Tag: Doctors

Brain drain: 80 doctors leave country every year

About 80 doctors including 15 surgeons leave the country every year due to different reasons. This was stated by Department of Punjab Institute of...

Doctors continue strike in Balochistan against colleague’s abduction

The doctors at government and private hospitals in Balochistan on Saturday continued strike for the second day in protest against the abduction of their...

Balochistan doctors begin strike against colleague’s abduction

Doctors from government and private hospitals in Balochistan have begun an indefinite strike in protest against the abduction of their fellow doctor, media reports...

TANTRUMS

THY NAME IS YDA! After a break of 18 days from the previous strike, which had resulted in 11 deaths due to neglect from the...

Court extends bail of ‘killer doctors’

The Lahore High Court on Monday extended the interim bail granted to four doctors of Mayo Hospital, who were allegedly involved in a child...

Hyderabad woman dies due to doctors’ negligence

A 50-year-old woman died at Civil Hospital due to negligence of doctors and unavailability of oxygen on Friday. According to details, Jannat Bibi died due...

On the YDA strike

For the last three weeks or so, Punjab had witnessed the ever worst healthcare crisis in public sector hospitals. Who should be held responsible...

YDA back to work

The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab has called off its strike and resumed treatment of patients in all departments of public sector hospitals across...

Hippocratic Hippocrites

“I solemnly pledge myself to consecrate my life to the service of humanity.” I still remember my professor reciting this simple line when I...

YDA calls off strike, resumes work in Punjab public hospitals

The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has called off its strike and resumed treatment of patients in all departments of public sector hospitals in the...

Four doctors sent on 14 day judicial remand

A Lahore court on Monday sent to jail four young doctors accused of the murder of a minor patient on a 14-day-long judicial remand. According...

Giving the doctor his due

Not quite black and white Out of all the rights we are vested with, freedom of expression is arguably the most divisive. Here is the...

LHC orders YDA to resume work in all hospitals from tomorrow

The Lahore High Court on Saturday ordered young doctors to resume work in all hospitals of Punjab from July 9, Monday. The court also suspended...

Court extends doctors’ remand until 9th

A judicial magistrate on Friday extended the physical remand of four doctors allegedly involved in a child’s death until July 9. Earlier, the police produced...

Doctors torture journalists in Ganga Ram hospital

The Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ) announced boycotting all activities of the ongoing doctors strike and decided to become a complainant against the deaths...

Doctors resume Emergency duties after LHC snub

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered striking doctors to join their duties in emergency wards of public hospitals immediately. The court expressed...

LHC orders young doctors to resume duties immediately

Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday ordered striking doctors to join their duties in emergencies immediately. The court expressed displeasure over the strike being held...