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Social taboos: Patients choose quiet death over treatment
Of more than 100,000 cases, only 9,865 are registered with the AIDS control programme .
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Discrepancy: Top health official allegedly appointed against law
Insider claims new DG health services was 17th on the seniority list
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Rejecting speculation: ‘Operations at BKIA will not end but increase’
CAA says Rs300 million allocated to expand airport.
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Misusing official perks?: Health department billed Rs3.8m as travel and duty allowance
The monitoring programme was launched by the health department from June 9-10
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Militancy: 200 foreign fighters enter Tirah Valley
Mangal Bagh placed on list of wanted militants who have fled to Afghanistan
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Health woes: Hayatabad hospital devoid of basic facilities
CT scanner out of order, government yet to procure MRI scanner.
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Ill-equipped: BKIA screens travellers for Ebola virus using a thermometer
Although fever is one of the early symptoms, checking for it manually is tedious and not always accurate.
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D-Chowk mayhem: Details of K-P ministers, gunmen sought to pin blame
Information necessary to investigate death of two protesters due to bullet wounds in August, says federal government.
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Alarming statistics: Infant mortality in K-P at a worrying 70 per 1,000 births
SAARC offers to upgrade three centres to tackle increasing deaths.
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Hazardous situation: Incinerators at K-P’s major hospitals out of order
Pose a threat to the environment as waste is often dumped outside.