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March 12, 2025
Mayo Hospital drug reaction: Charge nurse among three relieved of duties, served notices
The facade of the Mayo Hospital. — Facebook@Lahore - The Historical City/FileLAHORE:The Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education Department has...
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March 11, 2025
Mayo Hospital patients’ deaths: Health minister blames on-duty nurses
Punjab Minister for SHC&MED Khawaja Salman Rafique speaks in a March 9, 2025 meeting. — Facebook@SalmanRafiquePKLAHORE:The human error is being...
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February 14, 2025
Umrah pilgrims face problems in getting polio vaccine
Muslims perform Umrah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah after Saudi authorities ease COVID-19 restrictions on October 4, 2020. — ReutersLAHORE:The...
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February 11, 2025
17.7m children inoculated in year’s first anti-polio drive
A health worker administers polio drops to a child at a railway station during a polio vaccination campaign in Lahore. — AFP/FileLAHORE:Punjab has...
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February 07, 2025
Fortified food help combat malnutrition, say experts
Flat-lay photography of vegetable salad on the plate. — Pexels/FileLAHORE:As robust legislation and regulatory frameworks are essential for food...
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February 06, 2025
As Umrah pilgrims suffer: Meningitis vaccine issue to be resolved in 2 days, says govt
Punjab Health Minister Salman Rafique chairs a meeting on June 22, 2024. — Screengrab via Facebook@Khawaja Salman RafiqueLAHORE:The crisis arising...
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January 30, 2025
Govt to hold third-party validation, digital monitoring of uplift plans
This representational image shows workers busy in the construction work of the Orange Line Metro Train Project. — APP/FileLAHORE:Punjab government...
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December 19, 2024
Report reveals population to reach 386m by 2050
In this picture taken on April 16, 2023, people throng a market area in Lahore. — AFP/FileLAHORE:With business-as-usual in current rate of...
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November 20, 2024
Breakthrough research highlights safer MDR-TB treatment for children
Representational image shows parents waiting with their children at a hospital. — AFP/FileLAHORE : Breakthrough research presented at The Union...
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November 19, 2024
Child’s death in hospital’s open manhole: Children’s Hospital fails to fix responsibility
Children Hospital Lahore building seen in this image. — CHICH website/fileLAHORE:The Children's Hospital & University of Child Health Sciences, in...
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October 24, 2024
Justice Yahya Afridi notified as next CJP
CJP-designate met incumbent CJP and senior most judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah in their chambers
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October 17, 2024
PTI orchestrated 'rape' protests: Maryam
Maryam accuses PTI of using incident to spread chaos and run misleading social media campaign targeting students
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September 20, 2024
Lawyers reject constitutional court, call for notifying Justice Mansoor as CJP
Declaration issued at convention demanded that CJP should be appointed on basis of seniority
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August 02, 2024
Sustainable population growth: ‘Inclusive data a must for implementing policies’
A representational image showing people walking past a market area. — AFP/FileLAHORE:The inclusive and disaggregated data is essential for...
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July 26, 2024
Gohar not PTI chairman in record, ECP tells SC
ECP partially implemented SC judgment on reserved seats by issuing a notification to recognise 39 returned candidates as PTI MNAs
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July 05, 2024
Police probe swap of baby boy with girl at Children’s Hospital
Children's Hospital, Lahore building. —UNIVERSITY OF CHILD HEALTH SCIENCES, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Website/FileLAHORE:The Naseerabad police have...
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July 04, 2024
Jinnah Hospital sterilisation equipment out of order
This image shows the Administration Block of the Jinnah Hospital Lahore . — Facebook/Jinnah Hospital, Lahore/FileLAHORE:The equipment for...
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June 01, 2024
FDA-approved cardio supplies for cardiology hospitals okayed
A representational image showing different medicines. — APP/FileLAHORE: The Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department has approved...
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May 30, 2024
Grabbing attempts on Dr AQ Trust Hospital
A person stands in front of Dr AQ Khan Hospital Trust building on January 20, 2024. — Facebook/Dr. AQ Khan Hospital Trust LAHORE:While the nation...
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May 12, 2024
Population, climate change Pakistan’s biggest challenges
A crowd of people along a makeshift market in Karachi. — Reuters/FileLAHORE : Population explosion and climate change are the big challenges...
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May 10, 2024
Patient who was refused treatment at Jinnah dies at PINS
Punjab Institute of Neurosciences building seen in this undated photo.—Facebook@PINS/File LAHORE:A female patient who was allegedly denied...
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April 02, 2024
Catch-up drive to immunise children begins in Punjab
A health worker administrates vaccine to a child. — PPI/FileLAHORE:The Punjab government has launched the largest routine immunisation catch-up...
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February 23, 2024
New govts urged to fulfil manifestos on population
LAHORE:While presenting the analysis of the election manifestos of the four major political parties of the country, Population Council has hoped...
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February 11, 2024
High courts moved against results of several constituencies
PTI affiliated independent candidate Shoaib Shaheen moved challenging the results of the NA-47 Islamabad-II constituency
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January 19, 2024
Jinnah Hospital unit’s renovation plan termed wastage
LAHORE:The chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, has termed the proposed plan of renovation of the recently-revamped...
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January 18, 2024
Injection fiasco: Proceedings against 18 officials start
The inquiry officer shall submit report/recommendations to Secretary P&SHD within 60 days
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January 15, 2024
Health Card co-payment raised by 10pc
Punjab government revised % of claim co-payment from 40% to 50% for all applicable procedures from tomorrow in all private impaneled hospitals
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January 14, 2024
Patients suffer as pneumonia vaccine disappears from market
LAHORE: The shortage of pneumonia vaccine persists in the market after 36 children perished in a week due to dry cold weather in the province.Around...
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January 13, 2024
Patients suffer as pneumonia vaccine disappears from market
LAHORE:The shortage of pneumonia vaccine persists in the market after 36 children perished in a week due to dry cold weather in the province.Around...
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January 09, 2024
Salman Siddique elected Gymkhana chairman
LAHORE:The newly-elected 12-member Committee of Management has unanimously elected Salman Siddique as Chairman of the Lahore Gymkhana Committee of...
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January 05, 2024
Jail hospitals’ control transferred to P&SHD
LAHORE:The Punjab government has transferred the control of hospitals of Prisons Department to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department.The...
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December 28, 2023
Sehat Sahulat Programme: Misuse of facility in private sector curtails services
LAHORE : The Punjab government’s deadline for empanelled hospitals to acquire regular licences is set to expire on December 31, 2023, as well...
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December 27, 2023
Sehat Sahulat Programme: Services clipped as facility misused in private sector
LAHORE: The Punjab government’s deadline for empanelled hospitals to acquire regular licences is set to expire on December 31, 2023, as well after...
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December 15, 2023
‘HIV in drug users in country alarmingly high’
LAHORE: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Islamabad, has revealed that, over the last decade, the HIV is...
