World Health Organisation (WHO) and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that strains of Tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely and highlight an annual need of at least US$ 1.6 billion in international funding for treatment and prevention of the disease. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, and Dr. [...]
The Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University,Islamabadorganized a seminar in collaboration with National Blood Transfusion Programme to mark the start of weeklong celebrations of the World Blood Donor Day 2012. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Hasan Abbas Zaheer, Project Director, National Blood Transfusion Programme gave an overview of the World Blood Donor Day and [...]
After performing four successful living donor liver transplants in last six weeks, Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Saturday formally opened its liver transplant center for the people of Pakistan. Shifa’s liver transplant center is the first liver transplant centre of Pakistan. Muhammad Yaseen, 12, who was the first living donor liver transplant patient successfully operated [...]
Al-Shifa Blood Bank Foundation organized a walk at Mirpur to mark World Thalassaemia Day 2012. The objective was to create awareness about this fatal disease among masses. Minister for State Ch. Arshad Hussain, Chairman Al-Khidmat Foundation, Dr. Riaz Ahmed, General Secretary Thalassaemia Society Pakistan, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, President Thalassaemia Society Dr. Akram Chaudhary, Technical Advisor [...]
Leading transplant surgeon Dr Tariq Bangash who performed the country’s first deceased donor liver transplant has asked the SIUT team of doctors to extend their role in promoting the cause of deceased organ donation in the country as a great service in the best interest of the society. He was speaking at the Sindh Institute [...]
Kulsum International Hospital (KIH), Islamabad to celebrate World Blood Donor Day 2011 organized a Seminar recently at KIH in Islamabad. The objective was to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to praise voluntary blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. The theme for World Blood Donor [...]
Husaini Blood Bank in collaboration with Association of Health Journalists Pakistan (AHJP), National Blood Transfusion Program (NBTP), Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) and World Health Organization (WHO) organized a Capacity Building Workshop for health journalist on ‘Blood Safety’ at Hussani Blood Bank Centre Karachi. Dr. Khalid Hussain Shaikh, Additional Health Secretary speaking as the Chief [...]
