HYDERABAD: More than 35 people, mostly children, suffered respiratory distress, coughing and throat and eye irritation after chlorine gas that leaked from a cylinder in the Hala Naka filtration plant spread in the Khursheed Town locality here on 24th September 2024. The
KARACHI: Health experts have expressed concern over the rapid increase in cases of iatrogenic genital tract fistula — an abnormal connection between the urinary bladder or ureter and the vagina, created accidentally by a surgeon during an operation — in the country
KARACHI: Experts at a seminar on 23rd September 2024 underscored the need for changing the narrative around suicide — from one of shame and silence to empathy and action — and improving access to mental healthcare services. The seminar titled “Changing the
KARACHI: With much of the developed world shifting towards using biodegradable materials, plastic-based products continue to dominate store shelves in Pakistan, where environmental sustainability is still fairly low on the government’s development goals, despite the existence of acts like the Sindh Environmental
The Sindh Cabinet has approved the ‘Sindh Police Health Insurance Policy’. Following the approval, the Sindh Finance Department will soon release funds for the scheme. A briefing in this regard was given to the participants of a meeting held at the Central
KARACHI: Born this year in March, Musa spent several days in a hospital incubator, fighting multiple health complications, before he got reunited with his mother. Over a month later, he gradually developed an eye illness that doctors described as ROP (Retinopathy of
KARACHI: The annual cycling event titled “Ride. Bike. Save Lives. 2024” organised by the Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) on 15th September 2024 attracted a large number of enthusiasts from across the city. The event was held in collaboration with Critical
KARACHI: The Sindh government has inducted 22 medico-legal officers (MLOs), including 13 women, to overcome the shortage of doctors at the medico-legal sections of the city’s three major government hospitals, a senior official said on 14th September 2024. Police Surgeon Dr. Summaiya
KARACHI: The National Assembly on 13th September 2024 passed a bill to regulate the cultivation of cannabis, and the sale of derivatives of the plant for medicinal and industrial use. On Monday, the Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology approved the country’s first-ever
HYDERABAD: The Chemical Laboratory Rohri, Sukkur district, confirmed on September 13 the presence of toxic substances, including insecticide and benzodiazepine, in the meal that claimed the lives of 13 persons of a family in Pir Jo Goth in Khairpur district last month.