Tag: Patient

Chronicles of a dengue patient at a public hospital

Abdullah Syed, an FSc student at GCU, was diagnosed with dengue and admitted to a public hospital for treatment for six days. During his...

One dengue patient dies

One dengue patient passed away on Sunday. A Punjab Health Department report said 1422 patients are under treatment in Punjab’s hospitals, including 1199 patients...

12 more dengue patients hospitalised

A total of 12 dengue suspected patients were admitted to the city’s hospitals during the last 24-hours, said Islamabad Dengue Control and Surveillance Coordinator...

Early identification of secondary infection in dengue patient essential

A ccording to a study, early identification of secondary infection in a patient suffering from an acute phase of dengue infection is necessary. Dengue...

50 to one – patient to nurse ratio at PIMS

The Health Department’s negligence has made Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the capital city major hospital, fall prey to a serious shortage of...

Citizen dies from dengue fever

The second patient, resident of Zhob, suffering from dengue fever has died in Karachi based hospital. “The said patient resident of Zhob town was admitted...

The unattended patient

LAHORE - 52-year-old Irshad Bibi is diabetic and had her right foot amputated two months ago at Mayo Hospital. She has to visit the hospital regularly after every 15 days for a check up and dressing. From a lower income household of a remote village of Mandibahauddin, her son, a government employee, finds it difficult to manage her travel expenditure. The cost is steep but the family pools to manage it because doctors said that if the wound was not properly taken care of another

Swine flu patient passes away

ISLAMABAD - A 26-year old young man, infected with the swine flu virus, died in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Wednesday marking the country's first swine flu-related death this season.
Mansoor, who got admitted in PIMS a week ago in critical condition, was from Attock. He was kept in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for one week but could not survive. Three swine flu infected patients were admitted of which two survived.
"We tried very hard to save him but when