Tag: Doctors
Doctors protest kidnappings
The Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) has strongly condemned the kidnapping of Dr Tariq Afridi and decided to hold a protest at the Lady Reading...
Doctors threaten to go on strike if govt crackdowns not stopped
Medical professionals on Monday threatened to stop work if the Punjab government did not stop its crackdowns on private hospitals and labs.
The Pakistan Academy...
Sri Lankan doctors to assist Punjab govt in dengue control
A team of medical experts from Sri Lanka would help the Punjab government in coping up with the fast spreading dengue epidemic, Health Secretary...
Doctors demand provincial medical council under PMDC
The young doctors have demanded the Punjab government should establish a provincial medical council under the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to regulate...
JPMC doctors boycott duties for two hours
The doctors at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) boycotted work in all outpatient departments for two hours on Monday. JPMC Doctors Association Press...
Doctors at govt hospitals warned against private practise
Punjab Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan has issued a show-cause notice to a surgeon doctor at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital in Pattoki named Dr Nadeem Anwar...
Doctors call off strike at last
The suffering of patients finally came to an end on Thursday when the Young Doctor’s Association (YDA) at PIMS called off their month and...
Salary jump for doctors from Rs 18,000 to Rs 50,000
President Asif Ali Zardari signed on Wednesday the Career Structure for Health Personnel (CSHP) Ordinance, providing legal sanction to a new career structure and...
Doctors at PIMS discharge dengue suspect
In a clear show of apathy towards the plight of patients, the doctors at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) discharged a suspected...
Health secretary transfers two doctors
Punjab Health Secretary Jahanzeb Khan on Wednesday transferred two doctors involved in private practice during office hours. The Rawalpindi health executive district officer (EDO)...
Doctors lock down PIMS
Hundreds of patients were left in the lurch on Wednesday at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) when doctors locked down almost the entire...
Doctors hold convention at PMA House
An ‘All Punjab Doctors Convention,’ with Pakistan Medical Association President Dr Tanveer Anwer in the chair, was held at the PMA House Lahore
PMA Punjab...
Doctors close OPDs yet again
The doctors closed almost all the outpatient departments (OPDs) of the city hospitals on Wednesday, demanding revision of pay scales, service structure, and regularization...
PMA wants regularisation of 1,800 senior doctors
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Friday urged the Punjab government to issue orders of regularisation of 1,800 senior doctors until July 20 and...
Doctors mint money at the cost of poor
The doctors at the hospitals in the provincial capital are making a mockery of their profession and responsibilities, as they are fleecing the poor...
‘Anti-music’ doctors held in Srinagar
In Indian Occupied Kashmir, police arrested three junior doctors of the Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar for allegedly circulating pamphlets which asked the participants...
Meeting discusses doctors’ regularisation
Punjab Secretary Regulation Muhammad Ilyas presided over a meeting on Thursday to review regularisation of doctors of Punjab Health Department teaching cadre.
Special Health Secretary...