An anti-terrorism court in Lahore recorded the statements of four witnesses in ten cases related to the May 9 riots. Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Dr. Yasmin Rashid are among the main accused in these cases. The court held the jail trial at Kot Lakhpat Jail under tight security. The hearing […]
The journey towards a thriving Center
The Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institutebeen made fully functional and it is fast scaling up services. Notwithstanding the ruckus over the performance of the institute, it has made great strides forward in surgeries as well as diagnostic and treatment services at the facility. Last week,Alhumdillah, the PKLI performed 73rd Kidney Transplant, 7th of this year. […]
PKLI: The journey towards a thriving Center
The Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute been made fully functional and it is fast scaling up services. Notw ithstanding the ruckus over the performance of the institute, it has made great strides forward in surgeries as well as diagnostic and treatment services at the facility. Last week, Alhumdillah, the PKLI performed 73rd Kidney Transplant, 7th of […]
Health Department, One Year and Beyond
The first year was a year of challenges. It would have been rather smooth had it only been about fixing merely the administrative jinx. Rather, it turned out to be a multitude of administrative, technical and political conundrums that ‘came not in single spies, but in battalions’ throughout the year. Public offices present difficult choices. […]
The journey of TRANSFORMATION
For a life spent in clinical, academic, research and administrative areas of healthcare, I had mapped out strategic interventions for improvement before taking oath as health minister albeit the situation was much worse than expected. The first year was very challenging. It would have been rather smooth had it only been about fixing merely the […]
Role of Referral System in streamlining healthcare service delivery
Finally, we have been able to put in place the pilot of the much-awaited Patient Referral System in Lahore. In infancy stage yet, the Referral System has a huge potential to quintessentially transform the health landscape of the province. The Patient Referral System envisages development of direct online linkage system among healthcare facilities of key […]
MTI: Myth and reality
In the run up to elections 2018, one obvious point of consensus across the political divide was the inevitable need to reform the health sector. All were in agreement that the ailing and outdated healthcare system needed to be reformed, and done so with an urgency. So cometh the hour. A year down the line, […]