The initiative named ‘eDoctor’ by the Dow medical university is an attempt to make around 35,000 female doctors, who completed their medical education at the expense of the state or privately but they are no more associated with the profession, once again part of the country’s medical workforce.
“According to officials and professionals, among these 700 Pakistani lady doctors are also those women who are now live in foreign countries. They say the departure of such a large number of lady doctors from the profession has widened the gap between demand and supply in the country’s healthcare and medical services mostly in low-income communities.” Dawn reported.
Female doctors, who have been trained, say that they can play a significant role in providing backend health advisory in order to prevent maternal and newborn mortality rates, support population planning campaigns, polio and epidemics like dengue and typhoid.
According to Dawn, the project had been endorsed by leading organizations of the country, which included the federal health ministry and the Sindh health department.
Through ‘eDoctor,’ hundreds of out of work lady doctors from Pakistani cities and rural areas as well as foreign countries, including Bahrain, Greece, the United States, and Indonesia, have been motivated to once again join their profession.
