Tag: Patients
Indian doctors strike over violence from patients and families
NEW DEHLI: Tens of thousands of Indian doctors went on strike Monday calling for more protection against violence by patients and their families, as...
KP govt warns protesting doctors of ‘severe action’ as patients continue...
PESHAWAR: Patients across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) continue to suffer due to an ongoing row between doctors and the provincial government, as a minister warned...
Every fourth person in Pakistan has diabetes-I
--6th International Diabetes Conference organised by Sanofi and DAP concludes
KARACHI: Sanofi and the Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) collaborated to bring to Pakistan renowned international...
Nawaz’s treatment at Services Hospital spells misery for patients
Treatment of incarcerated former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif at the Services Hospital has irked other patients and their attendants...
Citizens demand start of Sunday shift at PIMS OPDs
ISLAMABAD: Residents of the Federal Capital have demanded the authorities concerned to immediately start a fully-fledged Sunday shift at the Out-Patient Department (OPD) of...
Overflowing gutters irk patients, staff of Lyari General Hospital
KARACHI: Overflowing gutters in front of the Lyari General Hospital (LGH) has been causing grave inconveniences to the visitors as well as medical staff...
Larkana commissioner visits NICVD, CMCH
LARKANA: Larkana Division Commissioner Rafique Ahmed Buriro on Sunday visited the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) ahead of 11th...
Citizens complain of staff, medicine shortage at PIMS
ISLAMABAD: Citizens on Monday complained shortage of medical and paramedical staff to handle patients at the emergency department of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences...
Hospitals should follow PMDC limit, not over charge patients: CJP
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday said that hospitals should keep in line with the fees rate set by...
Expired drugs being provided to patients at Railways’ hospital
--Lifesaving hepatitis injection discovered to be expired since August
-- Medical superintendent accuses patient, a railways union member, of ‘trying to politicise issue’
LAHORE: Expired lifesaving...
Dengue cases on the rise in Rawalpindi
-- ‘Consistent rains in August have increased the threat of dengue spread in twin cities’
RAWALPINDI: Dengue fever cases have witnessed a sharp rise in...
Religious scholars urge patients to follow doctor’s advice in Ramadan
KARACHI: Eminent religious scholars and national and international health experts have said that keeping fast is beneficial for healthy Muslims, but it is mandatory...
Paramedical staff continues to boycott duties causing difficulties to patients
KARACHI: The paramedical staff continued the boycott of their duties and staged a sit-in outside Karachi Press Club (KPC) on the second consecutive day...
Patients suffer due to lack of facilities at LRH
PESHAWAR: Due to lack of facilities caused by a shortage of funds, the patients visiting and admitted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), the biggest...
Seasonal flu patients decline in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: The lurking danger of Influenza A-H1N1 known as seasonal flu outbreak is dying down as the influx of seasonal flu patients has decreased...
Citizens complain of non-observance of medical SOPs at PIMS
ISLAMABAD: Citizens on Sunday demanded that the concerned authorities take notice of the non-observance of medical standard operating procedures (SOPs) by the doctors at the...
Two more patients die of seasonal influenza in Multan
MULTAN: Two more people died of seasonal influenza, bringing the total tally to 29 in about 40 days.
Multan health department spokesman Dr Ata said that...
