Health

ISLAMABAD: Only 30pc of children are registered in Pakistan, which also makes it difficult to identify children in cases of death and untoward instances, the Ministry of Human Rights told a parliamentary committee. The Senate Special Committee on the Issue of Increasing Incidents of Child Abuse met on Monday at Parliament House with Senator Nuzhat Sadiq in the chair. Ministry …

SHEIKHUPURA: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar paid a surprise visit to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital on Sunday and suspended a doctor from service on the patients’ complaints. He went to various wards of the hospital to inquire after the patients who complained about the shortage of medicines and other facilities in the hospital. They also complained about the indifferent …

KARACHI: After the detailed and comprehensive re-inspection of Baqai University dental section on 19 December 2018, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Executive committee has allowed it to start admission for the session of 2019. In this regard a letter have been received by the authorities of dental collage from PMDC which mentions that in PMDC‘s 190th council session it …

50 STEPS FOR A HEALTHY START TO THE NEW YEAR By: Dr. Faisal Khan Let’s start the new year 2019 with 50 steps to get healthier, more energetic, more positive, more fit, more successful and happier routine life. When you will go through these important steps and healthy habitual behaviours you will set new year up for your good health …

HYDERABAD: A police team led by Cantonment ASP (additional superintendent of police) Abdullah Lak on Monday picked up managers of four different eateries located in the Cantt market in the city and collected samples of the food being offered by them. The action was taken following the death of a four-year-old boy, Umer, who along with his twin sister, Aleeza, …