We often hear and read about the dangers of high blood pressure, but not much is said about the serious problems low blood pressure can cause. Low blood pressure (hypotension), especially in the elderly, can lead to hip fractures or even spinal fractures. Also, if this drop in blood pressure is sudden and severe, the…
—Photos courtesy of Foreign Media Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) banned general doctors from practicing aesthetic medicine. According to the PMDC announcement, the practice of aesthetic medicine and aesthetic surgeries will only be done by degree and diploma holder doctors. A PMDC statement said that MBBS and BDS degree holders across the country are…
Karachi: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman reacted to the audio leaks of Sindh Governor Kamran Tesori and Mustafa Kamal. Hafiz Naeemur Rahman has said in his statement that Sindh Governor Kamran should present the real facts regarding the irregularity and fake mandate in the treasury elections before the nation, become a witness and tell how…
Bilal Akhund, the accused who opened fire in defense (Photo: Express Web) Karachi: A video of defense college students firing indiscriminately with modern weapons has gone viral on social media. DIG South Asad Raza took notice of the incident of firing and registered a case of firing in Sahil police station and arrested two accused…
Seoul: The level of health crisis faced at the national level in South Korea has been declared to be the highest, which is due to the doctors’ strike in protest regarding the admission problems in the medical educational institutions. Around 7,863 doctors (about 70 percent of trainee doctors) have walked out, disrupting patient care and…
Photo screen grab Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif made a positive democratic history, in the Punjab Assembly session, the Chief Minister herself went to the seat of Opposition Leader Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan and expressed goodwill. According to Express News, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz said to Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan that I…
From expanding indigenous peoples’ seats at the UN table to appointing an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra co-founded by renowned scholar Edward Said as a UN Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding, here is a peek at some of what happened on this day across the decades. Zanzibar, which became independent on 10 December 1963, was admitted as the…
Civil aviation organization ICAO said that the numbers for the first quarter of 2024 indicate that airlines will sustain the return to profitability recorded in 2023. “The commitment of Member States to aligning their pandemic responses with the guidance developed by the ICAO Council has been crucial to the recovery of their air services,” said…
Ulrika Richardson, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, was speaking from the capital, Port-au-Prince, a day after the Government and partners launched the plan to provide food, shelter, health, education and protection services for 3.6 million people this year. “This is a call for increased solidarity, and Haiti needs it,” she said, noting that the country…
“Life is very difficult here,” hospital manager Dr. Haidar Al-Qudra told UN News. Currently, only 12 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are “partially functioning”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with the rest destroyed by Israel’s near constant bombardment of the enclave. As the war in Gaza enters its fifth month, Israeli forces continue to…
