By Suleman Chaudhry

LAHORE: Punjab Health Foundation’s (PHF) failure to recover millions of rupees from doctors and non-government organisations (NGOs) has raised serious question marks on its recovery process. Well-placed sources in the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education (SHE&ME) Department told Daily Times that to shift the burden from government hospitals and to provide quality health facility for […]

LAHORE: At a time when the provincial government was facing challenges to ensure availability of basic health facilities and rectify problems being faced by patients in public hospitals, the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education (SHE&ME) Department is planning to establish a project management unit (PMU) to propose recommendation for establishment of Punjab Public Health Agency […]

LAHORE: In order to curb the culture of politics in medical institutions, the Punjab government has imposed a complete ban on political activities at teaching hospitals and directed the newly inducted postgraduate trainee doctors not to become part of any such event. A PG trainee would not be allowed to be a part of any […]

LAHORE: It seems that healthcare is not a priority of the Punjab government as medicine budget of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) – the prime heart care facility in the province – has been decreased by 9.35 percent for financial year (FY) 2016-17. This act of the provincial government has raised question mark over […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has stopped 11 public and private sector medical colleges from admitting students for the 2016-17 session for being critically deficient in faculty and other facilities. The PMDC decision has sent a shockwave among students and the administration of colleges as the admission process is to start in […]

LAHORE: At a time when Punjab is facing worst shortage of trained human resource and health infrastructure, the government seems more concerned about expanding the ‘network of admin officials’ on high salaries instead of ensuring healthcare to patients. As many as 21 officers would be recruited in the project management unit (PMU) of Primary and […]

LAHORE: International health partners have raised questions over political commitment towards elimination of polio from Pakistan, fearing it will affect the country’s efforts for eradicating the crippling disease by the end of this year. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has expressed concern over the Sindh polio programme. “The […]

LAHORE: The Punjab government has given a three-year waiver after the age of superannuation for the appointment of medical teachers in order to address acute shortage of senior doctors in medical colleges, universities and specialised institutions. The chief minister has approved a summary allowing relaxation of upper age limit to 63 years. The summary was […]

By Suleman Chaudhry   LAHORE: Despite various cases of child abduction in public hospitals, the authorities of teaching hospitals have failed to ensure appropriate security arrangements to overcome the menace, raising serious question marks on their administrative abilities. Abduction of newborns from public hospitals has become a routine matter, as children are being abducted from […]

LAHORE: Despite the grave threat of illegal human organ transplantation in the province, the Punjab government has failed to empower the Punjab Human Organ Transplant Authority (PHOTA), a vibrant monitoring body, to curb the prevailing menace. Due to the lethargic attitude of the provincial government, neither the budget nor any manpower was provided to the […]