Police arrest 233 criminals, recover stolen vehicles, drugs, illegal weapons on October 1, 2018LAHORE: The Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) team arrested 233 culprits including 72 proclaimed offenders and eight court absconders and recovered valuables, vehicles, drugs and illegal weapons from them during the past week, rendering help to 4,909 commuters. According to details, the PHP patrolling team foiled a road robbery and arrested two culprits namely Naeem and […]
Number of drug addicts could increase in Pakistan by 2020 on September 30, 2018The Drug Advisory Training Hub, Youth Council for Anti-Narcotics and Colombo Plan in collaboration with the Higher Education Department arranged an awareness walk against drugs at the Government Postgraduate College for Women on Saturday. According to details, Anti Drugs/Narcotics Campaign Consultant Syed Zulfiqar Hussain was the chief guest and principal Robina Saif, vice principal Akhtar […]
Rehab centres to get better treatment facilities on September 29, 2018The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) and Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) of the Colombo Plan will cooperate for an effective monitoring of the quality of care in the addiction treatment centres of the province. This was decided in a meeting held at PHC office between the commission’s management and DAP Colombo Plan Senior Adviser Muhammad Ayub […]
Rehab centres to get better treatment facilities on September 29, 2018LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) and Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) of the Colombo Plan will cooperate for an effective monitoring of the quality of care in the addiction treatment centres of the province. This was decided in a meeting held at PHC office between the commission’s management and DAP Colombo Plan Senior Adviser Muhammad […]
889 officers successfully complete emergency medical training on September 28, 2018LAHORE: The passing out ceremony of 889 rescuers including 709 Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) trained for the first time as per National Ambulance Service College Ireland guidelines was held at the Emergency Services Academy on Thursday. Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar was the chief guest of the passing out ceremony. Provincial Minister for Disaster Management […]
Wear a helmet or pay the fine: traffic police on September 27, 2018City Traffic Police (CTP) continue to take stern action against motorcyclists for not wearing a helmet and traffic wardens have also started warning citizens about the issue. The CTP also fined 5,904 bikers on not wearing a helmet on Wednesday. The CTP would also start taking strict action against motorcyclists for not wearing helmet on […]
33% of Pakistani population above the age of 45 has hypertension on September 26, 2018Cardiovascular diseases are the #1 cause of death globally as more people die annually from these than from any other. An estimated 17.7 million people died from cardiovascular diseases last year, representing 31 percent of all global deaths. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million deaths were due to coronary heart disease and 6.7 million […]
MDCAT carried out amidst tight surveillance in 28 centres on September 24, 2018As many as 65,670 candidates including 41,681 females and 23,989 males appeared for the Medical & Dental Colleges’ Admission Test (MDCAT) which was conducted by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Sunday. The test started at 10am in 28 centres set up in Lahore, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, […]
66,000 students to appear for MDCAT exam today on September 23, 2018LAHORE: Around 66,000 candidates including 42,000 female and 24,000 male would appear in Punjab Medical & Dental Colleges’ Admission Test on Sunday (today). The test shall be conducted by University of Health Sciences (UHS). The Punjab government has finalised the arrangements for the test and has deputed senior bureaucrats including provincial secretaries, commissioners and deputy […]
5,620 fake treatment centres sealed in the last six months on September 21, 2018The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has sealed 5,620 quackery outlets out of a total of 18,300 plus treatment centres that it visited across the province during the last six months. According to details, as per the census, out of the visited centres, over 5,400 quacks had closed down their quackery outlets to start other businesses. […]