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Upskilling – The Urgent Requirement in Healthcare– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1113 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1113 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: MART Production Credit: Yusuf Timur Çelic Preamble The global healthcare sector is facing an acute labor shortage. Driven by an aging population, chronic disease burdens, and workforce burnout exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for healthcare services is far outpacing supply. One of the most urgent and viable strategies to bridge this gap is large-scale upskilling. Upskilling refers to equipping existing employees with new or enhanced skills to meet evolving job requirements. In healthcare, this can mean training nurses to use new technologies, educating care workers to handle more complex patient needs, or preparing...

Healthcare Landscape in Pakistan – Public Sector – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 977 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 977 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Civil Hospital Karachi Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Karachi Mayo Hospital Lahore Healthcare is among the basic rights granted by the constitution. UHC – Universal Health Coverage – is also among the UN Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs.  Having said that, healthcare system in every country must keep evolving due to growing needs of people, constantly emerging new public health challenges, and the diversity of population demographics due to rural urban migration and other factors. Public Healthcare System – PHS, comprises of public and private sectors that cater to the huge population of over 240 million. Major challenges faced by PHS i...

Healthcare Landscape in Pakistan – General Information – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 976 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 976 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Shvets Credit: Laura James Credit: Max Mishin Healthcare is among the basic rights granted by the constitution. UHC – Universal Health Care is among the Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations, and Pakistan is also a signatory to the SDGs. Successive governments have had a lukewarm attitude towards healthcare and did not go beyond announcing few new projects for public consumption. The most recent and successful effort was Sehat Sahulat Program by the last government. Please ignore politics for a moment. The program, in its design and spirit, was excellent but did have issues in execution, mainly related to corruption a...

State of Healthcare in Pakistan – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #787 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #787 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: cottonbro studio Photo Credit: Jonathan Borba Photo Credit: Letticia Massari Healthcare stands on three pillars: Healthcare related policies; Public and private health infrastructure; and availability of diagnostic and treatment tools, the last one also includes easy access to drugs. We shall review each of these in some detail to understand the entire healthcare landscape. The information is gathered from several sources, and references are given at the bottom. Public and Private Health Infrastructure – Second Pillar Healthcare is delivered throug...