A team of Pakistani doctors who was sent to the African country Chad by COMSTECH is continuing free cataract surgeries in capital N'Djamena.220 free cataract operations were performed on the third day of free eye camp.In the next three days, the medic...
Read More »Activists Demand Further Increase in Excise Duty on Cigarettes
Health activists and civil society organizations demanded of the government to further increase taxes on cigarettes in the coming budget (2023-24). They added that taxation is a key revenue source for any government and taxing non-essential items such as tobacco leads not only to a cut in budget deficit but …
Read More »PM vows to make PKLI Lahore world-class hospital
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the government is making all-out efforts for the revival of the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute Lahore to make it a world-class hospital.In a tweet on Sunday, he said his yesterday's visit to the PKL...
Read More »PM welcomes WHO’s declaration about end to Covid global health emergency
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has welcomed the WHO's declaration of the end of Covid global health emergency, terming it a great news.In a tweet on Saturday, he said the fact that a pandemic as dangerous as Covid-19 that devoured hundreds of thousands...
Read More »KP govt starts screening at Torkham border for prevention of monkeypox
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started screening at Torkham border for prevention of monkeypox.In this regard, the health department has formed a team of doctors to screen the passengers coming from Afghanistan at the Pak-Afghan border.Source: ...
Read More »Sindh, Punjab Govts issue high alert regarding monkeypox
High alert has been issued in Punjab and Sindh regarding the spread of suspected monkeypox cases.Chairing a meeting in Lahore today, Caretaker Punjab Health Minister Dr. Javed Akram said Children hospital and General hospital in Lahore have been desig...
Read More »Pakistan reports 133 new cases of Covid-19
One hundred and thirty-three new Covid positive cases have been reported in the country during the last twenty-four hours.According to National Institute of Health, 5007 tests were conducted on Sunday with positivity ratio of 2.66 percent.Twenty-one pa...
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