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March 13, 2025
Hepatitis patients having normal liver functions can opt for fasting
Faithful Muslims are breaking the fast during the Holy month of Ramadan on March 12, 2024. — PPIRawalpindi:Medically, fasting among patients...
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March 09, 2025
Use of reheated oil poses serious health threats
This image shows seized oil recovered from an operation in Thatta on October 21, 2024. — Screengrab via Facebook@OfficialGoSRawalpindi : The...
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March 08, 2025
Pregnant and lactating women need proper advice while fasting
A representational image of a silhouette of a pregnant woman. — APF/FileRawalpindi:Pregnant and lactating women, if not having any complications,...
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March 04, 2025
Underprivileged find hope in AST’s Gilgit hospital
Representational image shows a female doctor examining the eyes of a patient on June 30, 2024. — Facebook@Al-Shifa Trust Eye...
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March 03, 2025
Diabetics need extra care while opting for fasting
A health care worker conducting a diabetes test on a patient. — AFP/FileRawalpindi:Medically, a month-long fasting is not recommended among...
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March 02, 2025
Fasting helps improve functions of body systems
Faithful Muslims are breaking the fast during the Holy month of Ramadan, at Raja Bazar in Rawalpindi on March 12, 2024. — PPIIslamabad: A...
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February 24, 2025
Govt must prioritise public health over corporate interests
A person shops for grocery items at a store in Peshawar on April 9, 2021. — ReutersISLAMABAD:Civil society organisations, academia and medical...
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February 23, 2025
Cataracts are a growing concern in Pakistan, says AST
A doctor examines a patient suffering from an eye infection at a hospital in Lahore on September 27, 2023. — AFPRawalpindi : Al-Shifa Trust said...
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February 17, 2025
DHA starts working on dengue fever surveillance
Chief Executive Officer DHA Rawalpindi Dr Asif Arbab Khan Niazi. — APP/File Rawalpindi:The teams of District Health Authority Rawalpindi have...
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February 16, 2025
Time to remain vigilant after change in weather conditions
Fog covers the horizon of city creating problems for commuters at Murree Road on December 29, 2022. —APPRawalpindi : A significant change in...
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February 11, 2025
‘Pakistan can reduce cornea scarcity with local donations’
Vice President of Eversight Collin Ross seen in this image. — eversightvision.org/FileRawalpindi:Eversight, a global non-profit eye bank,...
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February 09, 2025
Shortage of space at gynaecology department of HFH irks patients
Holy Family Hospital building can be seen in this picture. — Facebook@HolyFamilyHospital/File Rawalpindi : Hundreds of women patients being...
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February 03, 2025
Pneumonia kills over 140 patients at allied hospitals in a month
This representational image shows patients being treated at a hospital on November 8, 2024. — AFPRawalpindi:Pneumonia has proved to be more deadly...
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January 29, 2025
Allied hospitals register over 1,400 pneumonia cases, 6,000 plus patients with ARIs
This representational image shows patients being treated at a hospital on November 8, 2024. — AFPRawalpindi:Acute respiratory infections and...
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January 28, 2025
Growing vision problems necessitate prompt govt action
Al-Shifa Trust President Maj Gen Rehmat Khan speaks in a video message. — Facebook@alshifaeyerwp/FileRawalpindi:Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital said...
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January 27, 2025
Three community health centres inaugurated in capital’s rural areas
MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan inaugurates the community health centre at Shah Allah Ditta on January 26, 2025. — INP Islamabad : As many as three...
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January 26, 2025
‘Consumption of ultra-processed products leading cause of diseases’
The representational image shows sweets and candies. — Unsplash/FileIslamabad : Consumption of ultra-processed products , laden with unhealthy...
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January 12, 2025
‘Innovative approaches needed to improve mental healthcare’
A group photo from the 24th International Psychiatric Conference on January 7, 2025.— Facebook@mian.i.hussain Islamabad : The 24th International...
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January 10, 2025
Consumption of ultra-processed products — major cause of increase in NCDs
The representational image shows sweets and candies. — Unsplash/FileIslamabad: Non-communicable diseases have emerged as the leading cause of...
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January 05, 2025
Illogical use of antibiotics leads to high morbidity and mortality rates
A representational image of antipiotics. — John Hopkins Medicines/File Rawalpindi : The incidences of seasonal infections have been registering a...
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January 02, 2025
Overburdened PIMS operating in pathetic conditions
A view of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. — The News/FileIslamabad: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences that is...
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December 31, 2024
Incidences of acute respiratory infections rising
A representational image of a hospital ward. — AFP/FileRawalpindi: The incidences of acute respiratory infections among child population in this...
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December 30, 2024
CVDs become deadlier in extreme cold weather
An illustration showing a heart shape held by a medical professional. — X@GNEHD/File Rawalpindi: The mortality rate due to cardiovascular...
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December 26, 2024
Elders must avoid exposure to cold
A representational image shows a man wearing a shawl on a cold day. — Reuters/FileIslamabad:After an extreme fall in mercury in this part of the...
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December 23, 2024
Pneumonia cases registering sharp increase
This representational image shows patients being treated at a hospital on November 8, 2024. — AFPRawalpindi:Pneumonia, which is considered as the...
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December 22, 2024
Dengue outbreak comes to its seasonal end
A representational image of a dengue mosquito. — AFP/FileRawalpindi: Not a single case of dengue fever has been reported at any of the public and...
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December 20, 2024
Al-Shifa Trust starts operations in Gilgit
Representational image shows a female doctor examining the eyes of a patient on June 30, 2024. — Facebook/Al-Shifa Trust Eye...
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December 16, 2024
Examiners of emergency medicine from Ireland, Pakistan meet at CPSP Centre
Islamabad Regional Centre of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan building can be seen in this image. — Screengrab via...
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December 13, 2024
Seasonal infections hitting population
This representational image shows patients are treated at a hospital on November 8, 2024. — AFPIslamabad:After an extreme cold wave that is...
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December 08, 2024
Dengue outbreak close to seasonal end
Relatives sit next to patients suffering from dengue fever resting under a mosquito net at a hospital in Pakistan. — AFP/FileRawalpindi : The...
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December 02, 2024
Time to get protection against flu strains, Influenza A virus
This representational image shows patients are treated at a hospital on November 8, 2024. — AFPIslamabad:Health care providers, children under...
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December 01, 2024
Dengue outbreak loses intensity, 17 plus cases being reported daily on average
Relatives sit next to patients suffering from dengue fever resting under a mosquito net at a hospital in Pakistan. — AFP/FileRawalpindi : The...
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November 27, 2024
Number of patients suffer due to road blockades
Representational image of an ambulance moving on a road. — APP/FileRawalpindi : Thousands of patients had to suffer badly here in this region of...
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November 25, 2024
Fall in mercury poses serious threats to health
Representational image shows a man wrapped in shawl cycles on a road in Pakistan in cold weather. — AFP/FileRawalpindi “ The winter has almost...
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November 24, 2024
Dengue still haunts population despite fall in mercury
An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is seen in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Centre in Cali, Colombia. —...
