‘Thank you prime minister, but I need more help from you’ on June 4, 2017KARACHI: A woman from Sindh’s remote district Jacobabad solely covered 400 kilometers to reach provincial capital Karachi fighting for her six-year old thalassaemiac daughter Khadija Qadeer for her bone marrow transplant. Due to lack of health facilities in Jacobabad, her mother had to bring Khadija to Karachi for her treatment. For that she has taken […]
‘Drink plenty of water during non-fasting time to beat dehydration in Ramazan’ on May 30, 2017KARACHI: As the Holy month of Ramadan has started in Pakistan like other parts of the world, Muslims will fast for next month from dawn until sunset. However this year Ramadan is falling during the extreme hot days where the temperatures have reached the forty-zone and the fasting will be for around 15 hours. Doctors […]
KWSB water pumps at Orangi, North Karachi lack chlorination on May 27, 2017KARACHI: Despite the arrival of holy month of Ramzan, Karachi Water and Sewage Board (KWSB) water pumps are lacking chlorination in the city. This could expose citizens to deadly Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, Daily Times learnt Friday. The lethal amoeba, which survives on the bacteria in warm waters and enters the […]
Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Sohrab Goth prone to deadly Naegleria outbreak on May 18, 2017KARACHI: At least 30 percent of the water samples collected from parts of the city and tested in government laboratories were found not satisfactorily chlorinated, which adds to the horrors of citizens who are already scarred by the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba or Naegleria Fowleri, officials revealed on Wednesday. During first half of the current month, May, […]
Fumigation machines finally purchased to control Chikungunya on May 10, 2017KARACHI: Following much hue and cry in failing to control the Chikungunya epidemic, which has affected hundreds of thousands of people in Karachi since last December, the Sindh Health Department has finally initiated the step for its face saving. In this connection, Sindh Health Department’s Dengue Control Program on Wednesday announced to introduce Motorcycle bound […]
Tabba conducts angioplasty sans approval, shoves Rs 0.52m bill, detains patient on May 8, 2017KARACHI: The administration of Tabba Heart Institute (THI), conducted angiography and angioplasty even after the rejection of patient’s family and shove them a hefty bill of half a million rupees. Upon inability of the family to pay the “forced bill” the hospital management resorted to the extreme measures by “detaining” the patient and denying access […]
WHO team reaches Karachi to fight chikungunya on May 3, 2017KARACHI: In yet another attempt to ‘understand and share the experience’ regarding how to improve cleanliness in the metropolis in order to control the chikungunya outbreak, a team of World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday reached Karachi to develop a ‘detailed plan of action’. The move is to provide support to the Sindh health department […]
Shortage of cancer drugs at Civil Hospital Karachi reported on April 30, 2017 KARACHI: Civil Hospital Karachi, one of the largest healthcare facilities of the province, is facing a shortage of lifesaving cancer drugs for the last few weeks due to dearth of budget, Daily Times learnt on Saturday. In addition, the quantity of tablets earlier provided for monthly dosages to the patients under the Zakat fund […]
Civil Hospital Karachi facing shortage of cancer drugs on April 30, 2017KARACHI: Civil Hospital Karachi, one of the largest healthcare facilities of the province, is facing a shortage of lifesaving cancer drugs for the last few weeks due to dearth of budget, Daily Times learnt on Saturday. In addition, the quantity of tablets earlier provided for monthly dosages to the patients under the Zakat fund has […]
23,834 male sex workers in Sindh are HIV-positive on April 27, 2017KARACHI: Six cities in Sindh, including Karachi, have more HIV positive male sex workers than transgender people in the sex trade, a new survey revealed. In Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas and Nawabshah, the number of HIV positive male sex workers was 23,834, whereas the number of HIV positive transgender people was 13,596, figures confirmed. […]