Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig

Overview: The current scenario of health care visualizes preventive and curative health. The Government is trying its best to improve the primary health care. Rapid steps have been made to improve the quality of curative health care services to the people. The health care provides a three-tier system- the dispensaries of the primary health centers, the hospitals managed by the Government of the local authorities like corporations and hospitals managed by corporate organizations, and then tertiary care centers including the medical colleges. Background: As we prepare ourselves to enter the 21st century, the organization and management of health services and hospitals will also have to change rapidly in tune with the advanced technological innovations. Organizational strength of any institution will depend on the achievement of the required output of its managers and professionals, such organizations which are endowed with organizational potency would be able to help the nation to a...

Overview : The 20th century was an inspirational period for physical and engineering sciences applied to medicine. The seeds for the rapid growth of medical physics and biomedical engineering in healthcare were already sown in the closing decade of the 19th century by three important discoveries: x-rays by Wilhelm Roentgen in Germany in 1895, radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in France in 1896, and the electron by JJ Thompson in England in 1897. As with other aspects of technological development, the basic principles elucidated by physicists were soon turned into practical applications through the skill of engineers. As we enter the 21st century, medical physicists and biomedical engineer continue to play an essential role in delivering modern, effective healthcare in a wide variety of ways. The work of these dedicated health professionals takes place in hospitals, research laboratories, industrial companies, academic institutions, and governmental organizations. Backgroun...