabad.Dr Faisal Saud Dar, Liver Transplant Surgeon, SIH, at a press briefing on Wednesday informed media persons that first surgery took place on April 30, 2012 when a 12-year-old young [...]

Shifa team performs Pakistan’s first paediatric living donor liver transplant

Shifa team performs Pakistan’s first paediatric living donor liver transplant Thursday, May 03, 2012 Islamabad - Having laid down the foundation of a potentially successful national liver transplant programme in the private sector, Shifa International Hospital (SIH) achieved a milestone in medical history by carrying out the first-ever paediatric living donor liver transplant in Pakistan. The [...]

Shifa Hospital holds Health Mela to mark World Health Day

Shifa Hospital holds Health Mela to mark World Health Day ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Secretary Imtiaz Inayat Elahi has urged citizens to go for a complete heart screening and checkup at least once a year to rule out the possibility of any cardiac disease and other illnesses so that they can live [...]

Shifa holds fun day to promote healthy lifestyle

Shifa holds fun day to promote healthy lifestyle Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Islamabad - Shifa International Hospital (SIH) organised a colourful ‘Heart Healthy Family Day’ for families, children, heart patients and senior citizens at the Fatima Jinnah Park late Sunday evening. A large number of families, youth, children of all ages, and senior citizens — many [...]

Shifa Hospital organises family fun day

Shifa Hospital organises family fun day ISLAMABAD: The Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Monday organised a colourful fun day with a theme ‘Heart Healthy Family Day’ for families, children, heart patients and senior citizens to mark second consecutive event of its campaign to promote healthy lifestyle, in Fatima Jinnah Park. A large number of families, [...]

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