“Humanitarian facilities in Rafah are forced to close one after another…The flow of humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza, already insufficient to meet the soaring needs, has dropped by 67 per cent since 7 May,” reported the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. Until Israeli troops seized and closed the Rafah border crossing in the very south…
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the targeting marked a “major escalation” in the level of danger facing the power plant. It was the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that the ZNPP – Europe’s largest nuclear power plant – has been directly targeted….
20% of children die due to lack of timely treatment and 80% of children remain healthy with treatment, Professor Sohail Bangash. Photo: File Every year more than 70 thousand children are born suffering from heart diseases in Pakistan, while the biggest heart disease in children is having a hole in their heart. All over Sindh,…
—File photo All 2 crore people of Islamabad, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan were deprived of health facilities. In the letter, State Life has directed not to admit new patients under the health facility program in the federal territories. The letter states that the Punjab government’s funding for the health facility program in federal areas is…
Caretaker Federal Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan – file photo Caretaker Federal Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan has said that 500 hospitals across the country are being equipped with modern facilities. Caretaker Federal Health Minister Nadeem Jan visited Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. During his visit, Dr. Nadeem John inaugurated the Community Health Center in…
The Punjab government has denied that cardiology facilities have been discontinued on health cards. Caretaker Health Minister Punjab Dr. Javed Akram has said that the provincial government is entering into a new agreement with the State Life Insurance and cardiology facility will continue uninterruptedly on health card. Dr. Javed Akram said that improvements are being…
File photo The Islamabad Healthcare Authority has written to all hospitals in the city and ordered them to provide health facilities to HIV patients. The healthcare authority has said that not all private hospitals are treating HIV positive patients, all hospitals should provide treatment to HIV patients like other patients. In the letter, the healthcare…
This year, Pakistani men and women will perform Jah under the old Hajj policy, Ministry of Religious Affairs: Photo: Saudi Ministry of Media Islamabad: Pakistani women will not be able to perform Hajj without Muharram this year. Despite Saudi Arabia allowing women to perform Hajj without Muharram, Pakistani women will perform Hajj under previous rules….
China is also considering raising the retirement age; Photo: File Beijing: China has halved free medical care for senior citizens due to funding cuts. According to the international news agency, the medical facilities of retired citizens in China were reduced, against which the protest movement “Grey Hair Movement” started across the country. After the protests…
—File photo: Reuters The governments of Iran and Syria have condemned the US strikes on Syrian soil that reportedly killed 19 people. Washington claimed its drone strikes were part of a retaliatory strike, according to an Al Jazeera report. Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry of Iran and Syria condemned the US airstrikes which targeted the strategic…
