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KARACHI - The doctors of the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) who have been agitating for their demands for the past two days resumed their duties on Friday. CHK Medical Superintendent Prof Said A Qureishi told APP that the doctors have given a written assurance that they would not continue their protest as their security has been beefed up. "Basically, it was a partial strike that the doctors from gynecology wards had observed after a man allegedly abused their colleagues," he said. In

LAHORE - On the directions of the Punjab government, the Health Department has decided to take the parents of agitating young doctors on board, as part of its efforts to bring the prolonged doctors' strike to an end, Pakistan Today has learnt. The Health Department and the office bearers of the Young Doctors Association Punjab (YDAP) have held several meetings to resolve the issue of a special salary package for the doctors. However, the talks have not been able to bring a thaw and

LAHORE - Young doctors on Tuesday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Punjab government warning that if their demands were not met, doctors across Punjab will also stop working in Indoor Patient Departments (IPD). The doctors gave the ultimatum after their talks with Punjab Health Department officials failed. Young doctors also held a protest by blocking Jail Road for an hour demanding a raise in their salaries.
Citizens criticised the doctors for blocking a main road during peak

LAHORE - The young doctors managed to pull-off the first day of the street check-up strike on Monday. They provided outdoor patient department (OPD) services to patients on the streets by setting up medical camps, while simultaneously protesting for the pay raise. The doctors, with black bands wrapped on their arms, set up camps outside all government hospitals including Mayo Hospital, General Hopsital, Children Hospital, Services Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Jinnah Hospital.

ISLAMABAD - To educate and train local general practitioners (GPs) and specialists about the latest clinical research on asthma and related diseases, Dr Andrew Greening, an international asthma expert and researcher from the University of Edinburgh held an informative and interactive session here on Friday.
In addition to being president-elect of the British Thoracic Society, Dr Greening is an active member of the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society,

Lahore - The Punjab Young Doctors Association's (PYDA) General Council (GC) decided after observing a three-day strike in outdoor patient departments (OPDs) of all city hospitals to resume OPD service not in the hospitals but on the roads adjacent to the hospitals on Friday.
All PYDA presidents have been directed to start the OPD service on the roads from Monday till the PYDA's next decision. The PYDA General Council said they did not want poor patients to suffer. This decision

LAHORE - The Punjab Government has decided to take on the doctors who are agitating others to observe strikes to push for improvement in their pay package. A high level meeting was held at chief minister (CM) secretariat under the chairmanship of MNA Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, to take stock if the situation created in the aftermath of continuing strike observed by doctors.
The meeting was attended by principals of medical colleges and medical superintendents of all the 13 teaching

Lahore - The outdoor patient departments (OPDs) of key hospitals of the city remained closed on Wednesday because junior doctors abiding by the strike, announced by the Young Doctors Association (YDA), refused to accommodate incoming patients.
Hospitals affected by the strike include Mayo Hospital, Ganga Ram Hospital, Services Hospital, Children Hospital and Jinnah Hospital. After taking to the streets on early Tuesday the YDA had announced a strike in all hospitals throughout

LAHORE - Doctors have announced a nationwide movement to demand a special salary raise for all doctors working in government hospitals in the country, Pakistan Medical Association office bearers said in a press conference at the PMA House on Monday.
Various organizations including PMA, YDA, PDA and MTA have been taken into confidence and first phase in which posters and pamphlets were to be distributed has already been accomplished, they said, adding that a provincial convention

LAHORE - Punjab Health Parliamentary Secretary Saeed Elahi on Sunday advised doctors to observe their code of conduct and restrain from holding strikes, as it increases problems of poor patients. He said that the profession of doctors is noble in which saving the lives of the people is the foremost duty of the doctors.
Saeed said that the Punjab CM has given the approval for releasing salaries of nurses and doctors on time and there would be no deduction from their previous

LAHORE - All major doctors' associations have announced holding awareness walk today regarding a special salary package for doctors, office bearers of doctors' associations said on Friday.
All major doctors' association including Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Young Doctors Association (YDA), Pakistan Dental Association (PDA) and Punjab Rural Doctors Association (PRDA) will start the awareness walk from Mayo Hospital to The Mall.
The walk is a part of the first phase of

LAHORE - Women doctors of the THQ Hospital Mozang went on a strike on Thursday over manhandling of a colleague by father of a patient and "rude" behaviour of the hospital medical superintendent (MS) after the incident. According to details, Dr Humaira was performing her duties two days ago when a pregnant woman reached the hospital with her father. Doctors alleged that the patient's father manhandled Humaira despite the fact that the delivery had taken place without any problem. They

KARACHI - The Joint Action Committee of Doctors (JACD) has condemned the thrashing of a doctor at the Sindh Government Hospital, Saudabad. In a press statement issued on Saturday, Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi President and JACD Chairman Dr M Idress Adhi stated that a hostile group of people, armed with wooden sticks, barged into the office of Deputy Medical Superintendent (DMS) Dr Kazim Raza.
They beat up the doctor and warned him that he should not come to the

LAHORE - The district coordination officers (DCO) of Sheikhupura and Narowal have stopped the salaries of more than 60 doctors in violation of orders of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. These doctors were working in government teaching hospitals, after being recruited by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) in 2010 on regular basis and denied salaries for the last three months.
These doctors had been adjusted for pay purpose in Narowal and Sheikhupura on those vacant

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza ordered Karachi Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Fayyaz Laghari on Saturday to submit a detailed report to the provincial government on the targeted killing of doctors. The minister directed that the report must include details of the incidents and the registered cases, results of investigations and information about the arrested people and cases forwarded to the courts between January 2010 and February 2011.
The home minister

The medical community decided to protest if any retired professor or a principal of a private medical college will be appointed Vice Chancellor University of Health Sciences in near future. Young Doctors Association (YDA) office bearers demanded Punjab Chief Minister to regard the UHS ordinance 2002 and the principle of seniority cum fitness and appoint a senior and capable Professor from Government sector as UHS Vice Chancellor.

LAHORE - Think Big beat Raaziq Group while Doctors Eleven defeated Master Paints in the 1st Lahore Cricket League here on Wednesday. Think Big beat Raaziq group by 32 runs at the Garrison Boys ground here the other day.
Think Big scored 309-6 in 30 overs. Due to bad light, Raaziq Group's target was reduced to 216 runs. Raaziq were bowled out for 184. In the second match, Doctors Eleven beat Master Paints by 6 wickets in the match played at Mughalpura Institute Ground. Master