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Got dandruff? Try these effective natural remedies
All you need is lemon and a few other ingredients you can easily find in the kitchen
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Doctors want govt to devise strategy to eliminate hepatitis by 2030
Treatment is not costly, patients can be easily cured if the disease is diagnosed at early stage, say experts
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One in 10 people is a hepatitis C carrier
Programme for free test and treatment launched to free Rawalpindi of viral disease
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‘0.28m health cards to be distributed in Kasur’
They distribute 280,000 Sehat Insaf Cards in the district and families
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Capital doctors to get allowance boost
Health ministry sends summary to finance ministry
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SC restricts Sindh health dept from making further appointments
Officials take money for jobs and then tell courts the appointments were illegal, observe judges
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Over 150 Adiala Jail inmates diagnosed with Hepatitis B, C
Around 2,540 prisoners undergo blood screening, subsequently, treatment has been initiated
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Negativity of body shaming has never stopped me from being who I am: Zara Noor Abbas
The 'Khamoshi' actor recently opened up about her struggle with online trolls
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Minister calls for Alzheimer clinics at govt hospitals
The basic purpose behind inaugurating the facility is to ensure that Alzheimer patients
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Capital to get model primary healthcare system soon
SAPM on health stresses on national regulatory framework for health sector
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Citizens avail hepatitis screening
The government is taking effective measures to protect the lives of mothers and children
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Nurses call off protest after govt accedes to their demands
Wahab handed over the notification, approving the demands of the protesters, to Sindh Nurses Alliance leaders
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Doctors sacked for prolonged absence
The doctors have been absent for more than a year and didn't inform the administration
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End Syria hospital attacks, Russia told at UN
UN's humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock says the carnage must stop
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Minister calls for strategy on hepatitis control
Camps will provide free screening facilities of hepatitis B and C to the local people
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K-P sets Rs16.7b for health projects in NMDs
Money reserved for phase one projects in first year of decade-long overhaul strategy
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Rs600m allocated for prevention of AIDs: CM Murad
Auto-lock syringes introduced in Larkana, CM informs Gilead Sciences delegation
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Sanam Saeed urges for a mental health helpline to be started in Pakistan
"We need a toll free number to get help at the end of the line, to help save lives," she said.
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Sindh govt to form committee to improve hospitals
Committee will ensure provision of medicines and better health facilities at hospitals
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Sindh healthcare system a ticking time-bomb
Province lacks capacity to deal with large-scale health emergencies
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NICs made alternative to Sehat Cards
CM says ex-FATA residents can use identity cards to access free health facilities
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Back to manipulations
New police law is a strange, rather a bad piece of law
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Officials told to accelerate anti-dengue measures
Punjab CS says concerted efforts are required to eradicate the virus
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WHO recommends patient safety standards
Dr Zafar Mirza says health mission’s roadmap will be followed
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Health official accused of tampering with record to serve an extra year
She allegedly changed her date of birth by one year to postpone retirement
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Stigma and sense: Understanding melancholia
‘The Express Tribune’ goes over the basics of mental health and illnesses for a layperson
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Kidney hospital yet to begin operation
Commissioner says facility to be ready in current financial year
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Abbottabad DC pilloried in open kutchery
Directs officials to visit places from where problems have been reported
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Sheesha may be legalized
Standing Committee takes serious note of low-quality medicines being supplied to public hospitals
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WHO team to help make hospitals patient-friendly
Officials propose the formation of a steering committee to train staff at JPMC
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Brain-damaged French patient dies after doctors remove life support: family
Vincent Lambert involved in a near-fatal car crash in 2008 that left him a quadriplegic with severe brain damage
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Malnutrition discussed
The government has developed a comprehensive action plan to deal with the malnutrition issue
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Govt to build four new dispensaries in Karachi
For the purpose, a nursing school at a cost of Rs110 million would be established at Social Security Landhi Hospital
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Taking on typhoid
On the national level, community leaders and health officials should implement WASH
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27 doctors complete EM training
The first batch of trainees comprised doctors from Karachi’s six largest emergency departments
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Four more polio cases confirmed in a single day
Two polio cases each reported from Balochistan and K-P; total number jumps to 41
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E-cigarettes may be trendy but are they safe?
Experts warn vaping may not be a healthy alternative to smoking as many consumers assume
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809 cases of dengue reported from Karachi this year
Majority of dengue cases in Karachi are reported from the east, west and south districts, says Dr Iqbal
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UHC-BP to be tested in federal capital soon
Comprehensive health service package to be designed considering cost, burden of disease
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Three of four RCB dispensaries still not functional
District Health Authority to set up HIV screening camps in Adiala Jail
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Teenager’s arm amputated after being administered wrong injection
The 13-year-old boy was brought to Razia Medical Centre for fever, body ache
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ICU ward inaugurated in DHQ Hospital
Division commissioner inspects performance of emergency healthcare system in various departments
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Stigma and Sense: Behaviour or disorder?
'The Express Tribune’ explains the difference to help you understand mental health better
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Doctors absent for a year continue to collect salaries in Lyari
Eight doctors have been absent from duty at Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto College in Lyari
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Mirza announces increase in honorarium of federal nurses
Nurses’ scholarships go from Rs6,800 to Rs20,000
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Residents distressed over dire shortage of ventilators
All three hospitals operating on total of 59 ventilators altogether
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69,453 cases of rabies reported in Sindh this year
Increasing number of stray dogs, shortage of anti-rabies vaccine behind rising death toll from virus
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Lack of staff hampers healthcare provision at SRS Hospital
Posts of gynaecologists, surgeons lying vacant at the facility
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RWMC continues awareness drive against dengue
Teams distributed waste bags and leaflets to highlight the importance of cleanliness and prevention of dengue
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Sindh govt allocates Rs979m for Aman Foundation to get 40 more ambulances
Launches Sindh Rescue and Medical Services with newly branded ambulances