Tag: Measles

LHC unhappy with govt’s anti-measles measures

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday expressed resentment over Punjab Health Department’s failure to control measles outbreak. During case hearing, petitioner’s counsel told the...

1,000 measles cases in last 6 months

Approximately 1,000 children were brought to three allied hospitals of Rawalpindi; Benazir Bhutto General Hospital (BBH), Civil Hospital and Holy Family Hospital, from January...

Measles enrolls 177 more in its camp!

The Punjab government has been caught unprepared once again as 177 new cases of measles have been reported in the last 24 hours alone,...

Measles loops in three more

Three more children died of measles in the city on Friday, raising the measles death toll to 170 in the province. According to the Punjab...

Measles claims two more lives

Two more children died of measles in Punjab, raising the total deaths to 166 in the province. According to Health Department officials, deaths were...

Measles pops off two more

Two more children died due to measles on Tuesday in the province. A seven month infant named Kaswa from Sargodha who was being treated in...

LHC refuses to grant more time to measles probe committee

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ruled that it would not allow more time to the committee probing measles deaths. During the hearing, the...

Three sisters succumb to measles in Sargodha

Three children of the same family died of measles in Sargodha on Monday. According to reports, three daughters of Sultan Ali, a resident of Laksian...

Measles affects 119 more

With 119 new cases reported during the last 24 hours, the number of measles cases in Punjab in the last six months has reached...

Measles claims three more lives

Measles on Saturday claimed three more lives raising the total deaths to 158 in the province. According to Health Department officials, the deaths were reported...

Two more down measles’ throat

Two more children died of measles on Wednesday raising the total number of deaths to 151 in the province. According to Health Department officials,...

Three more give up their ghosts to measles

  Three more children died of measles in the city on Tuesday, taking the overall measles death toll in Punjab to 157. Two children died at...

CM responsible if any more die of measles: LHC

Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to submit a report regarding measures to curtail and prevent measles on June 13,...

Measles pays Islamabad a visit

After Sindh and Punjab, Islamabad and its rural areas are facing measles’ onslaught. According to hospitals sources, around 40 measles patients, almost all of them...

135th win for measles

  Measles continues to recruit children in its death camp as two more children lost their fight against the deadly epidemic and kicked the bucket...

Measles perks up its CV with two more lives

It appears that measles is not all scared of the Punjab government’s efforts against it. The epidemic killed two more children on Thursday raising...

Measles ropes in four more in the great majority

Four children of a family died of measles in Ferozewala on Wednesday. Contrary to tall government’s claims, there is no let up in measles-caused deaths...