DG ISPR Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa quoting neuro-surgical and intensive care specialists said that Malala Yousufzai is in stable condition but the next 36 to 48 hours are critical for her. Giving briefing to the media on the state of Malala, a 14-year-old child activist shot by the Taliban, the military spokesperson said the […]
Doctors in Punjab still not paid Doctors recruited on an ad hoc basis and through the Punjab Public Service Commission to man government hospitals during the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab strike have still not been paid their first salaries. Ad hoc doctors said that they had been working for a month and a half […]
Aug 13 2012 | Posted in
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Doctor’s strike in Quetta reaches 9th day Local doctors went on strike on July 31, following the kidnapping of a well-known psychiatrist Dr Ghulam Rasool and the government’s failure to get him released. The strike has spread across several government and private hospitals in the city. Outpatient departments, operation theatres and labour and gynecological wards […]
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Quetta: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) Protesting against the forced abduction of Dr Ghulam Rasool, the doctors’ strike in Balochistan has entered in eighth day. The doctors in Balochistan, including Quetta, are observing this strike on request of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) to push the government to make efforts for release of Dr Ghulam Rasool’s […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
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Young doctors to receive good news Secretary Health Punjab Arif Nadeem has said that the process of dialogue with young doctors is continuing and the latter will receive good news soon, Geo News reported. Talking to ‘Geo News’ here Saturday, Secretary Health said the doctors appointed during the strike of YDA will not be removed. […]
Aug 5 2012 | Posted in
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Quetta: (Friday, August 03, 2012) Doctors in government and private hospitals in Quetta observed complete strike on Thursday following the call from Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Balochistan Chapter. Other medical organizations also joined in the strike against the abduction of another doctor, Dr Ghulam Rasool, of Bolan Medical Complex. On Wednesday, unknown med had kidnapped […]
Aug 3 2012 | Posted in
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Doctors in Balochistan go on strike The doctors in government and private hospitals of Quetta are observing a strike Thursday following the call of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Balochistan chapter against the kidnapping of another doctor of Bolan Medical Complex (BMC), Geo News reported. Unknown armed men abducted a psychiatrist Dr Ghulam Rasool of BMC […]
Aug 2 2012 | Posted in
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Young doctors call the strike off The Young Doctors Association (YDA), Punjab, has called off its strike and resumed treatment of patients in all departments of public sector hospitals in the province in compliance with orders of the Lahore High Court. “The normal functioning of indoor and outdoor wards resumed in hospitals on Monday”said YDA, Punjab, office-bearers including its president Dr Hamid Butt, […]
Jul 10 2012 | Posted in
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Doctor’s strike on the high The Young Doctors Association (YDA) continued its strike on 19th consecutive day on Friday. The four doctors, allegedly involved in a child’s murder case, were presented before a court here in Lahore. The court extended their physical remand. Now the doctors are protesting against arrest of their four fellows in […]
Jul 6 2012 | Posted in
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Punjab Govt releases 24 doctors under house arrest after assurance for cooperation Lahore: (Tuesday, July 3, 2012) After getting assurance for their compliance with the public rule, the Govt. of Punjab has released 24 striking doctors that were previously under house arrest. Earlier, in order to crush the strike by the Young Doctors Association (YDA), […]
Jul 4 2012 | Posted in
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Four doctors taken in custody These doctors and three others were accused of pulling a drip tube needle out of the vein of one-and-a-half-year old Fahad Hussain, resulting in his death on Sunday night. Young doctors gave this ‘treatment’ to all patients admitted to emergency ward of the Mayo Hospital and stopped work in protest […]
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Murder Charges: Govt. of Punjab arrests two doctors Lahore: (Monday, July 02, 2012) As the Young Doctors Association continues with its strike, nine people lost their lives in Lahore. Taking notice of the situation, the government of Punjab has arrested two doctors on murder charges, while 33 other protesting doctors have been transferred to jail […]
Jul 2 2012 | Posted in
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