Tag: Hospital

A 200-bed general hospital would be built in Orangi Town at a cost of Rs 700 million, Sindh Labour Minister Amir Nawab Khan announced...

CAIRO - Egypt's state prosecutor on Friday decided to move ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak to a military hospital, then to prison when his health improves, in a probe over a deadly crackdown on protesters that could send him to the gallows, state media reported.
Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa were remanded into custody this week on suspicion of involvement in the deaths of protesters during the 18-day protest that forced him to resign in February. If convicted on the most

LAHORE - A government handout issued on Thursday announced the establishment of the country's first independent specialized paediatric centre at Services Hospital for the treatment of HIV positive children under the National AIDS Control Programme.
National AIDS Control Program Programme Provincial Coordinator Dr Salman Shahid briefed Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad about the program.
He further said that qualified staff and latest diagnostic equipment had been

LAHORE - Four armed robbers disguised as patients robbed the Government Hospital Shahdara on Wednesday. The criminals, riding on a car, entered the hospital and one of them pretended as a patient.
Later, they held the staff, including nurses and doctors, at gunpoint and snatched more Rs 40,000 in cash and four mobile phones before fleeing the crime scene. The duty officer of the hospital said only four to five employees were present at the time of incident.

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday was discharged from St Mary's Hospital, London. The PML-N sources while confirming the news told Pakistan Today that Nawaz Sharif, who went through an operation, has been allowed to go home after recovering completely, adding that he will return to Pakistan very soon. Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari phoned Nawaz to enquire about his health.

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday was shifted from the intensive care unit to a private room after gaining fast recovery from a heart surgery in a local hospital in London. PML-N's Senator Pervaiz Rashid told Pakistan Today that Nawaz Sharif, who went through an operation, was now quite well and had attained full consciousness.
"Doctors will conduct various tests and there is no need to worry about the medical checkups as they are a part of the routine procedure," he

KARACHI - The pre-symposium workshops of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC)'s 48th annual medical moot would begin on Saturday (tomorrow). Over 20 workshops on wide-ranging subjects would include sessions on 'Improving Medical Response to Bomb Blasts', 'Effective Communication for Health Professionals', 'Primary Trauma Care', and 'Is Poison a Weapon of Mass Destruction.'
The symposium with the theme 'Health Profession and Community Understandings and Misunderstandings'

LAHORE - Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif was admitted to a hospital in London on Wednesday after complaining of a cardiac problem. However, his condition is now reported to be out of danger.
Sources in the PML-N said that Nawaz Sharif felt pain in the chest early in the morning and was taken to hospital for checkup where the doctors decided to keep him under observation. Nawaz's personal secretary Asif Kirmani said, "Doctors have advised

KARACHI - The staff working at hospitals and clinics should be fully trained for proper disposal of hospital waste, University of Karachi Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shahana Kazmi pointed out at a workshop held on Friday. The workshop was held under the auspices of the Department of Microbiology of the Jinnah University for Women (JUW) at the university's premises. Twenty-five people selected from among 250 hospitals in the metropolis attended the moot. The organisers said that the

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq paid a surprise visit to the district headquarters hospital and checked various facilities being provided to patients. He expressed his dismay over the poor condition of cleanliness as well as absence of medical staff and directed the medical superintendent to improve the performance of the hospital within 15 days otherwise strict administrative action would be taken.
He said the Punjab government was spending huge

LAHORE - A high level committee, constituted on the instruction of Secretary Health Punjab Fawad Hassan Fawad for investigating the incident stolen medicines from the private pharmacy of Services Hospital has submitted its report. Fawad disclosed that as per the inquiry report, connivance of staff in medicines' theft has been proved and stern action was being taken against those involved in this matter.

LAHORE - A 60-year-old man died at Services Hospital due to alleged negligence of doctors here on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Manzoor, a resident of Nawankot. The victim's family told the police that Manzoor was ill for past few days and was admitted in Services hospital on Friday night where the doctors did not treat him timely. Resultantly, he died in the emergency ward.
The victim's family members staged protest against the doctors in front of the hospital. Later,

LAHORE - The Gulab Devi Hospital is being run by 3 doctors in evening and night shifts and there are only 50 medical officers and 9 house officers to treat more than 1,800 to 2,000 patients around the clock, which is a sheer violation of regulations of the PMDC and a great injustice with patients.
Usually during night shifts in many wards, there is not even a single nurse. YDA Office Bearers including Dr Rana Sohail, Dr Salman Kazmi, Dr Aslam Rao, Dr Talha Sherwani and Dr Nazim

WAZIRABAD - The only government hospital in Wazirabad, the Tehsi Headquarters hospital, has no gynecologists and lady doctors while several posts of lady doctors (WMOs) and two APMOs are lying vacant. The people are forced to consult private hospitals which charge heavy fees from them.
Particularly, there is not even a single gynecologist for delivery cases. The leaders of Citizens Welfare Council Wazirabad have appealed to the chief minister to appoint lady doctors and

ISLAMABAD - In the absence of a proper procedure of hospital waste management across Pakistan, people are exposed to health risks from the infectious waste which can cause diseases like Hepatitis B and C and HIV AIDS.
This was stated by health experts on Monday at a training workshop on 'safe management of biomedical waste to the health care' workers which was attended by doctors, nurses, paramedics and sanitary workers. The workshop was organized by the National Institute of

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's revered former president Nelson Mandela's hospital stay stretched into a second day on Thursday, as the nation grew increasingly concerned for the anti-apartheid hero's health.
The news that Madiba - the clan name by which the 92-year-old Nobel peace prize winner is affectionately known, and the country's first elected black leader - remained under medical supervision has put the nation on edge.
Current President Jacob Zuma called for calm as

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the Mayo Hospital and inquired after injured of the Urdu Bazaar Chowk blast. Hamza went to the Amritsar, Delhi and Gujranwala wards and asked about treatment facilities being provided to the injured.
He expressed satisfaction over arrangements made by the hospital administration for treatment of the injured and directed doctors and administrative officers