healthcare

The new $798.7m plan will be funded by a $192.5m loan from IDB and $606m in grants from GPEI

The company has signed an agreement with Fatimid Foundation to establish a facility in DI Khan for CSR initiative

PM Shehbaz will inaugurate facility meant to treat patients with kidney ailments

Premier lauds hospital’s vision of providing affordable healthcare, thanks philanthropist Shahzad Saleem for service

Step taken to promptly make health facility functional

Inaugurates three cardiac catheterisation laboratories

Officials say initiative will make govt hospitals financially independent

Seminar, walk organised to create awareness about importance of inoculation

Local industrial group to bankroll construction

Mengal says provincial government determined to upgrade the existing health facilities in Rawalpindi

Official says health facilities providing substandard services will face the music

Buzdar says the Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card has been provided to every family in Punjab

Official says device will help ophthalmologists deliver better vision care

Integrating healthcare touch-points, including telemedicine, patient data sharing & pharmaceuticals via technology

700 positions of senior medical officers positions

Says the disparities may have cost lives of ethnic minority patients during the pandemic

Promises funds for district hospitals in next ADP

Four fake medics booked for illegally de-sealing treatment facilities

The patients in the district currently total 957

PIMA to conduct hand washing training for students, teachers of religious seminaries

Directorate of complaints aims to ensure quality service to the public

Afghanistan has just 30 physicians, 40 hospital beds, 20 nurses per 100,000 people

Experts say physical exercises, recreational activities invigorate human mind, soul

People urged to focus on boosting immunity amid spread of dengue, Covid

Gives 24-hour ultimatum to submit deceased woman's medical record

RMU VC says breast cancer is deadly, but curable if diagnosed early

Those who make a living sorting and selling garbage are often exposed to used syringes and human remains

Experts say comprehensive national plan needed to prevent cases

157 outlets sealed during raids in 25 cities across province

Federal capital will have two separate health facilities as alternate

Speakers say deaths and stillbirths can be avoided through safe care

Public left at mercy of private vehicles operating as quasi-ambulances that charge an arm and a leg

The risk allowance has been released for 9,191 clinical workers of 10 govt hospitals.

According to the WHO, two billion people are deprived of access to basic medicines globally

SAPM says breastfeeding is a proven strategy that helps protect children against illnesses

Committee recommends action against negligent staff

Experts say majority unaware of how viral infection can be prevented

People urged to ensure proper oral, internal and external hygiene.

MICS report reveals decline in child mortality

Health workers say boycott would continue unless notification for allowance is issued

Stage protest demanding removal of federal health secretary

Asks regulator what standards hospitals are meant to maintain

Venture will open doors for other healthcare brands to follow the lead, says CEO Asad Khan

A sacred oath

State of healthcare

PM Muhyiddin Yassin's government has been seen as struggling to rein in the infections, triggering public fury

“Thousands of women are cut off from society due to the illness, are being forced to live an isolated life”

Early detection can prevent disability, save lives: health experts

Probe following HIV outbreak in 2019 revealed mishandling of hospital waste

A well-educated and healthier population grows more slowly than those that have high rates of mortality and illiteracy