Tag: Kidney
Nishtar Hospital faces acute shortage of dialysis machines
MULTAN: Nishtar Hospital, the largest health facility of south Punjab, is facing a shortage of dialysis machines used for kidney-related ailments since long, APP has learnt reliably.
Initially,...
Two kidney transplants done at PGMI using latest technology
LAHORE: Two unique cases of a kidney transplant were successfully completed on Sunday in which doctors used the latest technology. The operations were supervised...
Punjab CM directs to complete PKLI project in time
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed that work on the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute (PKLI) be expedited and...
Faculty of Pakistan kidney and liver transplant institute calls on Shehbaz...
LAHORE: The faculty members of the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute (PKLTI) called on Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Talking to them, the Punjab Chief...
Kiln worker dies after selling kidney to pay off loan
GUJRANWALA: In trying to pay off a loan he owned to his factory owner, a kiln worker lost his life on Tuesday after undergoing...
Lahore: Man lost kidney to repay debt
Lahore: A man was deprived of one of his kidneys as he failed to meet interest payments on a loan.
The victim, Irfan, had borrowed Rs. 10,000...
Punjab’s robust plan for prevention of diseases on the anvil
A meeting was held on Sunday to discuss areas of collaboration between Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) and the government of Punjab in...
Young Indian squash player forced to put kidney up for sale
An Indian squash player has taken the unusual step of putting his kidney up for sale to raise funds ahead of next month's South...
Kidneys for sale while federation, provinces sleep: SC
The Supreme Court (SC) has expressed resentment over the fact that the federation, and the provinces, have failed to file a report on the...
Six-member gang involved in kidney theft arrested, seven individuals rescued
The police on Sunday arrested six members of a gang involved in the theft and the illegal selling of kidneys and rescued seven trapped...
An insightful lecture on kidney protection by Dr Mahmood
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Nephrologist and Consultant Hospitalist Dr Mahmood Saeed Khan while talking to a group of students visiting...
Scientists make ‘laboratory-grown’ kidney
A kidney “grown” in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say. Similar techniques to make...
Doctors arrested for illegal kidney removals
Two doctors accused of removing kidneys while operating upon patients without the latter’s permission were arrested on Tuesday by Baghbanpura police.
Baghbanpura SHO Mazhar Iqbal...
Number of kidney patients multiplying at city’s hospitals
The number of kidney patients has increased manifold in the federal capital due to lack of awareness and delay in proper medication.
According to data...
Facebook Farm Town game helps woman find a new kidney
Farm Town, a facebook game has helped a woman to find a new kidney, the yahoo news reported on Saturday.
Lisa Miller has a...
Chinese boy sells kidney to buy Ipad
The 17-year-old boy, identified only by his surname Wang, was approached in an online chatroom and paid 22,000 yuan (£2,200) for his kidney to...
Intensive kidney dialysis indicates better survival rates
Patients suffering with end-stage renal disease could increase their survival chances by undergoing intensive dialysis at home rather than the conventional dialysis in clinics....
