KARACHI: Despite the Sindh Healthcare Commission’s (SHCC) recent announcement of slashing fees of dengue, malaria and complete blood count (CBC) tests to make healthcare affordable for citizens, many private diagnostic laboratories are still charging patients their “own rates”. Keeping in view the
PMA alleges lack of political will to ensure sanitation, waste management and fumigation turned cities into breeding sites of mosquitoes • Over 400 patients currently under treatment in public and private hospitals: health dept • Officials say over 11,700 cases reported from
More than 60 million Pakistanis are living with mental health conditions while fewer than 500 psychiatrists are available to serve a population of over 240 million, experts said at the Global Conference on Brain and Mental Health hosted by the Aga Khan
KARACHI: The health department declared on November 6 four more deaths — three of them children under 12 years — from dengue fever, raising the official tally to 25 in the province. According to the department’s data, two victims — a 30-year-old
HYDERABAD: Counsel for a petitioner informed a division bench of the Sindh High Court Sukkur that the incumbent Sindh health secretary was holding the post of BS-21 in violation of Supreme Court’s directive for being a BS-20 officer. Comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ali
KARACHI: The dengue fever situation is getting worse day by day as the health department declared on November 4 the death of four more patients. According to the latest data released by the department, 20 people have so far died of dengue
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has been detected in eight children, tested at the Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital in Karachi. The hospital officials have blamed the quack doctors, practising illegally, for the infection and demanded of the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC)
• Unofficial mortality figures paint haunting picture of threat posed by dengue • Families claim 26 deaths in Hyderabad alone between Oct 1 and Nov 2 • Health dept confirms six deaths in 10 months • Experts stress need for research into
KARACHI: In a shocking incident that has sparked widespread outrage, a woman allegedly had to sell her newborn baby to settle medical bills at a private clinic in Memon Goth, police said on November 2. Malir district police chief confirmed on Sunday
Sindh has developed a sensor-equipped scanner stick for the first time to assist visually impaired individuals. The province is home to more than six million children with special needs and other people with physical and mental disabilities. Advanced medical technology is also