Tag: Doctors

PHC closes 106 quack centres across Punjab: report

LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission on Tuesday closed down 106 businesses of quacks in different districts, reported a local media outlet. According to a press...

YDA to colleagues’ rescue in Services brawl case

--Injured brother of deceased awaits physical examination   LAHORE: The Young Doctors’ Association Punjab (YDAP) has come forward to rescue their fellow colleagues who were named in...

OPDs in Quetta resume working after week of protests

QUETTA: The out-patient departments (OPDs) of public hospitals in the city resumed working after a week of protests. This happened after the Young Doctors’ Association...

Lady doctors bring remote care to rural Pakistan

In a remote Pakistani village surrounded by lush green hills, Mohammad Fayyaz brings his two-year-old son to a clinic so that a female doctor...

Doctors stage protest outside KPC for promotions, regularisation

KARACHI: Joint Action Committee comprising of various doctor organisations including Pakistan Medical Association, Sindh Doctors Ittehad and Sindh Central Doctors Forum organised a protest...

Doctors give five days to Sindh govt for acceptance of demands

KARACHI: Sindh Doctor’s Joint Action Committee on Thursday gave a five-day ultimatum to Sindh government to accept the demands of medical practitioners, otherwise, a...

India not issuing visas to doctors due to attend conference: report

ISLAMABAD: India has not issued visas to a total of 30 Pakistani doctors who are scheduled to attend a conference related to liver diseases in...

PML-N govt’s life, death dedicated to people: Shehbaz

Shehbaz falls ill, cancels all commitments for three days   LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the PML-N-led government’s “life and death...

Sindh contract-based doctors demand reglurization, payment of salaries

KARACHI: All Sindh Contract Doctors Forum on Monday staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) for their demands of job regularization...

Doctor, patient detained in Lahore over illegal kidney transplant

LAHORE: Three people, including a doctor and a patient, were arrested Friday night here from the city for involvement in illegal kidney transplantation process, police said. Those...

Boxing fever grips Thai boys, doctors raise health concerns

BURIRAM: Loud cheers erupt as two boys trade punches at a boxing ring in Thailand’s northeastern province of Buriram. After dominating five rounds, the winner...

SHME secretary directs teaching hospitals to share duty schedules of OPD...

LAHORE: Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Punjab Secretary Najam Ahmed Shah on Saturday directed the heads of all the teaching hospitals and specialised healthcare institutions...

Citizens complain of non-observance of medical SOPs at PIMS

ISLAMABAD: Citizens on Sunday demanded that the concerned authorities take notice of the non-observance of medical standard operating procedures (SOPs) by the doctors at the...

Health minister evaluates performance of hospitals, takes action against doctors

LAHORE: Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Nazir asked the doctors on Saturday to identify the disturbing elements in their community who...

CM approves removal of 1500 doctors

KARACHI: Sindh chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved a summary of Sindh health department that sought the removal of 1500 doctors from service...

Prisoner certified dead by three doctors reportedly found alive

VIENNA: A prisoner certified dead by three doctors was reportedly found to be alive just hours before his post-mortem. Gonzalo Montoya Jimenez, an inmate at...

In India, abortions are 20 times higher than estimated

'A shortage of trained staff and inadequate supplies and equipment are the primary reasons' NEW DELHI: Some 15.6 million abortions take place in India each year,...