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Bureaucratic failure drives Karachi into dengue disaster
Only eight employees, on contract, designated for inactive spraying campaign across metropolis' seven districts
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Senior citizens survive on the margins
Despite an expanding ageing population, limited healthcare facilities and social neglect have compounded challenges
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Shortage of paediatric facilities plagues hospitals
With measly public facilities and unaffordable private care, babies requiring critical treatment are left to die
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When hospitals become HIV vectors
Lack of adherence to infection control SOPs has turned healthcare facilities into hubs of deadly outbreaks
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Compensation sought over wall collapse on doctors' houses
Several residences, vehicles damaged in the incident during recent rain
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Surgeries cancelled at govt hospitals
Torrential rain disrupts work at public health facilities
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Orthopaedic treatment stalled at govt hospitals
With limited healthcare funding, hospitals expect patients to arrange bone repair rods and plates from suppliers
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Cancer patients denied affordable treatment
With few chemotherapy and radiation units, patients have no choice but to empty their pockets at private hospitals
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Cancer patients denied affordable treatment in Karachi
Only 1,253 out of 44,340 radiation patients were admitted at the Jinnah Hospital from January to December 2024
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Public hospitals face bed, staff crisis
With no space or medics available at healthcare facilities, patients forced to wait in corridors and sleep on footpath