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15 10, 2014

Prognosis of Cancer depends upon early diagnosis – Dr. Asghar H. Asghar

2017-04-26T12:34:56+00:00

Dr. Asghar H. Asghar is an oncologist working in KIRAN hospital Karachi for the last 11 years. He did his MBBS from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur in 1996. After that, he did M.Sc in Nuclear Medicine from PIEAS University Islamabad and then in 2009, FCPS in clinical oncology. He is a very well known figure [...]

15 10, 2014

Empowered Patient – “ePt”

2017-04-26T12:34:56+00:00

Nothing About Me - Without Me ! By Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed The concept of empowered patient or ePT is the crux of the Patient Centric Healthcare Model, where the patients now expect - ‘Nothing about me-without me’. It is imperative that physicians not only understand this concept but also become value added partners in this [...]

15 10, 2014

Exclusive talk on ‘Patient Centric Healthcare’ with Dr. Asif Imam

2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00

Dr. Asif Imam’s name is synonymous with SINA Health, Education and Welfare Trust which he founded in 2007. An immunologist and and an allergist by profession, Dr. Asif moved back to Pakistan after 20 years of clinical practice in USA and since then been actively working towards creating quality healthcare solutions for the poor. He [...]

15 10, 2014

Media Leaders Forum on Child’s Immunization

2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00

Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is a disease prevention activity aiming at reducing illness, disability, morbidity and mortality from childhood diseases preventable by Immunization. Recently Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Islamabad in collaboration with UNICEF-Pakistan and Mediations Trust organized a Media Leaders Forum on Child’s Immunization at a local hotel in Islamabad. It was attended [...]

15 10, 2014

Sindh Govt plans to upgrade JPMC, NICVD

2014-11-10T17:18:51+00:00

The Sindh government has decided to upgrade Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) to provide quality healthcare facilities to the peoples. Presiding over a meeting recently, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister said the provincial government plan to upgrade the two medical facilities should be executed immediately. A petition [...]

15 10, 2014

Data reveals higher global burden of Tuberculosis

2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00

Recent intensive efforts to improve collection and reporting of data on tuberculosis (TB) are shedding new light on the epidemic, revealing that there are almost half a million more cases of the disease than previously estimated. WHO’s "Global Tuberculosis Report 2014", published today, shows that 9 million people developed TB in 2013, and 1.5 million [...]