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JPMC Employees – PSA chief urges govt to issue promotion letters

KARACHI- Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre’s (JPMC) Paramedical Staff Association’s (PSA) president Muhammad Ismail Jiskani has urged Sindh ...

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JPMC’s uplift project becomes victim of 18th Amendment

KARACHI- Construction of a new building for housing Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre’s Institute of Paramedical Technology could not be completed ...

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KWSB’S APATHY – Four major hospitals supplied non-chlorinated water

KARACHI- At a time when lethal Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, has already claimed at least seven lives, traces of ...

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113 out of 214 water samples found sans chlorine

KARACHI- A six-member committee formed by Sindh health department to check level of chlorine in water being supplied to the citizenry has found that of the ...

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Govt urged to check brain drain of doctors

KARACHI- Pakistan Medical Association’s (PMA) Karachi chapter general secretary Dr Qazi M. Wasiq has said that Sindh government with a view to ...

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Nutrition & Lifestyle Conference Experts urge multi-sector national and provincial nutrition strategy and oversight mechanisms to fight malnutrition: NNS

KARACHI- Medical News – the pioneer of medical journalism in Pakistan and the leading medical newspaper since 1968 is organizing a Nutrition ...

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10% increase in Sindh’s Health Budget proposed

KARACHI – Sindh Government has proposed 10 percent increase in health budget for fiscal year 2015-16, while three institutions will be made functional...

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BUMDC students wins global research contest

KARACHI- Third-year BDS students of Bahria University Medical and Dental College – Affaf Fatima and Anum Hira – got third position in the 5th ...

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First Annual Alumni Dinner 2015

LAHORE- First annual alumni dinner of the Institute of Dentistry, CMH Lahore Medical College was held here on May 5.

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CMH LMC & Institute of Dentistry Convocation

LAHORE- Third annual convocation of CMH Lahore Medical College and 2nd convocation of CMH Institute of Dentistry were held here, simultaneously, at the ...

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New SOPs for CME issued by PM&DC

Islamabad: In a recent public notice issued by PM&DC, the regulatory body has recalled earlier decision of submission of CME hours at the time of ...

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BDMC organizes CDE for Dental Surgeons

MIRPURKHAS- Bhitai Dental and Medical College, Mirpurkhas, conducted a CDE program to update the Dental Surgeons on the latest developments taking place in ...

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Dr Baber Joins Sir Syed

KARACHI- Prominent Oral Biologist, Dr. Hassan Baber BDS MSc (London) photographed with senior academicians Dr. Saad Shaikh and Dr. Yasser Riaz Malik. Dr. ...

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BUMDC conducts 6th Dental Outreach

KARACHI- Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry of Bahria University Medical and Dental College (BUMDC) conducted its 6th Dental Outreach under ...

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CME guidelines removed from PMDC website

ISLAMABAD- The much trumpeted CME implementation in Pakistan may be in doldrums. The link of CME/CDE guidelines on the PM&DC website disappeared today ...

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Drugs shortage still persists at hepatitis centres

KARACHI- Shortage of medicines in the Hepatitis Centres of Sindh Hepatitis Prevention & Control Programme across the province continues unabated, ...

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DUHS Convocation – Over 2000 graduates awarded degrees

KARACHI- As many as 2,200 graduates and postgraduates of Dow University Health Sciences (DUHS) were conferred degrees at its 6th convocation held at its ...

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World Environment Day – NFEH chalks out elaborate programme

KARACHI- The National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme will organize different ...

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Public Sector Hospitals – Shortage of staff affecting health delivery system

KARACHI – Several public sector health facilities in the city are facing acute shortage of employees and at least three of them have been virtually ...

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SKMCH & RC conducts insightful educational programmes on Oncology & Pathology

LAHORE – The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC) in collaboration with the Pakistan Society of Clinical ...

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Dr Hanif Saeed visits Sir Syed College

KARACHI- The Chief of Examination Department at Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) – Dr Muhammad Hanif Saeed, along with his team – recently...

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Community Dentistry Day celebrated at CMH Medical College

LAHORE – As the CMH Medical College celebrated the Community Dentistry Day on 18th May 2015, the Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry ...

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Doctors punished by PMDC

ISLAMABAD- The Disciplinary Committee of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) announced punishments from suspension to warning to 23 doctors for ...

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BDMC organizes CDE for Dental Surgeons

MIRPURKHAS- Bhitai Dental and Medical College, Mirpurkhas, conducted a CDE program to update the Dental Surgeons on the latest developments taking place in ...

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Unavailability of water & gas supply – Patients suffer as JPMC puts off operations

KARACHI- Disconnection of gas supply to the city’s major public sector hospital – Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) – by Sui ...

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SSGC Mounts Pressure on Defaulters – Huge amount outstanding against govt hospitals

KARACHI- Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) last week disconnected gas supply of a number of government hospitals of the metropolis over non-payment of gas ...

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Public Sector Hospitals of Karachi – Over 450 posts of doctors lying vacant

KARACHI- Over 450 posts of doctors are lying vacant in the city’s different health care facilities of Sindh government, thereby badly affecting the ...

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BUM&DC Convocation – 91 graduates awarded degrees

KARACHI- As many as 91 fresh graduates of the city’s Bahria University Medical & Dental College were awarded degrees at its second convocation.

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Isolation & maxillofacial surgery wards re-open at CHK

KARACHI- Civil Hospital Karachi’s (CHK) isolation and oral & maxillofacial surgery wards have been made functional.

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19 Sindh govt hospitals to have ICU & CCU

KARACHI- Sindh government has planned to set up Intensive Care Units (ICU) and Coronary Care Units (CCU) at 19 public sector hospitals in the next financial...

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