District health authorities established under LG set up across Punjab on January 3, 2017LAHORE: After failure of the existing healthcare system, the Punjab government has established district health authorities (DHAs) all over the province under direct administrative control of newly appointed deputy commissioners (DCs). According to a notification issued by the Punjab Local Government and Community Development Department, deputy commissioners, former district coordination officer (DCOs) have been appointed […]
Mayo Hospital now offers emergency dialysis facility on December 29, 2016LAHORE: Kidney patients suffering from chronic kidney failure in Lahore will no longer have to wait for their turn in the list of advanced booking, as Mayo Hospital has started offering dialysis services a life-saving procedure for those who want it on an emergency basis. A patient requires a minimum of two dialyses a week. […]
Govt finally comes to malnourished children’s aid on December 28, 2016LAHORE: Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department has decided to establish stabilisation centres at district headquarters hospitals and Tehsil headquarters hospitals to treat malnourished children, Daily Times learnt. According to a survey, as many as 39 percent of children are too short for their age while 30 percent are underweight and 14 percent suffer from acute […]
Eight nursing schools upgraded to colleges on December 23, 2016LAHORE: Aimed at raising the standard of medical education and training of nurses at par with the international standards, the Punjab government has upgraded eight nursing schools to colleges of nursing and midwifery. Well-placed sources privy to this development told Daily Times that Punjab Chief Minster Shahbaz Sharif had approved a summary for upgradation of […]
New biometric system refuses to work on December 14, 2016 LAHRORE: The biometric attendance system installed in all basic health units (BHUs) and rural health centres (RHCs) has flopped within four months of installation. A global positioning system-based biometric system was installed in the health facilities across the Punjab to ensure 100 percent attendance of doctors and other paramedics. The system was installed […]
LGH short of treatment facilities for newborns on December 7, 2016LAHORE: Shortage of beds, staff and equipment at the nursery wards of the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) are hampering proper treatment of neonates, it has been learnt reliably. Source told Daily Times that the 1,000-bed LGH had capacity to cater 60 neonates only whereas bed occupancy rate is 100 percent. They said that the health […]
LGH short of treatment facilities for newborns on December 7, 2016 LAHORE: Shortage of beds, staff and equipment at the nursery wards of the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) are hampering proper treatment of neonates, it has been learnt reliably. Source told Daily Times that the 1,000-bed LGH had capacity to cater 60 neonates only whereas bed occupancy rate is 100 percent. They said that the […]
Over half of basic health units lack bare necessities on December 5, 2016LAHORE: A large numbers of basic health units (BHUs) providing emergency obstetric and gynaecological services have failed to deliver, putting the patients’ lives at stake. Owing to acute deficiency of financial resources to buy new equipment, the standard level of treatment at primary healthcare institutes has dropped to such an extent that emergency lights were […]
Govt to provide CT, MRI machines to PIC on December 2, 2016 LAHORE: The Government of Punjab has decided to purchase two state-of-the-art machines including cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). Purchasing cost of these machines has been estimated at Rs 671 million for both machines and two PC-1s have also been submitted to Planning & […]
Frustration builds up over delay in drug testing on November 29, 2016 LAHORE: Most government hospitals in the province are facing a great deal of difficulty while supplying medicines to the deserving patients as reports of more than 1,000 samples have been ‘delayed’ by the drug testing labs (DTLs) working under administrative control of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare (P&SHC) Department. Lifesaving drugs, tablets, injections, syrups […]