October 2026
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Indicator 12: The Extinguisher on the Wall: Is Anyone in Your Clinic Able to Use It?
Indicator 12 of MSDS Standard 4 (YELLOW) requires suitable fire-fighting arrangements, such as an extinguisher, sand or water and a spade, and…
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Punjab Health Connect: Bringing World-Class Specialists Home to Punjab’s Public Hospitals
Punjab Health Connect invites overseas Pakistani and foreign specialists to treat patients free of cost and train local doctors in 12 public…
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Work, Home, Repeat: What a One-Year-Old Taught a Doctor About Burnout
A short story for doctors who have quietly shrunk their lives to the ward and the house, and a simple three-part habit…
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CPSP Notice: Seven Journals No Longer Accepted for the Research Article Requirement (Effective 1 October 2026)
The Research Evaluation Unit of CPSP has announced that publications in seven journals, including Cureus, will no longer be accepted for the…
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Indicators 85 and 86: Six Wounds in One Month
Six infected wounds in one month at a Jhang hospital could not be traced to any surgeon, procedure or theatre. Indicators 85…
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Randomised Controlled Trials: Randomisation, Allocation Concealment, Blinding and Trial Registration
Dr. Hammad Ali brings his first trial synopsis in a plastic sleeve: odd and even dates for allocation, pain scored by himself,…
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Indicator 11: When the Wires Start to Smoke: Does Your Staff Know What to Do in a Fire or Non-Fire Emergency?
Indicator 11 of MSDS Standard 4 (RED) requires the doctor and support staff to know how to detect and contain fire and…
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Cohort Study Design: How to Follow Patients Forward and Calculate Relative Risk
Dr. Junaid Rashid arrives early with a blue-pen timeline he drew himself, and it turns out to be a cohort study. In…
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Reference Managers and Citation Styles: EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, Vancouver and Harvard
Dr. Hammad Ali spends forty-seven minutes typing eleven references in three different styles, and his supervisor stops reading at the reference list.…
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Indicator 10: The Curtain That Counts: Patient Privacy During Consultation and Examination
Indicator 10 of MSDS Standard 3 (RED) requires adequate arrangements for patient privacy during consultation and examination, including a female attendant when…