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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…

Punjab CM To Issue Free Bone Marrow Transplant Card Soon

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

PIC Saves Lives Of 14 Children Through Modern Heart Surgeries

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

Misconceptions Deprive 25pc of Pakistani Children Of Breast Milk: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Around 20-25 percent of children in Pakistan never receive even a single drop of their mother’s milk, primarily due to misconceptions and a lack of awareness among women and their families, who often consider breast milk to be either less nutritious or even harmful, leading child health and nutrition…

Kaghan Valley Residents Stage Sit-in Over Shortage Of Teachers, Doctors

MANSEHRA: Residents of Kaghan valley staged a sit-in on 13-October-2024 to protest the ongoing shortage of teachers and doctors at the local schools and health facilities. Maulana Sher Zaman, the prayer leader of the central mosque in Kaghan town, while addressing the demonstrators, stated, “The government earns substantial revenue from…

Eye Cancer Cases Among Children Increase At Alarming Pace: Experts

RAWALPINDI: Speakers at a seminar warned that Pakistan was witnessing an alarming increase in eye cancer cases among children. Addressing the seminar titled: “Story of challenges and opportunities”, Prof Dr Tayyab Afghani, HOD Oculoplastics said children’s eye cancer in Pakistan was higher than India and China, and genetic diagnosis can…

Hospital Staffer Accused Of Raping Teenage Patient

TOBA TEK SINGH: An employee at Allied Hospital in Faisalabad allegedly raped a teenage patient in hospital premises on 22nd September 2024. The complainant, the patient’s mother, filed a first information report (FIR) with the Civil Lines police under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code that she brought her…

Medical Officers Suspended Following Unborn Child’s Death

GUJAR KHAN: District Health Authority Rawalpindi has suspended three medical officers posted in Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Gujar Khan over ‘misconduct’ after the baby of an admitted pregnant woman reportedly died before delivery on 18th October 2024. According to local sources, Ayesha Ali was admitted to the gynae ward of…

Cyclists Rally To Raise Childhood Cancer Awareness

KARACHI: The annual cycling event titled “Ride. Bike. Save Lives. 2024” organised by the Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) on 15th September 2024 attracted a large number of enthusiasts from across the city. The event was held in collaboration with Critical Mass Karachi (CMK) and Port Grand. This year’s…

Experts Call For ROP Screening To Save Newborns From Blindness

KARACHI: Born this year in March, Musa spent several days in a hospital incubator, fighting multiple health complications, before he got reunited with his mother. Over a month later, he gradually developed an eye illness that doctors described as ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity), a vision-threatening disease and one of the…

Management Boards In 17 Punjab Hospitals Non-Existent For A Year

LAHORE: As many as 17 out of a total of 24 autonomous medical and teaching institutes of Punjab had been working without boards of management (BoMs) for a year, exposing the ‘incompetence’ of Health Ministry and the relevant authorities as the institutes were being run by the temporarily constituted administrative…

Al-Shifa Saves 16,000 Babies From Blindness

Rawalpindi: The growing incidence of retinal abnormalities among premature infants in Pakistan calls for urgent attention and every premature infant deserves the constant attention of an ophthalmologist because premature infants are at increased risk for eye misalignment, amblyopia, and the need for glasses to develop normal vision. Through timely intervention,…

Inquiry Into Death Of Two Babies In Gojra THQ Hospital Ordered

TOBA TEK SINGH: Following strong protest and refusal by the parents of two deceased babies to receive their bodies until strong action is taken against two lady doctors of Gojra THQ hospital, Toba Tek Singh Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Naeem Sindhu ordered an inquiry into the incident. The district administration formed…