Karachi: Excessive use of antibiotic drugs has become the cause of 7 lakh deaths annually in Pakistan. Experts say that as a result of infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotic drugs, 300,000 people die directly in Pakistan every year, while 700,000 people die of various complications every year. become Antimicrobial resistance, or the increasing…
Health experts say that 70% of antibiotics are used unnecessarily in Pakistan. Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference was held in Karachi with the support of National Institute for Health Services Academy. On this occasion, experts said that 5 million people worldwide died as a result of the complications of antimicrobial resistance. According to experts, the control of…
A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that 60,000 people died in Pakistan in 2019 due to bacteria resistant to antibiotic drugs. According to the report, bacteria that cause typhoid, diarrhea and TB have developed resistance to antibiotic drugs. In 2019, 1.3 million people were killed due to this bacteria. The World…
File photo Experts say that millions of cases of stomach and liver diseases are coming to light in Pakistan every month. Addressing the 6th Annual Pak GI and Liver Disease Conference, experts said that half of the patients who come to emergency departments come with complaints of stomach diseases. Dr. Lubna Kamani says that Pakistan…
Pakistani satellite launched into lunar orbit – Photo: CTGN Islamabad: Along with China’s space mission ‘Cheng E6’, Pakistan’s satellite ‘Icube Qamar’ has left to orbit the moon, which will reach the moon’s orbit in 5 days and thus Pakistan is the sixth in the world to send a satellite into the moon’s orbit. The country…
File photo. In Pakistan, about seven thousand children die every day due to various diseases, out of which about 150 children lose their lives due to various birth defects. Congenital defects or birth defects of children can be corrected by operation or surgery soon after birth but unfortunately there are less than 200 pediatric surgeons…
A new disease has been diagnosed in a passenger who came to Pakistan from Malaysia. The Border Health Services Department has directed the staff posted at airports across the country to remain alert. According to Border Health Services Pakistan, the passenger, Taj Nabi, arrived in Lahore on March 17 from Malaysia by a foreign airline…
File photo Experts demanded to start production of insulin locally in Pakistan. Experts have revealed that insulin was not available in Pakistan for about 6 months last year, insulin was absent from the market three times in a year. Experts said that type 1 diabetes patients faced difficulties due to lack of access to insulin,…
—File photo Experts say that since 2017, the cases of HIV/AIDS are increasing rapidly in Pakistan. According to medical experts, a large number of women and children in Pakistan are HIV positive, the districts where HIV is not controlled in men have the highest number of infected women and children. Experts say that unsafe blood…
Senator Mushahid Hussain, Chairman Senate Defense Committee, is visiting Russia on the invitation of the ruling ‘United Russia’ party, during which he met Former President Dmitri Medvedev (who’s number two to President Putin) and Foreign Minister Lavrov.
