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Background: Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-born viral illness in theworld. Clinically dengue ranges from asymptomatic, non-febrile illness, classic dengue todengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. Objective: Subjects & Methods: Thisstudy was included 79 patients conducted at Nawaz Sharif Social Sevurity Hospital, Lahoreduring the epidemic of dengue in Lahore from September 2011 to Dec 2011. Results: Twenty outof 79 patients suspected of dengue fever were dengue IgM positive. Male to female ratio was1.19: 1. Our study included 79 patients suspected of having dengue fever. Fever was the mostcommon symptom in these patients. Conclusions: Early identification of dengue with risk ofdeveloping hemorrhage is an important clinical objective. The morbidity and mortality can bereduced by appropriate and judicious treatment of dengue patients.

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Objectives: To assess and compare the student’s attitude to professionalism among government and private medical colleges. Research question: Are there any differences in Professionalism attitudes of students studying in government and Private medical colleges of Pakistan? Hypothesis: Professionalism attitudes of Medical students studying in government and Private medical colleges do not differ from each other. Method: A government medical college of Sargodha & a Private medical college of Lahore were chosen for the study. Study was conducted from May to June 2019. 200 Final year MBBS students were given a questionnaire named Pakistani LAMPS validated through a pilot study. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. We applied statistical test chi square used for analysis in SPSS 21 version. Results: Out of the study participants, there were 76(38%) were male &124(62%) female. The Pakistani LAMPS had an acceptable reliability index with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.71. The items mean scores vary between (1.93+ 1.03 and 3.00+ SD 3.78, scale 1–5). The score was high significantly in Private medical college students (107/140) than Public medical college (95/140) with p value of 0.0001. Conclusion: The null hypothesis was rejected because the professionalism score of private medical college students was higher than that of government medical college students. Keywords: Professionalism, Attitudes, LAMPS Government, Private, Medical Education