HYDERABAD: The vital MRI, CT Scan and dialysis machines, as well as many air conditioners, at the Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) need urgent repairs but the administration appears helpless for want of required funds. The ultimate suffers are the several thousand patients
KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her
The Sindh Assembly was informed on 20-March-2025 that it was beyond the capacity of the provincial government to establish a cardiac treatment facility in every district of the province. Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho stated this while taking part in
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved a comprehensive four-year health improvement plan (2025-2029) with a major focus on increasing routine immunisation coverage from 69 percent to 95 percent, expanding community outreach, and enhancing governance in the province’s healthcare sector.
KARACHI: While nurses have a critical role in improving healthcare access and quality, their workforce in Pakistan is highly underpaid and overworked — two key barriers impeding their performance and growth, shared speakers at a seminar held on 4th February at Hamdard
As the Karachi police have failed to control firing during wedding celebrations, there seems to be no stop to the killings of people due to celebratory gunfire. The latest incident occurred on 26-January-2025 afternoon within the limits of the Sacchal police station
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has restrained the Sindh Health Department, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) administrations; and the Sindh Human Rights Commission from making a final decision in inquiries initiated against the accused, Dr. Shehzad,
Despite being a low transmission season, around 10 children are currently admitted at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital (SIDH) at NIPA in Karachi with measles, while four children are undergoing treatment for diphtheria. Similar cases are being reported at other health facilities
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has lauded the Sindh government for its remarkable achievement of reducing infant mortality in the province to 2.9 percent, compared to the national average of 5.4 percent. Bilawal expressed pride in the accomplishments
KARACHI: Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has said that the Sindh government plans to extend paediatric and neonatal intensive care services as part of its efforts to tackle the high infant mortality rate in the province. Speaking at a media briefing