User:Doctr.umair

Save JSMU Movement
This is the movement started by the students currently enrolled under the JSMU university to save the University,

Details
Lets have a Background Idea what leads to start this movement Jinnah Sindh Medical University: Will it shut down? Will SMC be no more? 1973: Sindh Medical College was founded and started working in the Pediatrics ward of JPMC initially. SMC is a 45 years old college in the city of Karachi, where for decades, SMC and DMC remained the only two medical colleges for aspiring medical students. 2011: Health was devolved to the provincial governments. 2011: The devolution was challenged in High Court by the JPMC. 2012: Sindh Medical College was declared a university by the Sindh Government and JPMC, National Institute of Child Health (NICH), and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) were declared its teaching hospitals. It was named Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU). Currently the largest medical university in the province with 10 affiliated colleges enrolling 7,000 students. 2016: The High Court granted the plea to JPMC to return to the Federal Government but specified that teaching in the University should not be affected. was referred to the Supreme Court which granted stay order in 2016. Supreme Court will soon start hearing. If JPMC is sent back to federal control, the affiliation between JPMC and the JSMU ends. What happens if the University loses affiliation with JPMC? The University will be derecognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&amp;DC), the body that regulates medical education in Pakistan. The JSMU, which has 10 affiliated colleges in Karachi, (total enrolment above 7,000 medical and dental students from Karachi and Interior Sindh), will be derecognized, as per PM&amp;DC regulation. The Sindh Medical College which has 1750 students enrolled currently, will be shut down. The students’ future needs consideration. PM&amp;DC Requirements: Requirement 1: The University should have a medical college and teaching hospital attached. Requirement 2: The University should have its own teaching faculty in basic and clinical sciences on its payroll. JPMC’s clinical faculty is with the University, which shall be withdrawn in case the affiliation ends. Requirement 3: For 350 students per year, the affiliated teaching hospital must have 900 beds. Suggested Alternatives: 1. To affiliate another hospital to SMC. There is no 900-bed hospital in the vicinity. If a hospital located far off is identified, the commute for 1000 students for clinical teaching will be impractical. 2. To build a new hospital for the University. A 900+ bed hospital will require suitable location, space, funds, and a long time to build. Questions: 1. Will it add to the country’s requirement of medical graduates if one old college is shut down despite good performance? 2. What will happen to the 7,000 students currently enrolled if the University is derecognized? 3. Who stands to benefit from this scenario? The people of Karachi, Sindh? 4. If there are reasonable people on each side, why can’t they come up with a solution to save the institutions instead of destroying them? ******** The Jinnah Sindh Medical University: Jinnah Sindh Medical University is a public-sector university established in 2012 when the city’s premier institution Sindh Medical College was given the status of a University. Since then, the University has opened four more institutes and affiliated 10 colleges. The total enrolment of medical and dental students exceeds 7,000, making it the largest medical university in Sindh. Its components are Sindh Medical College (SMC), APPNA-Institute of Public Health (AIPH), Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPS), Sindh Institute of Oral Health Sciences, and Institute of Health and Business Management and Social Sciences (IOHBMSS). Schools of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Medical Technology, and a College of Family Medicine are planned to open soon