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Tell us about your Early
Education and interests?
- My early education was from a
local school and I had to travel 5 Kilometers for that. From class 6th
I was shifted to a hostel. When I was in class 8th I took the
highest marks in the Scholarship Exam in the whole District. Then I got
admission in Islamia High School Jhang. I passed my FSc from Government
College Jhang and was admitted to King Edward Medical College where I was
at 25th merit order and at the time of graduation my merit
order was 4. I did my Fellowship in Surgery and in 2002 I was awarded
Fellowship honors.
- I have interest in Urdu
Literature and Mumtaz Mufti is my favorite author. I have won prizes in
Debates as well.
- When I was a kid I used to
play football and Kabadi.
- Favorite cuisine is whatever
is being cooked by wife.
- Mehdi Hassan is the favorite
singer
Tell us about any memorable
Incident of your life?
- I was close to death at three
occasions in my life. 1st when I was a young boy and had severe
measles, 2nd when I was about to give my FSc Exam and 3rd
when I was a Medical student. At the 3rd time the doctors who
operated me are the same doctors who I had the honor of operating on when
I became surgeon.
When did u start thinking
about becoming a Doctor?
- I started thinking about
adopting Medicine as my profession when I was in class 8th.
Mehar Jeevan Khan, my elder brother, is my inspiration and has a lot of
influence in my life throughout.
What is the difference between
your time and present time?
- The knowledge has increased in
present time but at our time Clinical Skills were better as there were
less number of students. Confidence has also increased in today’s student
as compared to old times.
- A hostel dinner was arranged
by our Principal and I had the honor of sitting on the table where Prof.
Dr. Zafarullah (Now President CPSP) was sitting. I was in 3rd
year at that time and it felt great that I am sitting with my teacher. My
aim is also to create an atmosphere where teacher student interaction is
more as compared to how it is now.
Tell us something about your
College life?
- I had been conscious about my
achievements and always had a sense of competition. I had been a regular
student throughout my student life. When I was in KEMC I also used to play
indoor games like Table-tennis and Badminton.
What is your way of working?
- I believe in division of power
and work and for this purpose I have made a number of committees. Regular
Academic Council meeting are also being conducted and all the issues
related to students and teachers are being discussed and worked upon.
Doctors are generally thought
to be dry people, what do u say?
- To me doing surgery is the
biggest enjoyment and excitement. I love my work.
- This is because exposure of
doctors to people belonging to other professions is low. Medical students
are either over confident or shy. Therefore its in my plans to organize
such gatherings in which people belonging to other professions and Medical
students could participate and share their view and intermingle so that
this problem can be overcome.
What was your reaction when
you came to know that you have been appointed as the Principal?
- In the top 3 Professors of an
institute level of maturity is developed. So it was not that tough on me
to cope with it.
- I never expected my Principal
orders on 18th February so it was sudden news. My elder brother
has always been a guide for me and he advised me to wait for written
orders. Then I received a fax. It was time of Zohar prayers at that time.
I offered Namaz and Prayed to ALLAH Almighty that, “Give me strength to
lead this institution to the heights of glory”.
What is the college doing
about the Sawat crisis?
- About the Sawat crisis, 3
teams of doctors have been sent to the camps. It is a sense of honor and
pride for me to say that the 1st scisserian over there was done
by our doctors and the child was given the name, Shahbaz Khan. A committee
has been made headed by Prof. Dr. Muhammed Saeed who will look into the
financial support of the needy over there.
What are your future visions?
- In my future vision I would
like create an atmosphere where day to day activity is done. Positive work
is encouraged and there is self respect among the individuals. Not only
Profession but Personality Building is also being done. I would like
people to come here from abroad as we have got huge amount of clinical
material.
- Peace should prevail on
national and international level.
- Organ Donation Legalization is
my goal and I would like to build an Organ Transplant Unit as there is
great need of such a facility and specially liver transplant is very much
needed.
- Realism should prevail along
with Optimism, neither of these alone.
- My dream is to create a
transparent merit system so that those who deserve don’t need to beg. Once
we implement this, everyone will struggle hard and in this manner we will
be able to produce geniuses.
- I had been organizing
Undergraduate Research Competitions and would start them again soon.
- An advisory committee for
Career Planning will be made which will help students to plan for their
future with best guidance.
- In future there will be more
farm injuries so we should work for its prevention.
What are you doing about the
provision of recreational activities in the girls hostel?
- Healthy recreational
activities for girls should be promoted. I have visited Fatima and Ayesha
hall. There is grassy Lawn and activities should be done over there.
What is your message For
Doctors:
- The ratio of patients is huge.
Although it’s difficult for doctors after so much strenuous work to put a
smile on their faces but this is the foremost need. My aim is to provide
care to the health providers. In this regards I have plans to make a
cafeteria for doctors. Better environment will be provided to the doctors.
International exposure will be made possible for the Doctors to have a
better vision, improvement and synchronization of their techniques with
the modern world.
Message for Medical students:
- You must work very hard and
put your maximum effort to attain your goal. Always pray to ALLAH Almighty
but praying without doing hard work is like dictating ALLAH without doing
anything by yourself.
- Give respect and get respect.
Hazrat Ali (RA) said,” Damn that person, who is respected because people
are afraid of him”. So don’t be respected in this manner.
- At last I would like to advise
you that you should be better than us in training, skills and knowledge as
this is the only indicator of our progress.
May ALLAH Bless you all.
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Punjab
Medical College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
