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Rainy season’s contingency plan devised

KARACHI – Sindh health department’s Karachi chapter has prepared a contingency plan for the ensuing monsoon rains.

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An SOS Message – Plea to include blood group’s column in CNIC

KARACHI – Voicing concern over shortage of a rare type of blood, known as `Bombay’ blood group, health experts urged the federal government to ...

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Chlorinated water being supplied to Karachi: KWSB

KARACHI – Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) has claimed that water being supplied to the city was being chlorinated as per international ...

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Naegleria fowleri claims 9 lives in 6 months

KARACHI – At least nine people – eight male and one female – have, so far, died from brain-eating Naegleria fowleri in Karachi in the ...

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PepsiCo’s heatwave relief programme

KARACHI- PepsiCo Pakistan has launched a heatwave and dehydration relief programme in Karachi to provide support against the heatwave that has claimed over ...

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CHK’s emergency dept’s 3 ACs develop fault

KARACHI – The newly-installed air-conditioners at Civil Hospital Karachi’s (CHK) emergency department have developed faults and hence not ...

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Frequent power outages add to patients’ woes

KARACHI – Frequent massive power breakdowns and unannounced loadshedding have made the life of patients, admitted in the public sector hospitals, ...

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Ziaudding group organizes hydrate drive

KARACHI: – Ziauddin Group (Dr Ziauddin Hospital, Ziauddin University and HTV) organized a successful hydrate campaign, called “Pyaas ...

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People urged to donate blood voluntarily

KARACHI – With the onset of summer season and holy month of Ramazan, the trend of voluntary blood donation has declined across Sindh, especially in ...

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KMC asked to start Fumigation Drive – All parts of city must get chlorinated water: CM

KARACHI – Taking strong notice of reports that various localities of the city were not being supplied chlorinated water, Sindh Chief Minister Syed ...

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Dr Mumtaz Khan’s Mother passes away

KARACHI – Dr Mumtaz Khan’s mother passed away on July 14th. Her soyem will be held today between Asr and Maghrib prayers at his residence 1A/2A ...

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PDA constitution upgraded

KARACHI – The Pakistan Dental Association (CC) led by Dr Saqib Rashid and his team have upgraded the PDA constitution to address issues of today the ...

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HEC gets extension for plagiarism prevention service

ISLAMABAD – The Higher Education Commission has got one-year extension for the Plagiarism Prevention Service (Turnitin) for around 115 universities ...

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Pakistan outperforms India in controlling Tobacco:WHO

According to a recent statement by the World Health Organization; Pakistan has outperformed India in controlling tobacco use. Recent media reports stated ...

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Training sessions at public hospitals must be recognized by PMDC

RAWALPINDI- Medical practitioners serving at numerous public hospitals in Rawalpindi have urged that training programmes conducted at the District Health ...

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Eight institutions recieve show-cause notice from CCP

ISLAMABAD- Show-cause notices have been issued to eight medical institutions, by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) after an inquiry report ...

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Closure of understaffed D.G. Khan Medical College

DERA GHAZI KHAN- Following the decision of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to stop Dera Ghazi Khan Medical College from offering new admission, ...

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Bombay Blood Group – Blood group column be made mandatory in Marriage certificates: Experts

KARACHI- Shortage of rare blood known as Bombay Blood Group is creating grave inconvenience for people who are suffering blood disorder in Sindh province ...

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PMA accuses Masood Hameed of Murder

KARACHI- In an emergency press conference held by Pakistan Medical Association they have blamed Dr Masood Hameed and two others for killing a doctor. In a ...

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Dr Maimoona cleared MCPS

KARACHI – Dr Maimoona Mushtaq Khan, a graduate of Fatima Jinnah Dental College & Hospital has cleared her MCPS in Restorative Dentistry from the ...

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Dr Zubair’s Murder Case – PMA asks govt to put names of accused on ECL

KARACHI- Terming the alleged involvement of the incumbent president of PMDC (Pakistan Medical and Dental Council) Prof Masood Hameed and three others in the...

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Searing Heat – An eye-opener for people at the helm of affairs: expert

KARACHI- The recent spell of heatwave in Karachi should serve as an eye-opener for people at the helm of affairs and as such they must adopt precautionary ...

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CM’s coordinator slams KE

KARACHI- Sindh chief minister’s coordinator for Human Rights, Nadia Gabol, has criticized the K-Electric administration for not curtailing the ...

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Non-Payment of Dues – ASH contractors threaten to stop oxygen supply

KARACHI- Contractors supplying oxygen to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) have threatened to discontinue supply of the...

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Heatwave Victims – Many throng Ziauddin Hospital

KARACHI- Ziauddin Hospital with a view to providing treatment facilities to the victims of searing heat had imposed emergency at its Clifton, North ...

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"Anyone who stops learning is old" – BMCH’s dental dept organizes CME session

QUETTA- Dentistry is an ever evolving field with new research coming up regularly and hence keeping abreast with all the basic knowledge is mandatory for ...

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Bureaucratic Wrangling Blamed – Plan to upgrade six district hospitals shelved

KARACHI- Sindh government’s plan to upgrade the city’s six district hospitals by according them the status of teaching hospitals has been ...

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Dereliction of duty – KMC issues show-cause notices to 7 health officials

KARACHI- Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s administration has issued show-cause notices to seven public health officials, including two from Rescue ...

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CPSP approves Dr Noor ul Wahab as a Supervisor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

KARACHI- The Research and Training Monitoring Cell (RTMC) of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) has recently approved the renowned ...

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PMA accuses Dr Masood Hameed for Murder

Karachi: In an emergency press conference held by Pakistan Medical Association they have blamed Dr Masood Hameed and two others for killing a doctor. In a ...

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