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15 12, 2012

Successful Cochlear Implant Surgery performed at DUHS

2017-04-26T12:35:15+00:00

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) for the first time in public sector performed Cochlear Implant Surgery of two children at its Ojha Campus, Karachi. Four year old Mufsira and two year old Fazila were brought to DUHS with hearing disability. The Cochlear Implant Surgery was performed by Prof. M. Umer Farooq, ENT Surgeon & [...]

16 04, 2012

Childhood tuberculosis neglected, despite available remedies

2017-04-26T12:35:17+00:00

Tuberculosis (TB) often goes undiagnosed in children from birth to 15 years old because they lack access to health services - or because the health workers who care for them are unprepared to recognize the signs and symptoms of TB in this age group. With better training and harmonization of the different programmes that provide [...]