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Doctors Remove 285g Eye Tumour from Newborn in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: (Staff Reporter) - Doctors at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital have successfully removed a rare 285-gram congenital eye tumour from a three-day-old newborn, marking what the hospital says is the first successful treatment of its kind…
TİKA Opens Mother Child Healthcare Centre In Raiwind Lahore
LAHORE: (Staff Reporter) - The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has inaugurated a Mother and Child Healthcare Centre in Raiwind, Lahore, to improve access to primary healthcare services for nearly 15,000 residents in…
Echo Machine Breakdown Disrupts Cardiac Care At Mayo Hospital
LAHORE: (Health Reporter) - Heart patients at Mayo Hospital, one of Punjab’s largest public healthcare facilities, are facing major difficulties after most of the hospital’s echocardiography (Echo) machines became non-functional, severely…
Price Delay Blocks Access To Forty Essential Life-Saving Medicines
ISLAMABAD: (Health Reporter) - Around 40 life-saving medicines remain unavailable to patients across Pakistan as the federal government has yet to approve their retail prices, delaying their legal sale despite regulatory clearance.
The…
Measles Claims 53 Children in Sindh as Cases Rise Across Pakistan
Karachi: (Staff Reporter) - Measles has claimed the lives of at least 53 children in Sindh so far this year, according to official data released by the Sindh Health Department, raising concerns over the continued spread of the highly…
Pakistan Moves Closer to Availability of Advanced Hepatitis Delta Treatment
ISLAMABAD: (News Desk) - Pakistan has taken a major step towards making advanced treatment for Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) available in the country after Pakistan and China signed an important business-to-business (B2B) agreement for the…
Doctors in Punjab to get Advanced Clinical Training
LAHORE (Staff Reporter) – Punjab government decided to launch six-month Certificate in Family Medicine program for general practitioners (GPs), empowering thousands of doctors with modern clinical skills and helping reduce the overwhelming…
WHO Launches First Clinical Trial Against Deadly Ebola Strain
ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the launch of the first clinical trial to evaluate an antiviral drug designed to prevent Ebola infection in people recently exposed to the deadly…
Alizeh Shah Responds to Cosmetic Surgery and Filter Rumors
ISLAMABAD: (Showbiz Desk) - Pakistani actress Alizeh Shah has responded to online speculation about her changing appearance, rejecting claims that her new look is the result of cosmetic surgery or beauty filters.
The actress addressed the…