KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Sindh noted the alarming increase in cases of measles in the entire province of Sindh with great concern. Paediatricians and family physicians working in the suburbs of Karachi have confirmed this report. General Secretary, PMA Sindh, Dr Rafiq ul Hassan Khokhar, in his statement, said that according to the…

KARACHI: Some doctors of the Accident & Emergency Department at the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) have been prescribing costly medicines to patient’s attendants so as to enhance the sales of their favourite medical stores for personal interests, sources at the CHK noted recently. Some doctors performing duties in the Emergency Department of…

HYDERABAD: Pakistan army soldiers have moved to all divisions of Sindh to assist the civil administration in implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Covid-19 in line with National Command Operation Centre`s (NCOC) guidelines. They have not yet started patrolling roads or the areas with a higher positivity ratio of coronavirus cases. The troops have reached the…

KARACHI: The Services General Administration Coordination Department Sindh has established a COVID Vaccination Centre (CVC) at the People’s Hall, New Sindh Secretariat, to vaccinate Secretariat employees. All the administrative secretaries have been requested/advised to get themselves vaccinated (if eligible), along with their staff from the Sindh Secretariat, Karachi.

KARACHI: COVID-19 Doctors and Nurses Forum, Sindh, has demanded the Sindh government pay the 6 months pending salaries of healthcare workers and remove the incompetent Health Secretary Sindh from his posts urgently. These views expressed by Dr Inder Kumar, Dr Hussain Chandio, Dr Kashif, Staff Nurse Hafiz Faizan, and others during a joint press conference…

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently launched Pakistan Medical Commission Online Service to facilitate doctors, dentists and students to apply online for licenses, certificates and verification. The service will also provide assistance to the physicians about the latest developments taking place in medical education and treatment. This reflects digitalization of the regulatory body harmonized…

KARACHI: ” I got my second dose of the COVID vaccination at the Art Council’s Vaccination Centre. There is a sense of professionalism, discipline, and love in the staff there. I would request the people of my country to get vaccinated even if someone forbids it,” said Anwer Maqsood. It should be noted that the…

KARACHI: The Young Nurses Association (YNA) Sindh has decided to boycott the COVID Vaccination Centres and Isolation Ward duties across the Sindh province from 12 April 2021 against the torture of a male nurse and the issuance of show-cause notices. President, YNA, Sindh, Eijaz Kaleri, said that nurses under the banner of the YNA would…

KARACHI: The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) administration has decreased the number of elective surgeries in the hospital for general medical conditions to handle the growing number of coronavirus patients, sources at the JPMC noted recently. A senior surgeon of the JPMC said that the elective surgery ratio had been decreased by 40 per cent…

KARACHI: Students must have the courage to inquire about everything they do not understand. Questioning culture is a missing norm in the country’s academic institutes, whereas that is a tradition in advanced countries. They should know that questioning is the key to learning, and that’s why they should never hesitate in asking questions. These views…