New details have emerged in the murder case of Dr. Wardah Mushtaq, who was abducted from DHQ Hospital Abbottabad and later found dead. Police officials revealed that she was killed within one hour of her kidnapping. They confirmed that both vehicles used in the crime have been seized. The rapid timeline has increased pressure on […]
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Pakistani doctor dies half an hour before liver transplant in US
Dr Maryam Shaukat, 27, who had gone to the US from Pakistan for residency, died there on Sunday, just half an hour before a liver transplant after being treated in the hospital due to liver failure. Dr Maryam had come to the US with a dream of serving humanity and healing others, but life did […]
AJK court imposes fine on gynecologist for damaging patient
Muzaffarabad: AJK court imposes fine on gynecologist for damaging patient. An additional district and session judge in Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs. 2 million on a senior gynecologist for damaging her patient’s internal organs during surgery. A resident of the nearby village Kharik of Rawalakot town, Salma […]
Foreigner doctor found dead in NMU hostel
MULTAN: A foreigner doctor, who graduated from Nishtar Medical College in 2011, was found dead in a Nishtar Medical University (NMU) hostel here on Wednesday. An official source said that Dr. Abdul Aziz was found dead in room no 17 of Jamal Bhutta hostel of NMU this morning. The police were informed about it and […]
Indian doctors protest ‘yoga-beats-Covid’ guru
Thousands of doctors across India wore black armbands on Tuesday calling for the arrest of a hugely popular guru who has claimed yoga can prevent Covid-19 and that conventional medicine has killed thousands of coronavirus patients. Baba Ramdev, the creator of a successful traditional medicine empire, said last month the pandemic showed modern pharmaceuticals to […]
Doctor blamed for spread of HIV: a new twist
Dr Muzaffar Ghangharohas been arrested from Ratodero, Larkana in a case causing fatal disease, Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV] that later converts in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. [AIDS]. Presently, appximately 45 cases of HIV-positive have been detected; the doctor is also HIV positive. He has been in remand for three days by the local police. […]
The Nishwa case
The Hippocratic Oath requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. These include the principles of medical confidentiality and non-maleficence. “I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as […]
Dutch fertility doctor may have more than 49 children
A Dutch fertility doctor who used his own sperm to inseminate 49 women may have fathered even more children. Ties van der Meer of the Dutch Donor Child Foundation said Monday that three more people contacted him this weekend because they suspect they may also have been conceived using the sperm of Dr. Jan Karbaat. […]
French doctor loses European appeal over euthanasia
The European Court of Human Rights said Thursday that it had rejected an appeal by a French doctor to be reinstated after he was barred from practising for killing terminally-ill patients, a crime for which he was convicted in 2015. An appeals court handed Nicolas Bonnemaison a suspended two-year sentence for deliberately poisoning an 86-year-old […]
Balochistan doctors protest
Doctors here Saturday boycotted Out Door Patient Departments (OPDs) and General Operation Theatres (OTs) of government-run hospitals. The doctors are observing two-day strike on the call of Doctors Action Committee. The patients hailing from far flung areas suffered a lot due to absence of doctors in OPDs. Indoor patients admitted in the hospitals also faced […]