National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) got a new CT scan machine to meet the requirements of the growing number of patients. Federal Minister for National Health Services Aamer Mehmood Kiani inaugurated the newly installed CT scan machine at NIRM for providing best possible medical and diagnostic facilities to the patients. Speaking at the ceremony, [...]
The Punjab Healthcare Commission on Thursday sealed five drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation centres and issued show-cause notices to another three. According to details, the PHC teams had conducted raids on 15 treatment centres in Lahore. They closed down Lahore Psychiatric Centre for not having required human resource and facilities, that is, psychiatrists, doctors, para-medical [...]
Special Assistant to CM Sindh for Human Rights and Special Education, Rehana Laghari said that the number of special children rehabilitation centres have been increased up to 50 in all over Sindh. She said this while addressing a press briefing regarding the progress of departments recently. She further said that 12 more centres are being [...]
Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has said that a comprehensive strategy is needed to create awareness about all blood disorders so as to prevent the children from the same. These disorders include Thalassemia, hemophilia, leukemia, Bone Marrow complications and other diseases. This he said while talking to a delegation of Afzal Memorial Thalasseamia [...]
Dr. ArshadIqbal of Warwick will receive the American Stroke Association Community Conscience Award 9th Annual Summit of the NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC), to be held in October 2015at the Newport Marriott. The American Stroke Association Community Conscience Award is given annually to an individual that has been an advocate for policy change supported by the [...]
Office of the Commissioner, Karachi and Nai Zindagi with support from the GF launched a new initiative to address the issue of street based people who use drugs in Karachi. In the launching ceremony, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Commissioner, Karachi sharing his views on the occasion stressed the need of rights based drug treatment and rehabilitation [...]
A Ceremony was organized by Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) to mark its Tenth Anniversary at Governor House, Karachi. It was attended by Dr. Asim Hussain, Founder Ziauddin University, Ahmed Chennoy, Chief CPLC, Syndicate & Academic Council Members, Seniors Professors, Doctors and students. The Ceremony was presided over by Governor Sindh & Chancellor DUHS, Dr. Ishrat Ul [...]
The Pakistan Medical Association in collaboration with the Women’s Action Forum, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Reproductive Health Network, Aurat Foundation, People’s Health Movement and Shirkat Gah organised a dialogue on “Health of People: Political Parties & Sindh Elections 2013” at a local hotel in Karachi. The main purpose behind the dialogue was [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) organized a Ceremony to honour Pakistani Director and Oscar Award Winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoey and Dow Alumni Dr. Mohammad Ali Jawwad, Member Oscar Winning Team and Plastic Surgeon behind repairing faces of acid victims were honoured by his mother institution for his contribution in ‘Saving Face’ with Gold Medal and [...]
Speaker at a Seminar on Pediatric Illnesses at Abbassi Shaheed Hospital has said that the quality of life of patients with thalassaemia can be eased by the timely transfusion of properly screened blood, proper iron chelating, and provision of adequate medication and physical rehabilitation to the patients. They were speaking at a Seminar organized by [...]
By Zohra Saleem Abdullah and Samina Pyarali, Karachi The Nurse Case Manager plays significant role in discharge planning of Stroke survivors. She is a link between the patient, families and multidisciplinary team. Families are hesitant to take care of Stroke patients at home so Nurse Case Manager educate and trained them to take care of [...]
Widespread tobacco smoking and the use of fuels such as wood and coal are a major cause of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The disease poses a major health hazard and unfortunately remains largely under-diagnosed and under-treated in Pakistan. This was the consensus opinion of experts gathered at a collaborative seminar organised by Aga Khan [...]
