International Medical Graduates Association - Pakistan (IMGA)

01/12/2011

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19/11/2011

Research : Women's use extensive amount of their brain, while men's use less.

19/11/2011

Neurological / Psyche Study : Women's are more unfaithful at the time of ovulation.

04/10/2011

01/10/2011

[ Info ] : Normal Ranges :

Hematology Tests

Hematocrit (Hct) - [ 40-52% (Male) - 37-46% (Female) - 31-43% (Child) ]

Hemoglobin (Hgb) - [ 13.2-16.2 gm/dL (Male) - 12.0-15.2 gm/dL (Female) ]

Red Blood Cell Count (RBC) - [ 4.3-6.2x106/µL (Male) - 3.8-5.5x106/µL (Female) - 3.8-5.5x106/µL (Infant/Child) ]

White Blood Cell Count (WBC) - 4.1-10.9x103/µL

Diff ：
Polymorphonuclear Cells (polys) - 35-80%

Immature Polys (bands) - 0-10%

lymphocytes (lymp) - 20-50%

monocytes (mono) - 2-12%

eosinophils (eos) - 0-7%

basophils (bas) - 0-2%

Platelet Count (Plt) - 140-450x10^3/µL

Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) - Coefficient of variation - 11.5-14.5%
standard deviation - 35-47 fL

RBC Mean Cell Volume (MCV) - [ 82-102 fL (Male) - 78-101 fL (Female) ]

Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) - [ 31-35 gm/dL ]

CD4+ - [ 31-63% - 416-1751/µL (Absolute #) ]

Reticulocyte - [ 0.5-1.5% (Adult) - 1.1-4.5% (Newborn) - 0.5-3.1% (Infant) ]

Prothrombin Time (PT) - [ 12-14 seconds ]

Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) - [ 18-28 seconds ]

Fibrinogen - [ 170-420 mg/dL ]

28/09/2011

With the advent of new techniques and anti-rejection drugs, organ transplantation stands on the threshold of a new era, where once-radical surgeries such as face transplants will seem routine, says Bohdan Pomahac, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital surgeon and Harvard Medical School professor who led ...

22/09/2011

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22/09/2011

[ Update Report ] : Death toll in Lahore, Punjab reached to 63 so far due to Dengue Fever.

22/09/2011

[ News Report ] : The Punjab government should centralise the admissions process in private medical colleges through the University of Health Sciences (UHS) to ensure that students are admitted on the basis of merit rather than affluence, the Young Doctors Association said on Sunday.

Private colleges have been selling seats for ‘donations’ of up to Rs2.5 million, said YDA office bearers in a press release.

“They increased the quota of overseas seats from 15 to 30 and have been admitting students of low merit on them,” they said.

The doctors accused the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) of covering up the irregularities committed by private colleges. They said the fact that private colleges were advertising seats and conduct their own admissions process was “a matter of great concern for the public and doctors’ community”.

They said that the UHS, which already handles admissions to public medical and dental colleges, should control which students get admitted to the 2,100 seats available in the 21 private medical colleges in the province, as it would select the students with the best academic records. The YDA also appealed to students not to pay more that Rs500,000 in fees at private colleges, as this was the maximum fee allowed by the PMDC.

“If any institution charges more than this we will take action against them through a court of law,” said the press release, which was signed by Dr Rana Sohail, Dr Salman Kazmi, Dr Talha Sherwani, Dr Aslam Rao and Dr Muhammad Khawar Khan.

21/09/2011

[ Report ] : An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in China for the first time since 1999, leaving one person dead and hospitalizing another nine, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease, a contagious viral illness that in its most severe form causes paralysis, difficulty breathing and sometimes death, broke out in the prefectures of Hotan and Bazhou in the country's western Xinjiang province. Among the ten cases confirmed, six are in children under three years old and four are young adults.

The WHO said evidence indicates the virus is genetically linked to polio cases currently circulating in Pakistan, which borders Xinjiang. Pakistan has been affected by the nationwide transmission of the same WPV1 strain.
It also warned the virus could spread beyond the current affected area.

"Although other areas in China or other countries are not immediately at risk due to the geographic distance to the affected province, the polio virus can travel great distances and find susceptible populations, no matter where they live," Helen Yu, from the WHO's Beijing office.

According to China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ministry of Health has dispatched a group of public health experts to the affected region to help treat the virus. It said the local government had launched a mass vaccination campaign starting in early September. WHO confirmed initial vaccination campaigns carried out by mid-September had reached over 3.5 million children -- children being particularly vulnerable to polio.

Further vaccination campaigns will be conducted in the near future to ensure this outbreak is brought completely under control, according to the health ministry.
"No matter how long a country has been polio-free, as long as global polio eradication has not yet been achieved, the risk for importation remains and constant vigilance is required." said Yu. Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is usually transmitted through contaminated food and water. It invades the nervous system and often leads to permanent paralysis. It can be prevented by immunization.
This is the first outbreak of polio in China since 1999, when a case was reportedly brought into the country from India.