M. Waqar Bhatti, is an investigative reporter, currently covering health, science, environment and water issues for The News International.
An outside view of the Gombat institute of Medical Sciences building. — alluniversities.pk/FileIn a groundbreaking achievement, cardiac surgeons...
Mahbub says it has been constructed on par with international standards and established on modern lines and announced that the state-of-the-art...
Official says in Abbottabad that an environmental sample collected on June 12, 2024, from the Kala Pul Sheikh ul Bandi site tested positive for WPV1
70% of health issues are related to nutrition and safe drinking water
Situation is no different in Pakistan, where climate change-related extreme weather events, including heatwaves and torrential rains
Authorities have announced a nationwide polio vaccination drive targeting over 9.5 million children under the age of five
Dr Tariq Mahmood, the former head of radiology at receives prestigious fellowship award from the Royal College of Radiologists UK on June 29,...
An attendant waves a handheld fan over a patient who is receiving treatment at the heatstroke emergency ward of a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan on...
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a vaccination campaign in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 24, 2022. —...
A view of light rain in Karachi after hot days on June 27, 2024. — INPAfter days of oppressive heat and humidity, residents of Karachi finally...
A representational image showing an aerial view of the Agha Khan University in Karachi. — AKU website/FileThe Aga Khan University has been...
Affected child developed symptoms of paralysis in his leg on June 3
1,304 new HIV cases have been detected in the first five months of 2024 in Sindh
Pakistan Medical & Dental Council building can be seen in this image. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: The future of over 1,200 medical and dental students is...
The Human Milk Bank was established after seeking and receiving a fatwa from Darul Uloom Karachi
WHO alert addresses three falsified batches of product of semaglutide class of medicines
Antimicrobial Resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to medicines
Exemptions for charitable hospitals and organisations revoke raising treatment costs by at least 25-30%
This representational image shows Baby food on display at a supermarket. — Reuters/FileISLAMABAD: Terming the inclusion of ‘baby food...
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presents the budget for the next financial year, 2024-25 on the floor of the assembly on June 14, 2024. —...
A significant portion of the health budget, Rs21.63 billion, will be used to maintain hospital services
This representational image shows a healthcare worker checking the blood pressure of a patient. — Unsplash/FileWarning that around 20 percent...
Health Services Academy has partnered with Keytaab, a newly established e-learning platform
A representational image showing the emergency section of the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi. — AKU website/File The Aga Khan...
This image shows Kashmir Markhor in Chitral Gol National Park in Khyber Pakhtunkhwain this image released on August 14, 2021. —...
Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho and others inaugurate Pakistan's first Shariah-compliant "Human Milk Bank" and Early Childhood Centre at the...
We have around 30 million children who don't attend school, while a vast majority of school-going children are unable to read and write: says Siddiqui
This representational image shows a Pakistani paramedic checking a child at a telemedicine online treatment centre in Pakistan. —...
World is edging ever closer to crossing the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal
Resulting gap is being filled by trained and qualified healthcare professionals in low-income areas on the outskirts of Islamabad: said IHRA
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presides over the 82nd governing body meeting of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases at the...
Quality Control Board, Islamabad said licenses of the pharmacies were suspended for two weeks and drug inspectors were directed to seal them...
Paediatricians and infectious disease experts have confirmed that numerous cases of measles, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus are being...
In 2023-24, the JPMC had a budget of Rs11,000 million, NICH Rs2,066 million, and NICVD Rs15,674 million, totalling Rs25.7 billion.
Dr Baig's resignation comes after severe criticism related to spread of polio across Pakistan
This marks a significant step towards enhancing transparency and efficiency
A health care worker conducting a diabetes test on a patient. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: With more than 1,100 people dying daily due to diabetes and its...
Leading civil society organizations and health professionals have strongly rejected these tactics, stating they are not in the best interest of the...
Without an NOC from the PMDC, no Pakistani student will be allowed to go abroad for medical education from now onwards
A representational image shows a person holding a cigarette between the fingers. — AFP/FileKARACHI: With World No Tobacco Day 2024 just around the...
Wild Poliovirus Type 1 detected in stool samples collected from a child in Darozai union council of Killa Abdullah
A representational image of a nurse preparing a vaccine to be administered to a patient. — AFP/FileDiscrepancies and malpractices have been...
Wild poliovirus type 1 detected in stool samples of girl, 12, in Killa Abdullah's Darozai UC, say officials
WHO has recently approved the designation of 33 national and regional regulatory authorities as WLAs
This representational image shows a healthcare worker checking the blood pressure of a patient. — Unsplash/FileAround 18 percent of Pakistani...
The drug regulatory authorities of both Pakistan and India were not among the WLAs