Tag: Hospital

LAHORE - A division bench of Lahore High Court on a contempt petition regarding appointing medical superintendent (MS) of Janki Devi Hospital, Lahore summoned a deputy attorney general for February 8.
A gynecologist of Janki Devi Hospital Dr Rubina Asif moved contempt petition against Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi, vice chairman Dr Muhammad Ali and secretary Evacuee Trust Property Board. Petitioner counsel Muhammad Asif Ismail submitted that Dr Rubina had already filed an appeal

LAHORE - The Sheikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) will provide free pharmacologic drugs and ambulance service to employees and their families, SZH Chairman and Dean Dr Saeed said on Monday. He said that the administration's first and foremost duty is to manage patients and look after their needs.
Hospitals are primarily constructed to cure and treat ailments that are contracted by patients, Saeed said. The SZH chairman delineated the fact that he would organise a complaint cell for all

LAHORE - The Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore Department of Medicine is holding the 29th Clinical Course in Internal Medicine from January 24 to 29. Eminent teachers and professors would teach students on bed side to improve their clinical skills.
This course is very useful for those doctors, who are appearing in their FCPS (Medicine) Part-II, MRCP (Clinical) and MD (Clinical) examination.

LAHORE - According to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's policy, free diagnostic and treatment facilities are being provided to patients coming to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and administration of the hospital has taken various measures for creating patient-friendly atmosphere, Pakistan Today has learnt. The number of patients coming to the hospital has increased manifold and during last year, 0.4 million patients visited the OPD while 0.3 million patients were provided treatment

KARACHI - Dr Ziauddin Hospital of Karachi and the Global Hospitals of India have agreed to join hands for heart and liver transplants and other services and they would sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for this purpose soon.
"Global Hospitals India has reached this agreement with Dr Ziauddin Hospital to provide state-of-the-art medical facilities to the people of Pakistan," Khalid Rasheed, group vice president of International Business, Global Hospitals, India, told

LAHORE - The president of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Okara died here on Monday at the Doctors Hospital allegedly because of negligence by the doctors. He was under treatment at the hospital for some respiratory disorder.
The hospital is situated with the Johar Town Police precincts. The outraged relatives of the deceased thrashed the doctors and vandalised the hospital premises. The deceased Chaudhary Mehar, according to deceased's son Zahid, had been brought to

Pamela Anderson thrilled her young fans with an early Christmas treat as she visited ill children at a hospital in Liverpool on Thursday.
The Baywatch beauty is currently in the UK performing in Aladdin in a traditional festive pantomime at the city's Empire Theatre.
She took time out of her busy schedule to visit Liverpool's renowned children's hospital Alder Hey to spread some Christmas cheer. She said it was sad to see that children had to be in hospital over Christmas.

LAHORE: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi re-opened the Janki Devi Hospital on Friday after nearly four months. The 76-year-old maternity hospital was closed almost four months ago and all patients were discharged owing to a tussle between two groups of hospital employees and some renovation work as claimed by ETPB officials. Speaking on the occasion, Hashmi said that the hospital would be made an "exemplary" health establishment at par with other

LAHORE: Punjab Labour Minister Ashraf Sohna said on Monday that official records point to the purchase committee and a private company Mediquip in the financial embezzlement of Rs 30 million in the purchase of angiography machine for Nawaz Sharif Social Security Hospital. Giving details of the corruption scandal at a press briefing at his official residence, Sohna said 'high prices' were paid for angiography machines, which were supplied by the same medical company to the Punjab

LAHORE: On Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's orders, 13 new ventilators have been purchased for Rs 27 million for the Lahore General Hospital (LGH), Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said on Saturday.
He made these remarks while chairing a meeting to review the progress of development work at the LGH. He said that the LGH was a specialised hospital for neurosurgery and patients of other provinces were also referred to the hospital while head injury patients were

PESHAWAR: Maulana Wali Ullah Kabalgrami, teacher of Tehrik Taliban Swat chief Maulana Fazal Ullah, died after a prolonged illness in a hospital here on Wednesday.
Maulana Kabalgrami had been in the custody of the security forces for the last one and a half year. He had been associated with the banned Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi Buner since long and was one of the close aides of Maulana Soofi Muhammad.
The body of Maulana Kabalgrami was handed over to his relatives.

LAHORE: Panic spread in the Mayo Hospital's Emergency Ward after a fire broke out in the main electricity board in the hospital basement on Friday. The fire also caused sparks in the switch board in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the emergency ward producing a lot of smoke in the emergency ward. But the news of the incident created panic in the emergency ward, as patients and attendants rushed towards the exit gates, trying to vacate the building and shift their patients.
The

GUJRAT: Nurses in Gujrat staged a peaceful protest on the arrival of the Prime Minister and the Punjab Chief Minister against the harassment of employees at the hands of medical superintendent (MS), Aziz Bhatti Hospital.
The nurses were carrying placards and remained present at the main entrance of the Zameendar College for many hours, but their protest remained unnoticed. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reached the function through a helicopter.
The nurses said that Dr

Lahore
Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Zahid Pervaiz has claimed that the doctors of Mayo Hospital were not negligent whilst treating a patient, who died on October, 11.
He said that the patient, Shehzad, was being treated by an unqualified doctor before he was brought to the hospital on Friday October 8. The unqualified doctor had prescribed the wrong treatment, which led to the spread of infection in the patient's body.
The patient was admitted in the

Following the 24-hour ultimatum issued to the government earlier for the recovery of Dr. Intikhab Alam, a announcement of a complete strike at the Lady Reading Hospital and a two hour token strike at all other teaching hospitals was made at a general body meeting held by Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. Professors and assistant professors from all over the province attended the meeting and condemned the carelessness of the government.
All private and VIP

LAHORE
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has appealed to the chief justices of the Supreme Court and Lahore High Court to take suo motu notice of the closure of Janki Devi Maternity Hospital. PMA office bearers Dr M Tanveer Anwar, Dr Kamran Saeed, Dr Shahid Malik, Dr Izhar Chaudhry and Dr Salman Kazmi stated that the hospital was closed 21 days ago but government has not taken notice of the resulting injustice upon poor patients. Closure of Janki Devi Maternity Hospital has