The Sindh High Court (SHC) sought on Thursday a detailed report from the provincial health secretary and police chief after a citizen filed a petition, citing reports of an HIV outbreak allegedly resulting from the reuse of contaminated syringes and medical negligence at a Karachi hospital. The petition, filed by Tariq Mansoor, was taken up […]
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Punjab CM takes strict action in Lady Willingdon Hospital video case
Punjab Chief Minister(CM) Maryam Nawaz Sharif has taken strict notice of the alleged video recording incident during surgery at Lady Willingdon Hospital, directing immediate and comprehensive disciplinary action against all responsible medical and administrative staff. Following the Chief Minister’s directives, the Punjab Health Department has initiated proceedings against senior doctors, postgraduate trainees and hospital management […]
Lady Willingdon Hospital MS, Gynae HoD suspended over negligence
The Punjab government has further expanded disciplinary action in the video scandal at Lady Willingdon Hospital, suspending the Medical Superintendent and Head of Department along with a woman medical officer, five postgraduate resident doctors, two nurses, and a hospital staff member for their alleged involvement in recording and sharing a patient’s video during a surgical […]
Govt decides to shift ailing Imran Khan to hospital
As opposition continued its sit-in for the second day (Saturday) at Parliament House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has confirmed that the government decided to shift jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s ailing founder Imran Khan to hospital. His remarks came hours after Information Minister Attaullah Tarar assured that the PTI founder’s further checkup and treatment […]
Commissioner takes notice of plaster collapse at civil hospital
Commissioner Sukkur Abid Saleem Qureshi on Saturday has taken notice of the collapse of plaster at the orthopedic operation theater of Civil Hospital Sukkur. The commissioner visited the hospital to assess the situation, accompanied by Medical Superintendent Dr Ahmad Mujtaba Memon and other officials. The commissioner directed the hospital administration to immediately relocate the 40 […]
In Gaza hospital, patients cling to MSF as Israel orders it out
At a hospital in Gaza, wards are filled with patients fearing they will be left without care if Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is forced out under an Israeli ban due to take effect in March. Last month, Israel announced it would prevent 37 aid organisations, including MSF, from operating in Gaza from March 1 for […]
CCTV shows Lahore university student jumping from second floor; critical condition
LAHORE: Disturbing CCTV footage has emerged showing a female student attempting suicide by jumping from the second floor of the University of Lahore (UOL). Viewer discretion is advised. The student, identified as 24-year-old Fatima, a first-semester D-Pharmacy student, sustained multiple fractures to her legs, arms, and ribs, along with a severe head injury. Hospital authorities […]
Ex-boxing champ Joshua discharged from hospital after fatal car crash
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, state officials said Wednesday, after surviving a car accident in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends. Joshua was travelling on Monday with friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele on a busy highway linking Lagos and Ibadan in the southwest of the […]
Sindh CM approves Rs 3 billion Larkano hospital project
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday approved the progress, design, scope, and financial framework of a 600-bed hospital in Larkano, describing it as a major healthcare project for upper Sindh. The hospital is expected to be completed within two years. The groundbreaking ceremony is planned for March 2026, with the first tower […]
‘Hero’ who disarmed Bondi gunman recovers in hospital as donations pour in
Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past Australian dollars (A$)1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after surgery for bullet wounds. Forty-three-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a father-of-two, hid behind parked cars before charging at one of […]