Health

Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), as a part of its policy to augment and enhance areas of medical facilities by providing free treatment with dignity and compassion in the remote parts of Sindh, has established a new “operation theater complex” at its Chhablani Medical Centre of Sukkur KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP – 26th Apr, …

In-charge Anti-Polio drive Chaudary Muhammad Hussain Friday said the five-day anti-polio campaign, which began in the entire district including cantonment boards areas on April 22, has been extended for one day mor RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP – 26th Apr, 2019 ) :In-charge Anti-Polio drive Chaudary Muhammad Hussain Friday said the five-day anti-polio campaign, which began in …

KARACHI: Pakistan is among the six countries identified as the most dangerous place for aid workers over the last decade, according to a report launched on Thursday. Titled ‘Leaving No One Behind’, the World Disasters Report 2018 was launched by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) in collaboration with the Pakistan Red Crescent at an event organised at …

Instances of parents’ refusal to allow health workers to administer anti-polio drops to their children rose by 85 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after rumours pertaining to the authenticity of the vaccine provoked hysteria across the province, Dr Ejaz, an official of KP’s Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for polio said on Friday. Across KP, more than 700,000 families refused to vaccinate children, …

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has assured the family members of Nishwa Baby and Miss Ismat that action would be taken against both the hospitals involved in inefficiency and criminal negligence in which two innocent lives were lost. This he said on Wednesday while talking to media just after offering condolence with the father of Baby Nishwa …

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal Tuesday took notice of unprecedented increase in the prices of medicines and directed to investigate the alleged corruption of Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP). According to NAB spokesman, he said the abrupt increase of upto 300 percent in the prices of …

Karachi: Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) has recommended to the Pakistan Nursing council to take disciplinary action against a midwife and a nursing assistant who wrongly administered a drug to nine-month old baby girl Nashwa Ali, resulting in severe brain damage to her that ultimately led to child’s death, asked hospital to terminate 95 unskilled nursing, paramedical staff and recruitment …

KARACHI: With an aim to extend all out support and facilitate to the under-privileged classes, Pakistan Navy established a free Medical Camp at Keti Bandar for local populace of the area, said a press release by the Director-General Public Relations (Navy) on Monday. A medical team of qualified doctors, including general physician, medical specialist, gynaecologist, surgical specialist, skin specialist and …

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Nausheen Hamid on Monday said that the government was taking innovative steps for improving health sector of the country. Addressing a function here organized by Medecins Sans Frontieres, Doctors without Borders (MSF), she said that provision of health facilities to the masses and protecting them from various diseases was …

Residents of villages adjacent to Shahdra on Tuesday complained that the only one dispensary catering to the health needs of thousands of locals in the remote hilly areas of the Federal Capital, had not been operational for the last three months ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP – 15th Apr, 2019 ) :Residents of villages adjacent to Shahdra …