LAHORE: The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department have unearthed a scam of posting of nurses on the fake Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) recommendation letters allegedly prepared and entertained by a network of officials within the department and hospitals. The department has initially identified that 18 charge nurses (BPS-16) serving at the Kot…

FAISALABAD: A lady health worker was recently shot dead by her relatives over a domestic dispute in the area of Raza Abad police station. Police said that Kausar Bibi, wife of Zafar Abbas, resident of Street No 7, Jhang Road, was going to perform her duty when her relatives Abid and Naubahar opened fired at…

KARACHI: The Provincial Task Force on coronavirus in its extensive sitting under Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah recently reviewed the COVID situation in the country. Owing to its severity, a ban has been placed on the unnecessary movement of people, on foot or in vehicles, has after 8 pm, except for valid reasons….

KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has directed all healthcare workers to complete the COVID-19 vaccination process otherwise they will not be entitled to the risk allowance from next month. In compliance with the directives of the Minister for Health and Population Welfare, all healthcare workers are advised to ensure their registration for the COVID vaccination….

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on the Coronavirus at the CM House endorsed the decision taken by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) regarding the relaxation of certain specific non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). “We will review the decision keeping in view the…

KARACHI: Honourable President, Dr Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi and First Lady of Pakistan, Mrs Samina Arif Alvi recently visited Mr Hashim Hasan’s residency to pay condolences to the family on passing away of Mr Ayaz Mahmood, Chairman, Medical News Group of Publications and Dental News. The Premier conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

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.