KARACHI: The Directorate of Health Karachi recently organized a breast cancer awareness program in collaboration with the Kash Welfare Trust at the Director Health’s Office in Karachi. The event was attended by District health officers (DHOs) and focal persons from six districts of the Karachi division attended the awareness session. Experts briefed the participants about…
ISLAMABAD: Dr Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health recently dismissed the news of coronavirus reported in Pakistan. He refuted the news spreading by local newspapers through a series of tweet posted on micro-blogging website, Twitter. Dr Zafar Mirza wrote in his twitter handle, “As of tonight, there are no…
BEIJING: According to local sources, the total number of people affected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-related coronavirus rose to 218 in Beijing and Shanghai. The first cases were diagnosed earlier this week, while more than a dozen more emerged in southern Guangdong province and 136 new ones were found over the weekend in…
Islamabad: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), Regulations and Coordination recently notified the Disease Surveillance Division and Central Health Establishment to stay alert about the possible spread of coronavirus in Pakistan. According to the NHS, the notification has been issued in response to the international alert on the virus, which has spread from seafood…
KARACHI: The Secretary-General, Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) (Centre), Dr S M Qaisar Sajjad, held a recent meeting where he reiterated that the Sindh province urgently needed a state-of-the-art Virology Laboratory. The laboratory would be able to cater various types of viral diseases like the bird flu, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), Chikungunya, Coronavirus, Zika virus, Influenza,…
KARACHI: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) recently set up a breast cancer ward as a part of its clinical ambit. The ward was inaugurated by Provincial Health Minister, Dr Azra Pechuho. The event was attended by Prof Adib Rizvi, Director, SIUT and Dr Bushra Sheerazi, in-charge of breast cancer ward. The Minister…
KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi recently paid a surprise visit to the National Institute of Child Health (NICH). He expressed disappointment over the state of healthcare affairs in the province and called his stroll around the largest health facility for children in the province “a painful experience.” While addressing to press, Dr Arif Alvi vowed…
ISLAMABAD: According to a recent notification, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) had constituted an 18-member National Medical and Dental Academic Board (NMDAB). The board would look into the standard of education being followed by the undergraduate/post-graduate medical and dental institutions across the country. The notification was signed by NHS secretary Dr Allah Bakhsh…
KHUZDAR: Two polio workers were killed in an accident in Mastung recently. Levies officials said that polio worker, Haji Nizamuddin Qambrani was returning to Mastung along with the lady worker in a vehicle after administrating polio drops to children in the Killi Khud-Kocha area. Their vehicle was hit with a truck on the Quetta-Karachi Highway….
KARACHI: The details on the medical board’s meetings were recently sought by the Sindh High Court. The medical board was formed over the alleged negligence of doctors at a private hospital, Razia Medical Centre (RMC) leading to the amputation of the arm of a 12-year-old boy, Hamza Rehan. The court also summoned the health secretary…
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