Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Government of Sindh has launched a major initiative, titled “Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program (BBSYDP)” for addressing poverty and un-employment through Human Resource Development (HRD) in the province. The Program aims that 50,000 to 75,000 un-employed, semi-literate and educated youth of Sindh. They will be provided short-term trainings for a period varying between [...]

Prof. Dr. Jawaid A. Mallick is working as a Clinical Oncologists in Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi since long a time. Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, ‘Medical Review’ interviewed him in his hospital. Following are excerpts. Q1 - Please tell us something about yourself. Ans - I am Clinical Oncologist. I did my MBBS from Sindh [...]

Efroze Chemical Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. is a well known and a reputable name in the pharmaceutical industry and with its ethical marketing policies, the company has reserved a distinguished position among all the pharmaceutical manufacturers from this region. Efroze is attributed with the title of “The Heart Care Company” because of its input in terms [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines. In recent years a new type of treatment called artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs) has transformed the treatment of malaria, but if not used properly the medicine could become ineffective. [...]

Governor of Sindh, Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has urged academicians of the country to contribute towards provision of quality education in the country. Inaugurating the Dow International Medical College and Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of DUHS Staff Colony  at the Ojha campus of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), he said a strong criterian and standard [...]

Dr. Shahina Qayyum, General Secretary, Pakistan Chest Society (Sindh) , Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases (DUHS) Karachi Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease that is preventable and curable. World TB Day, which is held on March 24th every year, commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of M. tuberculosis, [...]

By Dr. ArshadUllah Khan Karachi Variceal bleeding is one of the most alarming life-threatening complications of cirrhosis. Sixty percent of patients with cirrhosis develop esophageal varices. Thirty percent of these patients bleed from their varices within 2 years of their diagnosis, and 50% bleed at some point during their lifetime. The mortality rate for variceal [...]