Tag: Medical

‘Fake’ doctor examines 2,300 people in Japan

A hospital in Japan is checking the qualifications of all of its doctors after a man believed to have no medical license examined more...

5 weird medical tests you can try right now

Have you ever wondered why your doctor asks you to do odd things like touch your nose during an office visit, then scribbles notes...

A week in Lahore

It was 1982 when we were doing our internship at the government medical college in Patiala. The lure of working in a foreign land...

Medical entry test to be held on September 23

University of Health Sciences’ (UHS) Vice Chancellor Prof IA Naveed has said that the entrance test for admission to public and private sector medical...

PMA calls for separate medical colleges for boys

President Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi Dr Idrees Adhi on Wednesday stressed the need for establishing separate medical colleges for boys in the country. He...

KEMU approves budget for FY 2012-13

The Syndicate of King Edward Medical University (KEMU) on Saturday approved the budget estimates for the fiscal year 2012-13 amounting to Rs 1162.509 million...

Imran honoured by UK medical school for efforts against cancer

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) in recognition for...

Monkey terrorises government medical college

Health officials in India are going bananas over allegations that a monkey was able to slip into a hospital in the city of Jammu...

Edhi goes to SIUT for medical check-up

Renowned social and humanitarian worker and founder of Edhi Foundation, Abdus Sattar Edhi, had medical check-up at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). It...

13 lives lost but still no security at JPMS two years...

Despite the loss of 13 lives in a bomb explosion in the emergency ward of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in February 2010, the...

Punjab govt to set up camps at hospitals

The Punjab government has announced that it would set up camps at all government hospitals to provide speedier medical service to patients. The strike has...

PMA gives 72 hour ultimatum

Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Punjab on Sunday demanded the Punjab government to announce service structure for doctors within 72 hours or a province-vide strike...

LUMHS announces post graduate exam schedule

Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro Controller of Examinations Thursday announced the schedule of postgraduate April examinations 2012 of different courses starting...

KPK Govt to kick off anti dengue drive

Following the epidemic of Dengue fever outbreak in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, the provincial government has directed the health department to provide medical treatment of the...

PN establishes free medical camp at Jiwani

In continuation of its efforts to contribute towards welfare of people of Balochistan, Pakistan Navy has established a three-day free medical camp at Jiwani...

Fake medical thermometers pose danger to children with meningitis

Investigators have seized hundreds of fake digital thermometers amid fears inaccurate readings could pose a serious threat to small children with meningitis. More than 400...

Aamir Khan refuses to apologise to doctors

Aamir Khan, who seldom believes in giving clarifications for his actions, has spoken about his stand against the Indian medical fraternity’s demand seeking an...