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PMA reports 40,000 quacks in Lahore City The Pakistan Medical Association(PMA) has vowed to support the Punjab government in an anti-quackery drive as 40,000 quacks are running clinics in the city and are playing with the lives of the patients for years. PMA leader Dr.Salman Kazmi, while talking to APP on Thursday, urged Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif to make operative the […]
Young Doctor Association (YDA)’s strike is continued in its eighth day by the time these words are written. The fresh lot of docs refused to attend over 35, 000 patients in the Outpatient Departments (OPDs) in different Punjab government hospitals against non-acceptance of their demands. The ongoing negotiations between representatives of YDA and the provincial […]
The Young Doctors Association (YDA), Punjab strike against the government’s alleged indifference towards their demand of service structure has entered third day Wednesday, Geo News reported. The YDA had shut down the outpatient departments (OPDs) of the public hospitals across the province in protest that caused huge inconvenience to the patients and their attendants. […]
Bollywood actor, Aamir Khan, also known as perfectionist, is under a lot of discussion these days because in the last episode of his reality TV show ‘Satyamev Jayate’ on May 27th, the actor highlighted malpractices in the medical department, something which has provoked many doctors out there. An umbrella body of 21 medical institutions asked […]
Doctors to go on a token strike Doctors have announced to start a token strike of two hours from May 21 in each and every hospital of Hyderabad City, Jamshoro, Karachi, Larkana, Sukkar, Sanghar, Tando Mohammed Kkan, Thatta, Badin and Khairpur. This decision of PMA Sindh members, including doctors from Civil Hospitals functional in different cities of the province, […]
Doctors save the life of a six-legged baby Doctors say they have successfully operated to save the life of a baby born with six legs due to a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Thursday. "A team of five experienced doctors have successfully separated the extra legs and limbs from the baby today. He is […]
Prime Minister Gilani announces additional one-salary to doctors, paramedics In order to resolve the longstanding issue, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday announced a rise equal to one basic salary for the doctors and paramedics of the federal hospitals in addition to their existing salaries with effect from January 2012. Giving policy statement in […]
PIC Scandal: Apex Court orders FIA to submit detailed report on Feb 06 Islamabad: (Tuesday, January 31, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while taking suo motu notice of the drugs reaction among the patients at Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), which caused dozens of deaths within last ten days, has ordered the Federal Investigation […]
We are a strange nation and somewhat stoic too. Sufferings, sorrows and deaths do not make any big difference to us—be it ours or of fellows beings. We can kill and can be killed without bothering much about the value of life. The spurious drugs, which have killed at least 71 people in less than […]
A doctor is supposed to be a saviour who is the last hope of a patient when he/she is fighting for life. If a legitimate and mandated saviour refuses to save a life, he/she does not deserve to be stay in the sacred profession even for a day. On today morning, I was shocked to […]
Doctors are more cautious under the eye of a camera A new study found that more doctors and nurses washed their hands when video cameras were installed in every room in their unit and the staff was continuously informed about rates of hand-washing compliance. While the hand-washing turnaround was "pretty amazing," one of the study’s […]
The brutal murder of 4 Hindu doctors in their clinic in Chak town close to district Shikarpur, Sindh about three weeks ago are still being condemned widely. The brutal act was conducted by armed men of Bhayo tribe, a baradari in Shikarpur district. The head of Bhayo baradari is district president of PPP. As per […]
