Tag: Hospital

‘Hospital provides free medicines to 2,000 people daily’

Due to the rapid increase in hypertension and cardiac diseases, the number of patients visiting the Punjab Institute of Cardiology has increased drastically. ...

Jinnah Hospital moves SC over power outages

The management of Jinnah Hospital has moved a plea in the branch registry of the Supreme Court against the constant loadshedding in hospital. Chief...

Federal govt to pay Rs 1.2b to Sheikh Zayed Hospital

The federal government will have to pay the medical expenses of its employees being treated at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital. Following the hospital’s transfer to...

Gunmen kidnap Christian staff of South Korean hospital

Gunmen on Wednesday abducted two Pakistani Christians working for a South Korean-run hospital in a violent slum area of the country’s largest city Karachi,...

Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital

Former South African leader Nelson Mandela, 93, was admitted to hospital on Saturday after doctors advised specialist medical attention for a long-standing abdominal complaint. "President...

Strike, deaths, more suspensions and still no one to shoulder...

Federal Investigation Agency arrested the medical superintendent of Punjab Institute of Cardiology on Sunday in the PIC ‘mystery’ drug debacle. Chief Minister Shahaz Sharif...

Govt’s laid back attitude did it: Pharma Bureau

Pharma Bureau, the representative body of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers, has urged the government immediately set up an autonomous Federal Drug Regulatory Authority (FDRA) to...

Rs 2.25b Mayo Hospital Surgical Block near completion

In order to provide medical facilities of international standard to the patients, the construction of a modern 800-bed Surgical Block at Mayo Hospital at...

‘My mother is going to die!’

Her entire family was alarmed a few weeks ago when Irshad Bibi, an 85-year-old heart patient developed dark spots all over her body. Soon...

TIME TO PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON

With 60 deaths still to be accounted for, the Punjab government has decided to send the drug and blood samples to laboratories abroad to...

Conjoined baby girls die in Karachi hospital

The newborn conjoined sisters who were under treatment in Karachi hospital died on Sunday before the operation meant for their separation. “It was a complicated...

Public sector health staff to have new career structure

The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has planned to introduce a new career structure for health professionals serving in the public sector health...

Eight injured in hospital blast

Eight people were injured in a blast on second floor of Nasir Mohmand Surgical Hospital at Sheikhabad area on Wednesday, police said. Doctors and...

President Zardari out of hospital

President Asif Ali Zardari was discharged from a hospital in Dubai late Wednesday, and will stay in his house in the Gulf state before...

President discharged from Dubai hospital

President Asif Ali Zardari has been discharged from Dubai hospital after remaining admitted at the facility for nine days, a private TV channel reported...

73 killed in Kolkata hospital fire

At least 73 people were killed when a fire engulfed patients at a hospital Friday in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, with officials...

SZH doctors end 19-day strike

After 19-days long strike of doctors, police dismissed the case against doctors of Sheikh Zayed Hospital on Tuesday. Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and SZH...