Decision to audit 19 outsourced hospitals
—-File photo Director General Audit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to audit 19 outsourced hospitals. The DG has written a letter to the Health Secretary for the audit and said that…
Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns
“What we do know is that the health system is on its knees,” said Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the wake of…
Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say
Her comments came amid reports on Wednesday morning of an ongoing Israeli Defense Forces raid inside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, where patients including premature babies have died over the course…
Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
In a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged that fighting…
500 hospitals in the country are being equipped with modern facilities: Caretaker Federal Health Minister
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…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Congo virus advisory issued to hospitals
—File photo A Congo virus advisory has been issued to hospitals and District Health Offices (DHOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, all hospitals will…
Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians
The vicinities of Shifa and Al Quds hospitals in Gaza city and of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, have been bombarded over the weekend, UN humanitarian affairs coordination office…
35 nursing colleges closed due to lack of medical training and hospitals
To establish any nursing college, the college should also have its own 100-bed hospital. Photo: File Karachi: Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC) has closed more than 35 non-standard nursing colleges across…
Disclosure of supplying home-made injections to hospitals
Home-made injections have been revealed to be supplied to hospitals in Lahore. The vision of 40 diabetic patients was affected by using substandard injections. When the situation came to light,…
Eye treatment with health card in private hospitals suspended for 2 weeks: Caretaker Health Minister Punjab
Javed Akram – File photo Caretaker Health Minister Punjab Dr. Javed Akram has said that eye treatment through health card in private hospitals has been suspended for 2 weeks. In…