Tag: Hospitals

Pakistan gifts 200-bed hospital to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan and Afghan Minister of Public Health Dr Ferozuddin Feroz inaugurated Muhammad Ali Jinnah Hospital in...

New era of development has started: CM Buzdar

--Approvals granted to DG Khan Waste Management Company --CM orders hospitals to adopt walk-in-interview method to recruit nurses --Muzaffargarh-DG Khan Highway to be completed by...

Govt directs hospitals to develop an emergency disaster plan

--Leaves of hospital staff have also been cancelled ISLAMABAD: The federal government has directed the heads of all hospitals falling under its domain to formulate an...

Punjab govt declares emergency in all hospitals

The Punjab government on Thursday declared an emergency in all public sector hospitals amid rising tension between Pakistan and India, Radio Pakistan reported. According to...

More than 1200 posts lying vacant in JPMC

KARACHI: The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) has been facing acute shortage of employees including doctors, nurses and other staff as no new hiring...

Hospitals’ devolution: Sindh government to file review plea in SC

--Any effort to roll back 18th Amendment by PTI govt will be strongly resisted, warns adviser to CM --Murtaza Wahab says Sindh govt provided exemplary...

Justice Nisar decries govt’s ‘failure’ in improving healthcare conditions

RAWALPINDI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday stressed the need to improve healthcare infrastructure in state-run hospitals. Addressing the concluding ceremony of...

Govt reshuffles medical superintendents of nine hospitals

LAHORE: The Punjab government has posted/transferred Medical Superintendants (MS) of nine hospital of the province, said a notification issued here on Sunday. According to details, MS...

Punjab Health Department finalises 100-day road map

--PTI govt plans provision of free medicine in emergency wards, installation of required equipment and presence of senior doctors 24/7 LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Punjab...

Fear grips female doctors, staff at public hospitals

Following the sexual harassment of a female doctor by a janitor at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan, women doctors and staff at public...

Heatstroke victims suffer as authorities bat no eye

--Patients complain of improper treatment at govt-run hospitals --Health dept spokesman says ‘situation under control’   LAHORE: Amidst the heatwave that has taken over the entire province for...

No comparison between Punjab, KP govts: spokesman

LAHORE: Spokesperson of the Punjab Government Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan on Tuesday said that there was no comparison between the governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)...

SC orders hospitals to ensure cost of implanting heart stents doesn’t...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, wrapping up the substandard heart stents case, directed the government and private hospitals to follow the committee's recommendations and submit a...

CJP expresses concern over healthcare facilities at JPMC

Forbids action against footpath school until alternate space provided Directs formation of a regulatory body to improve the state of affairs at PIA KARACHI:...

Public sector hospitals a mess despite funds worth billions

LAHORE: Even though funds released by the government in a bid to provide better healthcare facilities are being used by the administration of all public...

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...

KP CM directs to ensure staff, machinery at hospitals all across...

  PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has directed the authorities in the health and finance departments of the province to ensure...