859 neonatal, 60 mothers died during pregnancy in Q2 g Monitoring & Evaluation officer says they were short of funds and not provided with medicines on October 2, 2016PESHAWAR: According to a report of the District Health Information System (DHIS) during the 2nd quarter of 2016 around 859 Neonatal deaths of children were reported across the province in district headquarters hospitals while around 60 mothers died during pregnancy across the province. The DHIS report holds the lack of facilities in district headquarter hospitals […]
13,204 new TB cases reported in KP on September 29, 2016PESHAWAR: According to a report released by District Health Information System (DHIS) around 13,024 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) were reported in 2nd quarter (April to June 2016) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The report available with Daily Times shows that Peshawar district is on the top with 2,007 new TB cases while Mardan district reported 1,582 cases […]
Repatriation of Afghans put a question mark on students on September 15, 2016PESHAWAR: Pakistan has extended the deadline for repatriation of Afghan refugees living in the country to March 31, 2017, but Afghan students studying in Pakistan see their future at risk as there was no mention regarding their future. Nazim Khan, a 22-year-old Afghan student at a private institute in Peshawar, opines that he would have […]
56 babies die at KTH for want of facilities on September 12, 2016PESHAWAR: Due to the lack of facilities at Nursery ward of the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) as many as 56 babies have died during the last one and a half years from January 2015 to July 2016. An official at the Nursery Ward of the Hospital, on the condition of anonymity, said that around 467 […]
Research reveals every rat doesnt carry rabbies infection on September 4, 2016PESHAWAR: A new research study has revealed that every rat does not possess rabies infection as it depends on its geographical location where it can possess the virus and infect the people. Muhammad Adnan who did his PhD from the United Kingdom (UK) and is currently serving as a lecturer at the department of Zoology […]
No funds released for KP healthcare commission so far on September 3, 2016PESHAWAR: The much talked Healthcare Commission of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is yet to start work despite lapse of eighteen months as the provincial government failed to provide required funds to run the Commission. The provincial government has passed the Health Care Commission Act 2015 and Medical Teaching Institution Act 2015 on the same day from the […]
MNCH facing troubles for lack of funds on September 3, 2016PESHAWAR: Federal Government has failed to release funds of Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within the stipulated time of six years (2006 to 2012) and the organization is facing problems in improving its indicators. The informed sources on the condition of anonymity told Daily Times that federal government had approved PC-1 of […]
KP launches ‘Sehat Ka Insaf card on August 31, 2016PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, formally inaugurated the Social Health Protection Scheme of Sehat Sahulat Programme titled “Sehat Ka Insaf Card” Phase 2, an initiative of the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on Wednesday. The programme will cover all the district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the total cost of the programme is Rs.5362.2 […]
Govt yet to release Rs 40 million SAARC grant for KP health on August 29, 2016PESHAWAR: The Federal government has not yet released the Rs 40.1 million grant offered by the SAARC for upgrading the Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This was stated by Dr. Hidayatullah, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at MNCH programme KP, while talking to Daily Times on Sunday. He added that many […]
LRH decides not to admit under-trial patients on August 18, 2016PESHAWAR: Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar has introduced a new policy to put an end to those patients, whose cases were under trial with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), or the Ihtesab Commission. Professor Dr Mukhtiar Zaman, Medical Director of LRH, told Daily Times that earlier some officials and members of the provincial assembly had […]