Public Health

Govt hopeful of making Punjab a polio-free province

The minister said the health professional allowance, Rs10,000 to Rs15,000, had been increased separately

The standing committee went over the performance of the TESCO and expressed satisfaction

Mehmoodur Rasheed criticises govt for neglecting health sector

Salman Rafique says awareness crucial to fight the disease

Patients face difficulties due to limited capacity.

Khairpur DC says babies were unhealthy when brought to the hospital

The hospital had yet to receive report of samples sent to the NIH for diagnosis

More than 58,000 dengue positive larvae sites reported from Lahore in 2015

Health Services DG told the court that the patients had been brought to hospitals in critical condition

The DCO said the hospital was the second-largest facility of its kind in Asia

Dr Jalal said necessary machines and medical instruments were being installed at the hospital’s operation theatre

She said the presence of specialist doctors in rural areas was a right of the people

Dahar added that the commission will also advocate for the rights of the recipients of these health services

Centres being set up in Multan, Bahawalpur

CM says bloods banks in Multan, Bahawalpur should be made operational

6.9 million Pakistanis suffering from the disease

Polio campaign being launched in the province from today

Zahid said two wards had been earmarked for treatment of dengue fever patients

Most were operating in the capital’s suburbs

The DCO said Rs750 million had been allocated for the project this year

Sahiwal Division Commissioner ordered that patients at emergency ward be provided free of charge medicines

Patients urged to avoid quacks, home remedies

Complaints have arisen about a non-medical ‘doctor’ practicing medicine at a public hospital

District health officer says very few people used to visit the centres

Dahar has ordered the hospital management to provide the list of staff, including doctors, who remain absent from duty

DCOs briefed the chief secretary about anti-dengue activities in their districts

He said mobile health units had provided treatment to more than 1.6 million people

Highest incidence of larvae is in Lahore’s Gulberg Town

They had been promoted in BPS 20 on June 8, 2015

The report stated that modern fire-fighting equipment was being installed at the hospitals