Tag: Medical
Army Medical College holds 29th undergraduates’ convocation
The 29 Undergraduate Convocation of the Rawalpindi Army Medical College was held on Friday. Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar...
PIC medical tragedy: death toll reaches 74
Number of patients killed after Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) medicines' reaction has jumped to 74.
Prof Dr Javed Akram, head of investigation team probing...
Shalamar Medical College rewards MBBS position holders
Shalamar Medical and Dental College Board of Trustees Chairman Ch Ahmad Saeed presented awards to position holders at a ceremony held at the college....
New name approved for PGMI undergraduate medical college
In order to pay tribute to Dr Ameer-ud-Din, the world-renowned surgeon from Pakistan, the Pakistan Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Academic Council and the Lahore...
PIC-brewed poison kills 12 more
Twelve more people including women died of the ‘mysterious’ reaction being produced by a medicine provided to the heart patients by the Punjab Institute...
Neurosurgeon’s absence claims toddler’s life
The absence of a neurosurgeon at the Saidu Teaching Hospital claimed the life of a one-and-a-half-year-old child, whose parents awaited treatment for three hours...
Medical staff still on strike for revised BPS
The staff of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Poly Clinic and the National Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine observed a complete strike on...
‘Doctors in rural areas to educate people on population control’
The Sindh government has launched an advocacy programme on reproductive health issues in the rural areas of Sindh for which it has signed an...
Public sector health staff to have new career structure
The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has planned to introduce a new career structure for health professionals serving in the public sector health...
President Zardari leaves for Dubai for a day
President Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on a private visit for medical checkup amidst hitherto unresolved standoff between the civil and military leaderships.
According...
UHS to run Gujranwala Medical College
The Punjab government has declared the Gujranwala Medical College (GMC) as the constituent college of the University of Health Sciences (UHS).
According to a notification...
PIMS, Poly Clinic unable to dispose of waste
The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (Poly Clinic) had been allocated Rs 48.984 million and Rs 26.697 million...
Pagara to go to London for medical treatment
PML-F chief Pir Pagara will leave for London in an air ambulance for medical treatment within the next 36 hours.
Sources in Pagara’s family say...
Communicable diseases straining health system
The regularly occurring communicable disease outbreaks put substantial stress on the resource compromised national health system, said health experts on Monday.
They emphasised the need...
Punjab PMA to support GB PMA
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Punjab chapter on Saturday announced complete support for the doctors of Gilgit Baltistan in the call for strike by...
Paediatric infectious diseases conference on 7th and 8th
The Infectious Diseases Group of the Pakistan Paediatric Association, in collaboration with the association’s Sindh branch as co-host, is organising the 4th Paediatric Infectious...
If you see how tobacco is prepared, you’ll quit now!
The responsibility of the media lies in propagating messages against tobacco consumption in every form, and about the obligation that falls on political and...
