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APMA Newsletter

“A Visionary” Assalamalaikum & Welcome to the combined February & March

Newsletter!

There are reasons to imbalances in life. The polarity created by nature

is to be neutralised by visionaries. We come from the most hostile place

and yet able to create a difference for self and loved ones plus provide

for our families in a way that is unimaginable to most back home.

The reason of being blessed might be nature’s asking to help preserve

the balance in life. Spare a thought about flood victims in Pakistan. The

ravages it brought especially to children and sickness ensues till now. It’s

often when time is not a healer but expression of increasing despair and

loneliness. With immediate death toll of 2000 people, more than 2 million

affected with loss of home and livelihood (equivalent to population of

Australia), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon claimed the flood as the

worst disaster he had ever seen.

We as an organisation have a power to cultivate an effort. Care for

people of the land, which with all its deficiencies is still ours …we need to

be visionaries of strategies to help the impoverished with the trust

bestowed on us from heavens.

23 March is celebrated as Qarardad-e-Pakistan (Pakistan resolution) day

when people thought outside the cocoon and become the visionaries

for Pakistan. They perhaps did not immediately achieve what they

thought but surely made it clear what they had in mind!

I dedicate this issue to philanthropists in Pakistan who work effortlessly to

bring humanity in chaos and try bringing a change whatever little they

can. They are indeed real visionaries of equality and fairness

Rizwan Qureshi

Editorial

Inside this issue

1 Editorial

2 In focus

3 Member’s corner

4 Medical corner

5 Literature Corner

Link of the month

Humerus

National Heritage

6 Travel guide

7 Famous Pakistan

8 Hikayaat

Movie review

Upcoming event

Harf-e- Aakhir

VOLUME 2 February/ March 2012 ISSUE 2&3

“A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations”Hazrat Ali (a.s.)

Children share a meal surrounded

by flood waters

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Dr Sayeed Khan

Be the change that you want to see in the world - M.K Gandhi

I was born in Agra, India (the city of the beautiful Taj Mahal) and am the

youngest of ten brothers and sisters. We migrated to Pakistan in 1968. My

childhood was quite unstable because of financial constrains usually imposed on

a migrant families

We moved many times between cities in Pakistan and I changed schools almost

every year. When I was in the 12th grade, our family was hit with tragedy when my

mother was killed in a bus accident in 1975. It was one of my mother’s wishes for

me to become a doctor and I started at Dow Medical College in Karachi,

Pakistan in 1976. By this time my older siblings had married or moved out of home

and I cared for my father who was quite elderly. During this time the situation in

Pakistan continued to deteriorate and in an effort to aspire change I entered into

student politics and joined the socialist revolutionary movement to challenge the

oppressive government of General Zia ul-Haq. Soon after, I was imprisoned for 6

months with many other political prisoners as a result of speaking out against the

government’s censorship of the media.

I finished my medical degree in 1983 and started pursuing a career in the surgical

field. The situation in Pakistan was unstable and was growing worse by the day.

I came to Australia in 1986 and managed to pass the AMC exams within a year

and started work in Sutherland Hospital as a surgical registrar. After 3 years of

hospital work I did some general practise work and fell in love with it. It was at this

time that I also married other love of my life, my lovely wife Ghazala.

I commenced my general practise career at Heathcote road Hammondville as a

solo practitioner in 1990. I have always been of the opinion that comprehensive

medical care can only be provided by a team therefore over the next twenty

years I developed a multidisciplinary medical facility at Hammondville with

numerous GP’s supported by nurses, physiotherapists, dentists and many other

allied health practitioners and specialists.

Apart from practice in Hammondville, two other large centres at Wattle Grove

and Carnes hill have been developed. I have been involved with teaching

medical students and registrars. At present we have vertically integrated

teaching practice with medical students, PGPPP, basic and advance registrars.

I feel very proud to be associated with Sydney South West GP Link, formerly

MDGP, and feel privileged to be part of a committed team that supports and

enhances general practice in Sydney South West.

I enjoy gardening, Indian Classical music, philosophy, politics and theatre.

I have three children, my eldest daughter is studying law, my younger daughter is

studying pharmacy from Sydney University and my son who is the youngest is in

year 7. As a family our greatest passions are travelling and volunteering in

charities.

I know I am very fortunate to have overcome hurdles to achieve many things;

however I feel that I can do much more and hope to continue to work towards

providing the best for the community

In focus

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I feel very proud to be

associated with Sydney

South West GP Link, formerly

MDGP, and feel privileged

to be part of a committed

team that supports and

enhances general practice

in Sydney South West. In

addition we have vertically

integrated teaching

practice with medical

students, PGPPP, basic and

advance registrars

___________________________

I was imprisoned for 6

months during Zia-ul- Haq

regime with many other

political prisoners as a

result of speaking out

against the government‟s

censorship of the media

in Pakistan

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Member’s Corner

Port Grand

Arts, culture and Food Street in Karachi

The newest addition to Karachi’s nightlife promises to offer visitors a world

of its own in an enclosed area cut off from the craziness of city life.

Port Grand expects to attract 4,000 to 5,000 people daily. Currently, 40

outlets are up and running and more are expected to open soon. The first

thing you notice once inside is the shopping mall that houses a number of

brands, including shops for gifts, clothes and accessories and books.

Towards the left of the mall was the much-talked about Napier’s Tavern.

With its historic architecture and fine dining, the lodge is expected to serve

as a setting for the city’s corporate crowd.

The lodge was built right under a one-hundred-year-old banyan tree where

Charles Napier is believed to have built a tavern. The builders used the

same stones and wood extracted from the demolished bridge to salvage

the heritage.

Further left, stretches the food enclave for a kilometre. Men, women and

children were strolling about the concrete path along the 19th century

Native Jetty Bridge that connects the Karachi Port Trust to Keamari.

The food enclave runs along the port where you can view the sea while

sitting on green benches lined across the fresh green turf. The three

spaced-apart metal barriers from the water could, however, be tempting

for adventurous children.

You can even see the cargo being loaded and unloaded from the ships

that arrive from all over the world. The food street ends close to a point

where you can see ships harboured at the KPT Boat Wharf. Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has provided double fencing around the complex

for security and privacy and KPT guards also patrol the bridge. “A lot of people thought this was going to be another Burns Road, but this is

a different cup of tea all together,” said Managing Director Shahid Firoz of

Grand Leisure Corporation. “We hope this project will lend a bit of

positivism to this city and country.”

Port Grand

Napier‟s Tavern

Food enclave along harbor

Food Street by night

Place to relax with family

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Medical Corner

What’s in the ECG?

Contributed by Dr. Imran Kassam

ECG scenario: a 37 year old male who presents for a health check for insurance

purpose. He has no significant medical history. His ECG as follows.

ECG answer: ECG shows sinus beat has a short PR interval and a wide QRS

complex as a result of a delta wave which is the slurred upstroke after the P

wave.

Bypass tracts figure: Can conduct much faster than AV node due to lack of

decremental properties. Usually have much shorter refractory periods Preexcitation undiagnosed in up to 25% of patients who aborted sudden

cardiac arrest (SCA) secondary to VF.

Orthrodromic Wolff- Parkinson -White Syndrome (WPW): is usually initiated when

a beat conducts retrograde through the bypass tract. In this particular figure

the pathway is orthodromic. Antidromic pathway runs in the opposite direction

where a beat conducts antegrade via the AP(accessory pathway) and

conducts retrograde via the AV node.

All these pathways can be successfully localized and ablated with either

Radiofrequency or cryotherapy ablation techniques

Bypass tracts

Orthrodromic WPW

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Literature corner By Obaid Ullah Aleem

Contributed by Ghazala Khan

محبتوں کے یہ دریا اتر نہ جائیں کہیں جو دل گالب ہیں زخموں سے بھر نہ جائیں کہیں ابھی تو وعدہ و پیماں ہیں اور یہ حال اپنا وصال ہو تو خوشی سے ہی مر نہ جائیں کہیں

خواب اپنی آنکھوں کےیہ رنگ چہرے کے اور ہوا چلے کوئی ایسی بکھر نہ جائیں کہیں ...

جھلک رہا ہے جن آنکھوں سے اب وجود مرا آنکھیں ہائے یہ آنکھیں مکر نہ جائیں کہیں

Link of the month

Mohyeddin reads Patras “Marhoom ke yaad main”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZt--8FfA5U

Humerus

No“body” is above law in Pakistan!

National Heritage Government College University, Lahore

(Estd. 1864)

Previously called Government College Lahore it is a co-

educational public University located on the

Mall in Lahore, Pakistan. Although the college was granted the

status of university by the Pakistan Government in 2002, the

word college is still retained in the name for historical reasons

and also because of the wide recognition of the

name Government College in Pakistan. The University

offers bachelors, Master's, and Ph.D. degrees in a variety of

disciplines. The university currently has more than 6000 students

and 323 faculty members and is ranked at No.6 by HEC in

General category. Alumni of Government College are

called Ravians which is derived from the name of the

magazine "Ravi”.

Government College University

Government College Lahore in 1880s

Under the British Raj the college was opened on 1 January 1864

in a portion of the Palace of Raja Dhyan Singh Haveli. The

institution was affiliated with the University of Calcutta for

examination. Along with the establishment of the

college, Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (professor of Arabic and

Islamic Law at King's College in London) was nominated as

principal of college. He later was instrumental in the foundation

of Punjab University, Lahore in 1882. The first class consisted of 9

students, all of whom matriculated from Calcutta University. In

April 1871, the college moved to its present site. In 1996, it

received autonomous status; on 9 September 2002, it became

a university. Eric C. Dickinson became its Principal in the 1940s.

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Travel guide

Kehwra salt Mines, Jehlum

Khewra Salt Mines is a salt mine located

in Khewra, Jhelum District, Punjab in Pakistan, about 160

kilometres (99 mi) from Islamabad and 260 kilometres

(160 mi) from Lahore. It attracts up to 40,000 visitors per year

and is the second largest salt mine in the world.

Salt has been mined at Khewra since 320 BC following its

discovery by Alexander's troops, in an underground area of

about 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi). The main tunnel at

ground level was developed by Dr. Warth in 1872 but has

since been converted into a tourist resort. Khewra salt mine

has estimated total of 220 million tonnes of rock salt

deposits. The current production from the mine is 465,000

tons salt per annum.

The mine-head buildings have 19 stories, with 11 below

ground. Only 50% salt is extracted and 50% is left as pillars to

support the mountain. The salt-mine is 288 metres (945 ft)

above sea level and extends around 730 metres (2,400 ft)

inside the mountains from the mine-mouth. The cumulative

length of all tunnels is more than 40 kilometres (25 mi).

Salt occurs in a Precambrian deposit in the form of an

irregular dome-like structure. There are seven thick salt

seams with a cumulative thickness of about 150 meters. At

places the rock salt is 99% pure. Salt is transparent, white,

pink, reddish to beef-colour red. There are beautiful

alternate bands of red and white colour salt

A small Mosque made of salt bricks inside the Khewra mines

Rooms were mined during the Mughal times

Reflection in Salty Water at Khewra Salt Mine

Rock salt makes beautiful texture on the walls and the ceiling

Crystal Deposits

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Famous Pakistan

Dr. Adeeb Rizvi & SIUT

Adeeb Rizvi is a beacon of hope and a role model

for leadership. His vision of providing free World class

care to kidney disease patients is a reality in shape of

Sind Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT)

SIUT started as an eight-bed ward in 1970 at the Civil

Hospital, Karachi. In the years following its inception, it

has progressed from a small ward to a centre of

excellence. In 1991 it was granted the status of an

institute by an Act of the Provincial Assembly and is one

of the leading nephro-urological and transplant centres

in the world.

The SIUT Trust was established in November 2005 as a

charitable trust for the benefit of general public and to

provide health facilities, medical treatment, medical

education, and financial assistance to patients suffering

from end stage organ disease and related conditions.

At present, SIUT is located within the Civil Hospital,

Karachi. SIUT’s new premises, the Dewan Farooq

Medical Complex, is situated one block away and

house many of its diagnostic facilities. This 300-bed

Complex has been built on a plot of 1.5 acres granted

by the Sindh Government.

SIUT created medical history in Pakistan when its team

carried out the first cadaver kidney transplant in

January 1995. Pakistan has now joined the ranks of

countries in the world where cadaver organ donation

and transplantation is a reality. It is the ninth Muslim

nation to do so, others being Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran,

Egypt, Kuwait etc. The story of our first cadaver

transplant began in October 1998 when a young

Pakistani Muslim of 24 years met with a serious road

accident. His family approached the doctors with their

decision to honour his wish to give the gift of life of his

organs—his kidneys and eyes. The kidney recipients

were two young men in their early twenties, while his

corneas restored sight of two others.

The first successful liver transplant in Pakistan was

performed at SIUT on 25 November 2003. This was

undertaken after three years of developing an intensive

Liver Transplant programme. A six-month old baby was

transplanted in collaboration with King’s College

Hospital London.

Our nation desperately needs visionary and charismatic

leaders as Dr. Rizvi. I have been privileged to have

known him personally and inspired by this larger than life

workaholic who can be seen anytime roaming lanes of

Civil Hospital Karachi.

Dr. Adeeb Rizvi - just another team member!

Counseling a patient.

SIUT clinics see more than 1000 patients per day

SIUT team comprise of 1300 full time medical and paramedical

staff

Dewaan Farooq Medical complex / SIUT

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Hikayaat

“A brother like that”

Shuaib received an automobile from his brother as an

Eid present. On Eid day when Shuaib came out of his

house, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new

car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Uncle?" he asked. Shuaib

nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Eid."

"You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost

you anything? Boy, I wish..." he hesitated. Of course Shuaib

knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish

he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred

Shuaib all the way down to his heels. "I wish," the boy went

on, "that I could be a brother like that." Shuaib looked at

the boy in astonishment, and then impulsively he added,

"Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?" "

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow,

said, "Uncle, would you mind driving in front of my house?"

Shuaib smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad

wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could

ride home in a big automobile. But Shuaib was wrong

again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy

asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Shuaib

heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He

was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on

the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and

pointed to the car.

"There it is, little brother, just like I told you upstairs. His

brother gave it to him for Eid and it didn't cost him a

penny. And some day I'm gonna give you one just like

it...then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the

Shop windows that I've been trying to tell you about."

Shuaib got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his

car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him

and the three of them began a memorable ride. That Eid,

Shuaib learned what the Rasul Allah (Sal Allahu alayhi

wasalam) meant when he had said: "love for your brother

what you love for yourself"

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Suggestions and contributions welcome

Rizwan_azhar@yahoo.com

APMA Newsletter © 2011 (All material inclusive)

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Movie review

“No Country for old men”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBqmKSAHc6w No Country for Old Men received universal acclaim.

The film received eight Oscar nominations, eventually

winning four Academy Awards in 2008, including „The

best picture award‟

Upcoming event

APMA medical meeting is planned for Saturday 12

May 2012 at Park Royal Parramatta. The program will

include medical presentation followed by social

evening. Please reserve this date. The details of the

program will posted out soon.

Harf-e-Aakhir… by Abid Minai

Main page art/picture title

“Rebuilding highway at Balakot Pakistan” by Ifthikhar Cader