Health

LAHORE: Patients registered with the Hepatitis Control Program in Lahore, have been waiting for medicines to complete their course.  According to details, the lives of the patients registered with the Hepatitis Control Program in Punjab are at stake as the clinics established across Punjab are short of medicines. Hepatitis Control Program Manager Dr Abid Ghauri said the medicines were not …

People often complain about tiredness and these complaints keep on increasing in volume. The complaints are increasing about lack of sleep and it is often observed that this problem is not an occasional difficulty but is symptomatic of a deeper difficulty. This discomfort usually spreads to other aspects of life and one notices lack of concentration on work and realise …

As Pakistan continues to witness an increase in poliovirus, Interim Health Mini­ster Dr Nadeem Jan has said 90 per cent of cases in the country were “imported from Afghanistan”. His remarks come after two more samples tested positive for the poliovirus in the country, just a day after this year’s third case surfaced. According to an official at the polio laboratory of …

In a step towards controlling smog, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the authorities to fine vehicles over wrong parking in the provincial capital.  The LHC bench issued orders while hearing a petition seeking the court’s intervention to curb smog. Justice Shahid Karim resumed the hearing on the plea of citizen, Haroon Farooq and others. The LHC ordered …

Mexican animal safety authorities confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a wild bird on Wednesday, after declaring the country’s poultry farms free of the virus earlier in the day. A case of H5N1 avian influenza was found in a “clinically healthy” migratory duck in the state of Jalisco, the animal safety agency Senasica, which is part of …

KARACHI: The first-ever robotic has been successfully performed at Karachi’s Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center (JPMC). JPMC director confirmed that a 34-year-old patient underwent a cutting-edge gallstone surgery utilizing the latest robotic technology. Under the guidance of Jinnah Hospital’s Executive Director, Prof Dr. Shahid Rasool, a surgical team led by Dr. Saddam and Dr. Mansab conducted this pioneering operation with …

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker federal health minister Dr. Nadeem Jan launched the National Health Card App in Islamabad on Wednesday, aimed at empowering the people to organize their visits to hospitals. Addressing the ceremony, the minister said the app was developed in cooperation with NADRA. Highlighting its feature, the minister said the national health card app will get feedback from patients on …

The Indian army said on Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. “Due to sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim, a flash flood occurred in the Teesta River… 23 personnel have been reported missing and some vehicles are …

KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has issued an advisory regarding the potential spread of the dangerous “Nipah” virus, which has affected numerous individuals in India. In the advisory, the medical superintendents, directors, and livestock departments have been advised to exercise caution in a letter sent by Sindh’s director of health to hospitals around the state. The Nipah virus is known …

More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in the country’s worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. Dengue is a disease endemic to tropical areas that causes high fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and, in the most serious cases, bleeding that can lead to death. The …