Descripción:
I graduated from King Edward Medical College ( KEMC ), currently, King Edward Medical University ( KEMU), in the year 1987. I was selected as a house surgeon, in Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore, in the department of general surgery. However, a lot of plastic surgery, was also being carried out there, by the Assistant Professor, Arshad Cheema FRCS. I obtained experience, in the formation of flaps, grafts, reconstruction of the nose, circumcisions, burn management, breast surgery, orthopaedic surgery, maxilla-facial surgery, cancer surgery, and administration of chemotherapy, in addition to general surgery. I was selected in government service, and was offered job as Medical Officer, in Mayo Hospital, Lahore, a 1799 bedded teaching hospital, affiliated to KEMC. My professor incharge, Professor A Waheed FRCS, was very strict and doctors were afraid to work with him. The duty hours were extremely tough, from 24-72 hours at a stretch, including in-patients, out-patients, and emergencies. I got ample opportunity to learn orthopaedic surgery, reconstruction of wounds, genital reconstructive surgery, drainage of abscesses, neck surgery, in addition to general surgery.
