100 years of Lady Reading Hospital
Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar is about to complete 100 years of establishment. Alice Edith Isaacs (Lady Reading), the first wife of Rufus Isaacs, Viceroy of India, founded the hospital in…
Gaza: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital
In a stark assessment of the closure of 750-bed facility Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that aid teams had been waiting for “days and…
Successful robotic surgery for diabetes and obesity at Jinnah Hospital Karachi
Doctors of Jinnah Hospital under the leadership of Professor Shahid Rasool performed robotic surgery—Photo: Express News Karachi: For the first time in the history of Pakistan, robotic surgery was performed…
On the instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz, new stretchers and beds have arrived in the emergency department of May Hospital
File photo On the instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz, new stretchers and beds were delivered to the emergency department of May Hospital. It should be remembered that Maryam…
Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital
“This is not an isolated incident. Aid convoys have come under fire and are systematically denied access to people in need,” said the UN Humanitarian Country Team in Palestine, after…
What is ‘hospital pneumonia’? What does this have to do with daily brushing?
—File photo Medical experts say that hospitalized patients are at increased risk of pneumonia, while daily brushing reduces the risk of ‘hospital pneumonia’. According to medical experts, hospital-acquired pneumonia occurs…
3 more children died of pneumonia in Bahawal Victoria Hospital
Bahawal Victoria Hospital – file photo 3 more children died of pneumonia at Bahawal Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur. According to MS Dr. Amir Bukhari, the deaths of children occurred within…
‘High-risk mission’ delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza
The “high-risk mission”, carried out the previous day, was marked by delays at the checkpoint and severely damaged roads. Thousands of hungry civilians also surrounded the UN vehicles and fuel…
Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO
In central Gaza, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Sunday that medics at the only functioning hospital in Deir al Balah governorate “had been forced to cease lifesaving…
Gaza war: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five
Airstrikes and missiles struck dwellings and public buildings on Tuesday including Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis killing five, among them a five-day-old baby, reports indicate. “No child in the world…