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The mostenticing eventof the year is just around the corner!SPWSbrings you theBAKE SALE 2011!!


Treat your taste buds with the home-made delicacies of our Kemcolian Chefs.


And join hands with SPWS to raise funds to upgrade the ICU n HUD of East Medicine and South Surgical Wards of Mayo Hospital.
A Proud Anecdote:
Last Year’s bake sale was indeed an incredible one. The SPWS was able to generate a sum total of Rs. 223524/- . And the 1st Year (present 2nd Year) stunned everybody with its fun filled b’day theme and a marvelous sales’ day ending at Rs. 82540/-. (The effort of the whole class was highly acknowledged and the class was awarded a shield and a letter of appreciation.)
SPWS on the other hand performed this sanctimonious task of handing over SLE 2000 infant ventilator and siemens compressor to M.S LWH for the little angels.





This yearSPWShas aimed to donate the following equipments to Mayo Hospital: ventilators, cardiac monitors, defibrillators and pulse oxymeters.
So come and be a part o…

Here's a series of articles in which medical students and experts share how they cope with the challenges of Medical Training.First get yourself a free account here . as the articles are available to members only.


Tips for Surviving Medical School
Follow this advice to not only conquer medical school but also make it a rewarding experience.


Do not compete with your classmates or compare your grades with others. We all had to be competitive to get into medical school. But once you are accepted, it becomes a level playing field.Getting a 95% on your pathology exam does not mean you will be a great pathologist or clinician...
(Click the link above to read on...)


10 Unwritten Rules About Surviving the Third YearHere's some advice on moving seamlessly from the classroom into your clinical rotations.And prevent THIS from happening... You will be tired after rotations and you won't feel like studying at the end of the day. Many third-year students will tell you it is vacation time. S…

We live in troubled times. Our country and its people are being made to pay dearly for the doom and misfortune that's befalling in other parts of the world. Or maybe they're just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I guess this week's Kellogs feature sounds too sombre. But then these are sombre times and we have tough things to take stock of and untoward circumstances to come to terms with.

This Kellogs Weekly is dedicated to all those Pakistanis who've forever lost some part of their life to this ongoing wave of terrorism and confusing loyalties which seem to have taken hold of the air, water and soil of our homeland. Read this very moving poem by Arooj Kohli of 3rd yr, written on the occasion of the extremely tragic demise of the son of our beloved Anatomy demonstrator, Sir Javed Iqbal, who lost his life in the terrorist attacks on the Ahmedi mosque in Lahore on 28th May 2010. We hope and pray that all the families and homes hit by the crippling hailstorm of terro…

From the typing down of the final membership lists or sitting on the stairs on the last day playing weird songs from my cellphone on the microphone, this year's BASIC LIFE SUPPORT program was a roller coaster ride............ The preparations began early in April although the event dates were 26th, 27th and 28th of April . On the registration day the organizers found themselves practically drowning under wave after wave of students. With a seat limit of 120 we had to refuse alot of people but after seeing the bared fangs and sharpened talons of final year we very "willingly" stretched the seat limit to a ground breaking and first time ever 239. This included the energetic participants from SIMS and CMH as well.

The first day all organizers came looking all prim and pretty to the auditorium three hours before the start of the BLS course. But all thanks to WAPDA and the super heat in no time we all looked as if we had just run a marathon. But the enthusiasm of all the p…

APPLYING FOR BSC ENGLISH EXAMINATION WHILE DOING MBBS!

 by Rafeh Saeed and McFearless


WHO CAN APPLY?
Anyone having his/her MBBS 2nd prof result card in hand [Passed ofcourse;)] can apply to sit for BSc.english examination. The subjects that we study in 1st and 2nd year are enough to fulfil the requisites (including Pak studies and Islamiat), and when you take the english paper, u're qualified to be a BSc graduate!
WHY TO APPEAR?
You'll have an additional degree of Bachelor of Science in addition to the usual BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY. And this also by simply appearing in an English exam. This Bsc degree can be helpful for those in-particular who have made their minds to join civil services or continue their carreers as masters in science of any speciality conjoined to medicine or strongly related. It can adorn your CV. And you can stand in an election by fulfilling the graduate requirement ! (legally of course)
HOW TO APPLY?
1. Registration To appear in Bsc englis…

Quiet. Everything’s quiet after a huge storm.
I guess that’s how one could aptly describe the state… or should I say ‘status’ of KE’s virtual world. If you’re a Kemcolian (or a Kemcolian’s friend… or a friend of a Kemcolian’s friend –whose fb account was recruited to perform the much-in-demand task of ‘liking a photo’) you’d know that a crazy storm in the garb of the KELS-held Photo Competition recently hit KE.


Aye Caramba!  Creativity and humour knew no bounds as students from every year raced to send in their photos, all at the eleventh hour! KELS’s inbox, feeling awfully neglected at the week’s start, was close to bursting at the end. Frantic calls to extend the dead line were answered by the powers that be with an almighty ‘OK!’ and a 2pic max was changed to 4. The theme was ‘KE through my Eyes’ that brought in pics ranging from hostel cats to Sir Akram’s bat,  pigeon flights to DH-sights, building scenes to well umm Manno the garbage Queen.
Coming to the wackiest part of this hit e…