File photo Karachi’s third largest government hospital lacks vaccines to treat dog bites. According to sources, dog bite treatment vaccine is not available in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for many years. For the treatment of dog bites, the vaccine has to be procured from outside, the hospital does not even have a dedicated department for the…
“WHO is appalled by the recent attack on South Hospital, the only facility with surgical capacity in El Fasher, Darfur,” the UN agency said in a post on X. “The hospital’s closure following the attack has stretched the two other hospitals there beyond capacity, further limiting access to lifesaving services.” According to reports, the hospital…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz—File photo Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has expressed her satisfaction on the Field Hospital and Clinic on Wheels project. A meeting regarding Field Hospital and Clinic on Wheels was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. Speaking during the meeting, Chief Minister Punjab said that he wants…
2 patients infected with Congo virus died in Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi. According to hospital sources, 3 patients infected with Congo virus were brought from Attock this month, out of which 2 have died. According to sources, the third Congo virus patient brought to Benazir Bhutto Hospital is still under treatment. In a conversation with…
“Medical staff inside the hospital reported an attack on 20 May, with snipers aiming at the building and an artillery rocket hitting the fifth floor,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. Some 148 staff and 22 patients and their companions have remained “trapped inside” the hospital since Sunday, the WHO Director-General added, before issuing an…
File photo Sindh Health Minister Dr. Ezra Pechuho inaugurated IV Dilution Pharmacy at Civil Hospital Karachi. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ezra Pechuho said that a code has been installed at the drug store to identify the theft of drugs, and a drug reaction center has also been set up. Dr. Ezra Pechuho says that…
More than seven months into the war, babies are still being born too small, warned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. “Habiba was born in a small tent. She’s two weeks old and weighs less than two kilogrammes,” the UN agency said in a post on X, adding that more than 150,000 pregnant and breastfeeding…
File photo An awareness seminar was organized in Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital regarding the prevention of heat stroke. Executive Director Jinnah Hospital Professor Shahid Rasool while addressing the event said that the temperature is rising in the country. Professor Shahid Rasool said that a 20-bed heat stroke ward has been built in Jinnah Hospital’s emergency. setTimeout(function(){…
Jinnah Hospital Karachi – File photo Jinnah Hospital, the largest government hospital in Karachi, is facing severe lack of facilities. There is a severe shortage of life-saving medicines in Jinnah Hospital due to which the patients undergoing treatment in the hospital are forced to bring medicines from outside. Post Graduate Resident Dr. Kafeel Ahmad while…
Texas: A hospital in the US has suspended its liver and kidney transplant programs after a doctor was found to have altered the records of transplant candidates. According to US media, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center issued a statement saying that inappropriate changes made by a doctor at the hospital disabled candidates on the liver…
