Health

LAHORE: The security staff of Meo Hospital Lahore on Friday arrested a fake doctor who was checking the patients. According to the medical superintendent (MS) of Meo Hospital, a man named Malik Kashan was checking the patients in the hospital with a statoscope. The man was intercepted and checked by the security staff as he was new to the hospital. …

LAHORE: Punjab CM Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday took notice of Nishtar hospital bodies scandal and ordered an inquiry into the matter. Punjab CM expressing grief on the issue ordered an inquiry into the matter. Strict action should be taken against those responsible for the mishandling of bodies. Desecration of bodies cannot be allowed in any civilized society as it …

LAHORE: The security staff of Meo Hospital Lahore on Friday arrested a fake doctor who was checking the patients. According to the medical superintendent (MS) of Meo Hospital, a man named Malik Kashan was checking the patients in the hospital with a statoscope. The man was intercepted and checked by the security staff as he was new to the hospital. …

KARACHI: Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s most eminent seats of Islamic learning, has warned against fatwas banning the polio vaccine in Pakistan, describing the vaccine as a “religious, medical and humanitarian duty”. The spread of decrees prohibiting the vaccination is a “violation of the rights of Pakistani children and their families”, the university said in a tweet on …

Karachi continues to see a rise in the number of dengue cases as 277 more infections of mosquito-borne disease were reported during the past 24 hours. According to Sindh Health Department, as many as 277 cases of dengue fever were reported in the metropolis in the past 24 hours, taking the monthly tally to over 2000. Among these cases, 54 …

KARACHI: The administration of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital has been facing a severe shortage of medicines which forced patients to buy drugs from other pharmacies. Abbasi Shaheed Hospital – a medical facility administered by Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) – is facing a severe shortage of medicines. Due to the shortage, most patients have no solution other than purchasing the prescribed …

KHAIRPUR: Malaria claimed the lives of five children in villages of Sindh’s flood-hit district of Khairpur in 24 hours. According to the health department, two children of a family were died of malaria in Bhano Goth. Malaria fever claimed lives of Hussain aged 5 and six year’s Fahad. A six-month baby girl Tahira died of malaria in Araro village of …

ISLAMABAD: Dengue fever cases continue to rise in Islamabad, as the federal capital has reported 73 fresh cases of infection during the past 24 hours.  According to District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad, as many as 73 dengue cases were reported in Islamabad during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 3,242 in the current season. While …

KARACHI: Sindh government has got back control of three Karachi hospitals from the federal government after three years.  According to details, the control of Jinnah Hospital, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), and the National Institute of Pediatrics Karachi (NICH) was handed over to the Sindh government due to the tireless efforts of provincial health minister Dr Azra Pechucho. …

KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechucho on Tuesday said three months are needed to drain out floodwater from the affected areas of the province.  Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Azra Pechuho said the Sindh government cannot give an exact date on which the flood victims can be rehabilitated and added that phase-wise return of the flood victims to …