Pakistan Ambassador Manzoor Ul Haq has urged his country’s doctors in the Kingdom to focus on subjects that need medical attention in the community.

Hailing the role of Pakistani doctors in serving patients, he said seminars on such topics will help serve the community better.

Haq was speaking at the 37th Medical Symposium at the Pakistan Embassy auditorium in Riyadh on Friday.

This year’s theme was “Individualizing Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.”

Haq, who is the patron-in-chief ambassador of the Pakistan Doctors Group (PDG), commended the services it renders to the community and stressed on the need for such programs.

“I would like to see many more such symposiums. They are informative and educative,” Haq said, adding that he offered his assistance to choose the right topics for such programs.

Speaking about diabetes, Haq described it as a deadly disease, which could be life threatening if neglected.

Highlighting the importance of health in human life, he said: “Health is wealth.” If wealth is lost, he added, it is indeed a serious moment.

Dr. Atallah Ruhaili, president of the Saudi Society of Rhinology and Metabolism, was the chief guest. Dr. Shakir, PDG academic secretary, presented the welcome address and convened the event.

Ruhaili said: “I do not know of any Saudi who has had unpleasant encounters with Pakistani doctors. We in Saudi Arabia have always seen dedicated Pakistani doctors and specialists giving their best in patient care and they have a very positive impression about them.”

Outlining the history of PDG, Dr. Nadim Sheikh said the group was founded in 1986 as a nonprofit entity with a view to bringing Pakistani expatriate doctors in Saudi Arabia to one platform with the sole purpose of service to the Pakistani community.

Sheikh said there are some 350 dedicated members of the PDG which also regularly hosts free medical camps for the needy.