Tag: Pims

PIMS to have automated queue management system

In what appears to be a welcome development, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) will have an automated queue management system by May...

Plan to bring BHUs, RHCs under CADD hits a snag

All three RHCs, 14 BHUs lack basic facilities to provide first level health services to residents ISLAMABAD: A proposed plan of the Ministry of Capital...

CJP takes notice of shutting down of Bone Marrow Transplant Centre...

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday took a suo motu notice of the reported closing down of Bone Marrow Transplant Centre (BMTC)...

Govt restores PIMS to original status after separating from SZABMU

ISLAMABAD: The All Employees PIMS Restoration Movement’s (AEPRM) struggle for the restoration of the status of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has been...

SC bars govt from making new appointments in PIMS, NIRM

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday barred the federal government from making new appointments in Islamabad hospitals. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief...

SZABMU to get yet another acting vice-chancellor after Dr Farooqi resigns

  ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to appoint another acting vice-chancellor (VC) of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) after the resignation of...

Doctors say Nehal Hashmi not suffering from heart ailment

ISLAMABAD: A two-member medical team from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Saturday found no evidence of any heart problem in imprisoned former Pakistan...

PIMS lobby trying to appoint blue-eyed official in SZABMU against rules

ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a strange development, employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) are lobbying for appointing their blue-eyed...

40-50 patients undergoing dialysis treatment daily at PIMS: Tariq Fazal

  ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division Tariq Fazal Chaudhary Wednesday told the National Assembly that about 40 to 50 patients...

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...

CADD minister inaugurates newly renovated wards at PIMS

ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Wednesday inaugurated the newly renovated and refurbished wards of Pakistan Institute of...

Dr Amjad Mahmood appointed as new administrator of PIMS

ISLAMABAD: Dr Raja Amjad Mahmood, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Joint Executive Director has been appointed as the new administrator and director of the...

74% recovery rate at PIMS burn unit

ISLAMABAD: Despite many advances made in the field of medicine and surgery, the cure for burns continue to remain a challenging problem in the...

Afghan health professionals completed training at PIMS

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Health Professionals (AHP), who underwent a 12-month training and capacity building programme at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have been...

 Dr Mutahir’s appointment as BCC director withheld by SZABMU vice chancellor

ISLAMABAD: The recent appointment of Dr Mutahir Shah as the director of the Maternal and Child Health Centre (MCHC) and Burn Care Center (BCC)...

PIMS protesters call off strike

  ISLAMABAD: The medical and para-medical staff of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Thursday called off their strike and announced to return to...

SC moved against ‘childbirth on road’ incidents, PIMS strike

  ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) requesting Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to take a suo motu notice of...