KARACHI: Complications of diabetes are rising at a pace the health system cannot contain, with millions at risk of blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and limb amputations, senior diabetologists and endocrinologists warned on November 26. Speaking at a press conference at the
KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi has directed the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to complete the survey of dangerous buildings in the city, have them evacuated, and demolish those already evacuated as soon as possible. During a meeting he chaired at
KARACHI: Civil society members on November 25 sounded the alarm on the rapid conversion of public parks into commercial ventures and its impacts on the environment and the ecosystem. Speaking at a press conference from the platform of the Karachi Residents’ Committee
KARACHI: Provincial Assembly of Sindh Standing Committee on Home Affairs Chairperson Faryal Talpur has said drugs are a curse destroying our children’s future, so no leniency would be shown in the crackdown on them. During a standing committee meeting she chaired at
HYDERABAD: Staff, including doctors, at the casualty ward of Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) avoided treating an unidentified patient brought to the hospital by Edhi volunteers, on the grounds that he was quite unclean. The doctors and staff present on the duty said
A seventh-grade student has developed a smart stick for visually impaired individuals that alerts users of obstacles through sound and vibration. The invention was showcased at the Bachaapreneur competition held at the National Incubation Centre in Karachi. Radhe Krishna, who has been
• Patients with over 50pc burns are routinely transferred from Liaquat University Hospital to Karachi • Health secretary informed of lack of burns unit, but to no avail, says LUH doctor • Even regular ICUs remain overburdened due to shortage of equipment,
• Local political activists put their heads together after first case of infection confirmed in 18-month-old girl • Over 15 HIV cases found after Valika Hospital administration persuaded to screen children treated there • Govt official says health dept ‘focusing’ on treatment
KARACHI: Three more patients, including two women, died of dengue in the province, raising the total death toll to 36 this year, the Sindh health department said. It said that a 50-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman passed away in Hyderabad, while
KARACHI: The Sindh Health Care Commission (SHCC) has permanently sealed Shah Medical Centre in North Nazimabad after repeated violations, including the illegal operation of the hospital, endangering critically ill patients, and attacking government officials enforcing prior closure orders. The move comes two