Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre hosted a Breast Cancer Awareness Day, where cancer specialists emphasised early detection, diagnosis and timely treatment to fight breast cancer. Dr. Tabinda Sadaf, Consultant Clinical & Radiation Oncologist, highlighted the importance of “knowing your normal” for early detection, noting a 95% cure rate when caught early. She […]
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1,000-bed cancer hospital in Lahore to be completed within 10 months
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif met a delegation of 55th Staff Course of Pakistan Navy War College, led by Rear Admiral Sohail Ahmed Azmi. The delegation included officers from all three armed forces of Pakistan besides officers from the armed forces of 15 friendly countries. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif welcomed the delegation and […]
Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza refugee camps and hospital, 50 palestinians martyred
Israeli forces have intensified their deadly airstrikes in Gaza, targeting refugee camps and Al-Ahli Hospital. According to international media reports, at least 50 Palestinians were martyred in these latest attacks. The strikes have caused severe destruction and added to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region. The Israeli military continues its violent campaign across Gaza, […]
Fake Doctor Arrested In Mayo Hospital Lahore
Fake Doctor Arrested In Mayo Hospital Lahore. The Mayo Hospital security staff detained a fake doctor on Friday and handed him over him to the police. According to the hospital sources, the person who pretended to be a doctor is named Malik Kashan Karamat. He is son of M Siddique and is a resident of Shahdara. As he […]
Young girl goes missing from Lahore General Hospital: how?
LAHORE: A 22-year-old young girl undergoing treatment at Lahore General Hospital went missing on Tuesday. According to sources, the 22-year-old girl – a resident of Green Town- had gone missing from Lahore General Hospital, where she was undergoing treatment. The police have registered an abduction case on the complaint of the victim’s brother. The 22-year-old […]
Populist Iraq cleric demands action over deadly Covid unit fire
Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has warned he will hold the Iraqi government responsible if it fails to action over a devastating fire that killed at least 60 people in a Covid isolation unit. The warning comes just months before Iraq is scheduled to go to the polls in October for an early parliamentary election […]
Russian doctors battle virus and heat in hospital ‘red zone’
Dressed in heavy protective gear during a record-breaking heatwave, doctors at Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky hospital have struggled in recent weeks to treat an overwhelming influx of coronavirus patients. Like the rest of Russia, the city has been hard hit by a new wave of the pandemic fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant. The country’s […]
GB health department sends 18 employees back to Nagar
The protest of the people of Nagar came to fruition. The health department sent back to Nagar 18 employees who were performing their duties at their favorite stations in other districts after receiving salaries from the hospitals of Nagar. According to the notification signed by Dr. Shakeel, Director, Gilgit Health Department, 18 employees up to […]
Dread and disinfectant: cleaning Covid wards in Japan
Naho has played a crucial role in fighting Japan’s two deadly coronavirus waves this year, the worst the country has faced since the pandemic began. The 21-year-old is not a doctor or a nurse — she’s a cleaner on Covid-19 wards, making sure every surface is sterilised while taking precautions to keep herself safe. “All […]
PTI govt set to solve health sector problems in GB: Kulsoom Farman
During a visit to the Director Health Office and Regional Headquarters Hospital, Gilgit-Baltistan, Parliamentary Secretary Kulsoom Farman said, ”the health sector has been neglected for far too long and this has the problems of this sector. The only difference between the PTI government and previous governments is that we are here to resolve these issues […]