KARACHI: Two more senior doctors have lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sindh. A senior consultant, Dr Aslam Shah, recently passed away due to the COVID-19 in Karachi. He was admitted to a private sector hospital, where he died during treatment. He was practicing at the Hilal-e-Ahmer in Clifton, Karachi….
KARACHI: As many as 12 more patients of COVID-19 died overnight, lifting the death toll to 3,855 and 716 new cases diagnosed when 6,380 tests were conducted. In a recent statement issued from the CM House, it was reported that 12 more patients of the coronavirus died overnight, lifting the death toll to 3,855 that…
KARACHI: As many as 207 healthcare workers have died due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) across Pakistan, including 176 doctors, 30 nurses and paramedical staff, and a medical student. According to the statistics shared by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA-Centre), COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 69 doctors in Punjab, 54 in Sindh, 44 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) urged the federal government to take the PMA and other stakeholders on board before procuring the coronavirus (COVID-1) vaccine. As you know, the PMA is a representative body of the medical fraternity, so we ask the government to inform us which COVID-19 vaccines they have decided to import and…
USA: Public health officials recently announced that the SARS-CoV-2 variant L452R has become increasingly common in multiple Californian counties and is responsible for several large COVID-19 outbreaks in the state. L452R was first detected in Denmark in March 2020 and later identified in the US last year, but recent sequencing results from California show that…
KARACHI: Sindh Health Minister, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, recently urged the federal government to give Sindh the authority to procure the corona vaccine to control the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases and related deaths in the province. She expressed these views at a recent press conference held at the People’s Hall Sindh Secretariat Karachi. Information…
KARACHI: Muhammad Ayan and Muhammad Aman, born as conjoined twins to Mr and Mrs Israr Ahmed, are now living as two healthy children after a successful separation surgery performed at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). Ayan and Aman were Omphalopagus type of conjoined twins, in which the bodies of the two are joined at…
KARACHI: The major diagnostic machines of the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) have been lying out of order for the past two years, and the hospital’s administration has been unable to get them repaired, sources at the CHK noted recently. The important diagnostic machines of the Radiology Department, like the CT scan and…
Karachi: In Pakistan, Diabetes is the fourth highest disease that affects people’s lives. The main issue regarding such a condition is the fact that it has been taken far too lightly by people. The general population doesn’t seem to grasp the point that the lighter they take diabetes as a life-threatening disease, the harder it will…
ISLAMABAD: The country recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day on 14th January 2021 as 3,097 new cases and 46 deaths were reported. The positivity ratio, which remained at around 5 percent for the last few weeks, also saw a jump and went up to 7.45 percent. Earlier, 3,179 cases were…
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