Tag: Health
Ants nurse wounded warriors back to health: study
African Matabele ants dress the wounds of comrades injured during hunting raids and nurse them back to health, according to an "astonishing" discovery reported...
EPD seeks assistance from other depts to deal with hospital waste
Theft of hospital waste at rise across Punjab
17,537 kgs of biohazardous waste being produced in Lahore hospitals every day
LAHORE: After failing to implement...
PFA helpless against production, sale of substandard milk
LAHORE: With the production and sale of substandard milk reaching a new high across the city, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) too appears to...
Paramedics give 15-day ultimatum to Sindh govt for health allowance
KARACHI: Sindh Paramedical Staff Joint Action Committee on Wednesday gave 15-day ultimatum to Sindh government for approval of health professional allowance and meeting their...
Provision of maternity services requires governmental support: Jhipego
KARACHI: Jhipego (the lead organization for the Maternal, New Born and Child Health (MNCH) Services funded by USAID) Country Director Dr Farid Midha said...
NAB begins corruption investigation against Sindh health secretary: report
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities in Sindh have started an investigation against the Sindh Health Secretary Fazlullah Pechuho and other officials for...
Sindh govt approves health allowance for NICH employees
KARACHI: Sindh Government has approved Health Professional Allowance (half basic pay per month) for the staff of National Institute of Child Health (NICH).
A notification...
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...
Frequent deaths challenge KP’s claims of ‘upgrading health facilities’: report
PESHAWAR: At least three children passed away due to pneumonia in the provincial capital this week, challenging the provincial health ministry’s claims about upgrading the...
US seek to protect health workers under ‘religious freedom’
WASHINGTON: The US government is seeking to further protect the “conscience and religious freedom” of health workers whose beliefs prevent them from carrying out...
Therapeutic with high nutrition content drumsticks also deserve attention
By Palwasha Gull
Moringa widely known to be therapeutic with high nutrition content
A vegetable that deserves our attention is drumstick or Moringa that derives...
Health worker shot dead in Qila Saifullah
QILA SAIFULLAH: Unidentified arms men gunned down a health worker and fled the scene after committing the crime on Sunday.
Levies sources said that unknown...
Trump’s health ‘excellent’, White House doctor says after exam
WASHINGTON: The White House physician pronounced Donald Trump to be in “excellent health” after Trump had his first medical exam as U.S. president on Friday,...
Pakistan to foster collaboration with UAE in health, education
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Alzaabi, on Friday highlighted the need to foster collaboration in health and education...
New hospitals with latest healthcare facilities are being established across Punjab:...
LAHORE: Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated the extension project of the THQ Hospital Raiwind. Due to the project which has been completed...
SC to focus on health, education in 2018, says CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said that the apex court will keep itself focused on health and education throughout 2018.
The...
The many benefits of coconut oil
Coconut oil has been long in use, but it only became popular when Victoria Beckham, Miranda Kerr and other Victoria Secret Angels disclosed that...
