KARACHI: The sole children’s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) has been lying out of order since the past year. The hospital’s administration has been unable to get the machine repaired, sources at the NICH noted recently. The MRI machine is used to help diagnose a wide range…
KARACHI: The administration of the Sindh Government Children’s Hospital North Nazimabad Karachi run by the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI) has shut down its emergency department over the non-payment of three months salaries. Children who require emergency care are being referred to other public and private sector health facilities since the last couple of days as…
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin recently declared Russia the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, but scientists and the World Health Organisation said it still needed a rigorous safety review. Putin said the vaccine was safe and that one of his own daughters had been inoculated, though clinical trials were not yet complete and final…
KARACHI: At least 32 healthcare professionals have died due to the coronavirus in the Sindh province, including 28 doctors and four other staff members. As per the statistics issued by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA-Centre), as many as 32 healthcare workers have lost their lives in the line of duty owing to the viral disease…
KARACHI: The government has announced the opening of almost all sectors in Pakistan from 8th August, which were shut down to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. According to the announcement, schools and marriage halls would open in September. The government is opening all sectors for the betterment of the people; it should save…
ISLAMABAD: The Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates has acknowledged Pakistan’s flattened COVID-19 curve. In an interview with CNN, Bill Gates said the situation of coronavirus in Karachi, Pakistan, but like Europe, they worked hard to bring cases down. Coronavirus cases have witnessed massive decline in Pakistan in recent days after which the Pakistan government has decided…
ISLAMABAD: While foreign medical and dental graduates have announced plans to protest outside the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) recently, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has blamed the delay in the registration of doctors on the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS). Despite repeated attempts, no NHS ministry official was available for…
KARACHI: The employees of the Sindh Government Children’s Hospital North Nazimabad Karachi run by the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI) have not been paid their salaries for the past three months. The doctors, nurses, and paramedical staff working under the Poverty Eradication Initiative have been facing financial crises due to the delay in releasing salaries. More…
KARACHI: Mrs Shahnaz S Hamid, Chairman, Pakistan Red Crescent Society Sindh, recently put all the relevant departments of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), including its district branches, hospitals, ambulances, volunteers, and staff of disaster management, emergency response, and First Aid, on high alert ahead of the monsoon spell expected to lash the city from…
MULTAN: Doctor of Nishtar Hospital recently died of coronavirus at RecepTayyip Erdogan Hospital, Muzaffargarh. Postgraduate Trainee Dr Muzamil Abbas who was serving at the neurology ward of the Nishtar Hospital contracted Covid-19 more than a month ago. He was initially admitted to the Nishtar Hospital but later was shifted to RecepTayyip Erdogan Hospital, Muzaffargarh when…
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