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Lahore Student Regains Consciousness After Suicide Attempt
LAHORE-(Asif Iqbal/Web Desk)- A female student at a private university in Lahore has regained consciousness and has been taken off ventilator support following an apparent suicide attempt, hospital authorities confirmed on Thursday.
The…
Pakistani Nurses Offered Job Opportunities in Germany Amid Staff Shortage
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani nurses have been offered an opportunity to work in Germany as the European country faces an acute shortage of trained nursing staff, the Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment (BEOE) said on Sunday.…
Punjab Faces Scrutiny Over Distribution of Govt-Funded Tablets
LAHORE: The Punjab Health Department has come under intense scrutiny following revelations that government-funded tablets are being distributed to Community Health Inspectors (CHIs) employed by private firms rather than…
Britain Bans Daytime Junk Food Adverts to Tackle Childhood Obesity
LONDON: New regulations came into force on Monday in Britain banning daytime television and online advertisements for so-called junk food, in what the government has described as a “world-leading” move to tackle childhood…
PMA Lahore Raises Concern Over Incomplete Drug Information on DRAP Website
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Lahore has expressed serious concern over what it described as incomplete and inadequate information available on the website of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP),…
Immunization Mela Held in Balochistan to Promote Awareness on Routine Immunization
Lasbela (Correspondent) Under the leadership of Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), Department of Health, Government of Balochistan, with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Dopasi Foundation organized an Immunization Mela in…
Has government shut down Punjab Food Authority?
LAHORE – The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has strongly denied recent rumors circulating on social media about its closure, labeling them as baseless and misleading.
A spokesperson for the PFA clarified that the authority remains fully…
Poliovirus Detected Again in Lahore Sewage Despite Vaccination Drive
LAHORE: Despite ongoing efforts to eradicate polio, the risk of the virus spreading in Lahore persists after poliovirus was once again detected in the city’s sewage, officials confirmed on Thursday.
According to health authorities, sewage…
Free health card facility rolled out in another region
MUZAFFARABAD – Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore has directed relevant authorities to immediately activate the health card facility across the region.
Addressing a high-level meeting in Muzaffarabad,…
