Quality Cancer Care, Offered With Dignity on April 16, 2021Nearly thirty years ago, the people of Pakistan united behind the cause of building the nation’s first comprehensive cancer centre, in Lahore. After the inauguration of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, in Lahore, in December 1994, cancer was no longer an automatic death sentence for underprivileged cancer patients in our country. […]
Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Pakistan on March 27, 2021The challenges of fighting any disease in middle-income and low-income countries, such as Pakistan, are greater than those encountered in the Western world and this is especially so for a disease like cancer. March is colorectal cancer awareness month, an opportunity for healthcare providers, in particular general physicians, to play their part in addressing the […]
Covid-19 Vaccines in Pakistan & Cancer Patients on February 27, 2021“Nobody is safe until everyone is safe” has become a mantra that reminds us of the importance of equitable access to vaccines. It is estimated that between 70% to 80% of the population has to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity and break the chain of transmission of Covid-19. However, since only limited […]
Shaukat Khanum — Pakistan’s Fight Against Cancer Amidst a Pandemic on January 13, 2021As we leave behind an extraordinary and extremely difficult year, all of us at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) would like to express our gratitude to the people of Pakistan for their resilience, compassion and extraordinary generosity. The support of the Pakistani nation for the national cause that is Shaukat Khanum meant that we […]
Chief Medical Officer, Shaukat Khanum Hospital on January 14, 2020“It is a great privilege to work at Shaukat Khanum Hospital because here, you are part of an institution which is continuously growing and you get the opportunity to evolve with it.” “After I completed my training in the UK, I wanted to move back to Pakistan. I had heard about a new cancer hospital […]