From 31st January – 3rd February 2026, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) hosted their 55th Annual Medical Symposium – “Global Health Challenges, National Solutions”.The symposium featured dedicated sessions across critical care, medical and surgical specialties, dentistry, and nursing, providing a rich multidisciplinary platform for scientific exchange. This year’s theme reflected their commitment to bringing together leading minds to devise practical solutions for the health challenges we face. The following seven abstracts from the CCRG team were selected for oral and poster presentations:
COVID-19 Follow-up Study in the Pakistan Registry of Intensive Care: An Observational Multisite Study -Dr. Rehmat Noor Sheikh
Genetics of Mortality in Critical Care (GenOMICC) Pakistan: A protocol for prospective observational study on genetic determinants of ICU mortality -Dr. Wardah Khalid
Perceptions of Dengue Management in Primary and Tertiary Healthcare Settings in Karachi: Protocol for a Multi-level Qualitative Study -Dr. Amna Soulat
Co-designing Informed Consent for Critical Care Trials with a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Group at Ziauddin University -Dr. Arishay Hussaini
Outcomes of hospitalised dengue patients in Dr. Ziauddin Group of Hospitals: a Retrospective observational study -Dr. Alina Raheem
Mapping Recovery: prospective neurorehabilitation plan for infectious acute encephalitis survivors in Pakistan Registry of Intensive Care -Dr. Mahmooda Naqvi
Developing Stratified Antibiograms leveraging the Pakistan Registry of Intensive CarE (PRICE): A Computerized Decision Support Tool for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance -Mr. Ahmed Nayeem
Dr. Rehmat received the Best Oral Presentation award for her work on the COVID-19 Follow-up Study in the Pakistan Registry of Intensive Care (PRICE), and Dr. Arishay was awarded Best Poster Presentation for her poster on Co-designing Informed Consent for Critical Care Trials with a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Group at Ziauddin University. CCRG was honoured to contribute to this prestigious forum, engaging with national leaders to share research, exchange ideas, and advance solutions for current and future health challenges.
