—File photo Patients of the capital Karachi are facing a shortage of tetanus injections. Senior Vice Chairman Pakistan Chemist and Druggist Association Abdul Samad Budhani has said that the patients are facing problems due to shortage of tetanus injection. Senior Vice Chairman PCDA says that ATS injection of tetanus is non-existent in Karachi, due to…
“With today’s adoption of Security Council resolution 2730 calling for the protection of humanitarian workers and the International Court of Justice’s order to open the Rafah crossing to provide aid at scale and stop the military offensive there, this is a moment of clarity,” he said in a statement. “It is a moment to demand…
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…
The Global teacher shortage alert was issued at a meeting on Monday of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession announced a new set of recommendations to safeguard future learning for all. Quality education for ‘learning societies’ “Now, more than…
Dr Riaz Anwar, Health Advisor KP (file photo). Health Advisor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Riaz Anwar has said that the approval of the money needed to remove the shortage of medical equipment and medicines in the hospitals of the province has been taken from the provincial cabinet. The health adviser further said that despite the…
— File photo Secretary Health has written a letter to the Caretaker Chief Minister on the issue of shortage of medical equipment and emergency medicines in the hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the letter, there is a shortage of emergency drugs including medical equipment and anti-rabies vaccine in hospitals, 9 billion rupees are required…
—File photo The shortage of medicines in the hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa became severe. According to the document, there is a shortage of immunoglobulins, anti-rabies vaccine and emergency drugs in hospitals, and no orders have been placed for the purchase of drugs due to lack of funds. DG Health has informed the Secretary Health about…
—File photo There is a shortage of life-saving medicines in Karachi. According to sources, medicines for diabetes, blood pressure and heart diseases are not available. The spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department says that the patients of the government hospitals have complained about the shortage of medicines. The spokesman says that till now the administration…
The situation is unfolding as “lives are hanging by a thread”, including those of babies in incubators at hospitals that depend on fuel for electricity, Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists in New York on Monday. “Humanitarian ceasefire, fuel supplies – all of these should be happening now. We are running out…
Doctors have been performing surgeries without anaesthesia or other basic surgical supplies, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update, noting that fuel has become the “most vital commodity” in Gaza. Without it, “trucks can’t move and generators can’t produce electricity for hospitals, bakeries and water desalination plants,” said Tamara Alrifai, spokesperson for…
