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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan surgeon Dr Muhammad Uzman Tariq secured the highest marks in MRCS examination among 8,000 candidates from across the globe.
The doctor who hails from Rahim Yar Khan received the highest marks (93%) around the globe in the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination among all four Royal Colleges of England and Ireland.
He is the first Pakistani surgeon to achieve this accolade. He is currently doing his FCPS training in general surgery from the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan.
The Royal College of Surgeons England and Ireland has four medical colleges, under which the MRCS exam is conducted all over the world.
Over 8,000 surgeons from the Gulf, Europe, Bangladesh and India take part in the MRCS examination for membership to the Royal College of Surgeons.
The MRCS examination is a crucial milestone in a surgical career and determines whether a surgical trainee possesses the knowledge, skills and attributes to complete basic training and to progress to higher levels of specialist surgical training.
The MRCS examination is intercollegiate and is common to all colleges namely The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.
