Tag: PIC

Imperialism prevalent in Punjab: SC

Supreme Court Justice Saqib Nisar has said that there was a system of imperialism prevalent in Punjab and the provincial government did not care...

SC orders withdrawal of PIC doctors’ suspension

Hearing a suo motu case involving a strike by Lahore’s young doctors against the suspension of their seniors on account of hundreds of deaths...

Suspended PIC doctors reinstated, YDA calls off strike

Respite came to patients as the Punjab Young Doctors Association (YDA) called off their strike after the Punjab government decided to reinstate the suspended...

The Hippocratic Oath

Doctor, heal thyself While the leadership of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) has withdrawn the five day old strike after the intervention of the SC,...

In YDA vs govt, the bureaucracy is the culprit

With the Punjab government completely silent on the issue, patients became the real victim as the Punjab Young Doctors Association (YDA) kept the outpatient...

If not Isotab, what is it?

The Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) drug-death episode has taken another surprising turn as the doctors allege that nearly 55 percent of patients who...

YDA on strike against sacking of senior doctors

The Young Doctors Association in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) continued their strike Wednesday against the sacking of Chief Executive, Medical Superintendent (MS)...

Killer meds, warring feds

People across Pakistan are thinking twice before taking medication after the recent deaths of more than 120 patients who were prescribed contaminated heart medication...

Police constitutes 3rd committee in PIC case

Another enquiry committee was constituted by the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Monday to replace the second enquiry committee to probe the...

PIC scandal to bring more problems for government

The havoc caused by the spurious medicines of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) might be over for the institute’s patients but its ramifications...

SC orders to form DRA by Feb 17

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered to establish a Drug Regularory Authority (DRA) by February 17, a private TV channel reported. The SC expressed...

PIC brings in new chief

Dr Muhammad Javed took charge as the Medial Superintendent of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, saying he considers the post a challenge. He said...

Why this apathy?

When floods engulfed Sindh and hundreds of thousands were rendered homeless and more than a thousand died, there was assistance not only offered by...

Malik to probe faulty reports in spurious drugs case

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday vowed to probe the faulty test reports by local laboratories in the spurious drugs case. Speaking at a...

Two more fall prey to spurious drug

Two more patients died due to the spurious drug here on Thursday, taking the death toll due to Isotab drug reaction to 131. According to...

Punjab’s spurious drugs mess spills into Karachi

With the spurious cardiac drugs controversy spilling over, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided at least three pharmaceutical firms in the city on Wednesday...

UK laboratory reports received, actions underway: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that action against fake drug producers has been kicked off in the light of a Britain laboratory...