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Balochistan To Digitise Birth And Death Registration

QUETTA: Balochistan government has decided to integrate Bolan Medical Complex and Sandeman Provincial Hospital with the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for registration of birth and death certificates, Local Government and Rural Development Secretary Abdul Rauf Baloch said on 13th May. Mr Baloch called the initiative a significant move towards digitisation. “The birth and death certificates have already been…

Over 650,000 Children Get Emergency Treatment

QUETTA: Over 650,000 children across Balochistan have received emergency treatment through ChildLife Foundation’s Children’s Emergency Rooms and Telemedicine Satellite Centres (TSCs). This achievement has been made possible through the partnership with the Balochistan government. The ChildLife Foundation operates a state-of-the-art Children’s Emergency Room at Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta, along with…

PIC Saves Lives Of 14 Children Through Modern Heart Surgeries

PESHAWAR: Heart specialists at the public-sector Peshawar Institute of Cardiology have saved…

Punjab CM To Issue Free Bone Marrow Transplant Card Soon

LAHORE: As many as 150 children received free bone marrow transplants and…

Call To Protect Children, Communities From Vaccine-preventable Diseases

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) celebrated the World Immunisation Week with a series of events aimed at promoting awareness and encouraging collective action for vaccination. The World Immunisation Week (April 24 to 30) is a vital opportunity to highlight the life-saving power of vaccines and the critical role…

NA Panel Concerned Over Inadequacy Of Rs50 Daily Stipend For Children Enrolled In PBM

ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety voiced serious concern over the inadequacy of the Rs50 daily stipend for children enrolled in Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) schools and directed that an urgent survey be conducted to rationalize the stipend in accordance with inflationary…

106 Children Registered With AIDS Control Programme

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Health Department has initiated HIV/AIDS screening for children and adults at the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Taunsa Sharif. A screening and treatment center has also been set up at the THQ to facilitate early detection and treatment of the disease, says DG Khan Commissioner Ashfaq…

Teenage Girl Dies After Quack Administers IV Drip In Malir

KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her family took her to a local clinic in…

Seven Children Undergo Cardiac Surgery At FIC

JARANWALA: Seven children with congenital heart conditions underwent cardiac surgeries at Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC), performed by a team of British doctors visiting Pakistan. Provincial Minister for Health Khawaja Salman Rafique visited FIC and met with the British medical delegation, which included Dr Sandeep, Dr Omar Aziz and Dr…

40-Bed Newborn Care Unit Starts Functioning At Abbottabad Children Hospital

ABBOTTABAD: A Newborn Care Unit started functioning at the Women and Children Hospital Abbottabad today, established with the support of UNICEF to provide quality care for critically ill newborns. The unit was inaugurated by Advisor to the KP Chief Minister on Health, Ihtesham Khan, in the presence of UNICEF Chief…

KP Health Dept Plans Combined BoG For Institute of Child Health and Fountain House

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department intends to form a combined board of governors to manage the Khyber Institute of Child Health Peshawar and the recently established Fountain House Hayatabad (Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences Hospital), expediting the operations of both entities. However, the KICH and Fountain House want separate…

Federal Govt Urged To Complete Work On Mother And Child Hospital

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has urged the federal government to complete pending work on the Rawalpindi Mother and Child Hospital before handing it over to provincial authorities. A senior official of the health department told Dawn that there were two proposals to make the hospital functional. One was to convert…

Only Half Of Pakistan’s Population Has Access To Universal Healthcare: Report

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Healthcare (UHC) Monitoring Report for Pakistan 2024 – a yearly report that assesses and monitors the progress of the country’s health sector – has revealed that only half of Pakistan’s population has access to UHC. The country lagged far behind in achieving the global target of over…

Sindh Announces Plan To Expand Neonatal Care To Combat Infant Mortality

KARACHI: Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has said that the Sindh government plans to extend paediatric and neonatal intensive care services as part of its efforts to tackle the high infant mortality rate in the province. Speaking at a media briefing organised at the New Secretariat to highlight this…