Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi Elective (routine) surgeries are not being performed at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) for more than two weeks because of shortage of nitrous oxide gas. It has added to the miseries of patients requiring surgeries, ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi The existing weather conditions, a severe heat spell, in the region is the most suitable time to check breeding of mosquitoes particularly ‘aedes aegypti’, the vector that causes dengue fever. The rise in temperature ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi After reports of dengue fever cases in Karachi and Lahore within last three days, the health experts have started stressing the need for creating sufficient awareness among public all across Pakistan on how to avoid the ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi The Hepatitis C patients, who have registered themselves at the three allied hospitals for treatment, have been suffering badly for over a year because of unavailability of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi The goal of asthma care is to achieve control on the disease for longer periods and it is possible in over 90 per cent of the cases if proper measures are taken to avoid trigger factors. Though there is no cure for ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi The district health department would ensure standard hygienic conditions at ice and soda water factories operating in its jurisdiction. It would seal factories found involved in using contaminated water in the process ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi Health experts advise general public to take necessary precautionary measures to avoid heat stroke, heat exhaustion and other heat-related health threats as intensity of heat is increasing in twin cities of Rawalpindi ...

Sunday, May 12, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi The enthusiasm among people about bringing a change in the country through polls and an unbelievable high turnout of voters witnessed on Saturday at almost all polling stations in town would leave the stereotype ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Islamabad The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has been put on high alert till May 12 to deal with any emergency during the General Election 2013. The hospital administration claimed that it has finalised all ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Muhammad Qasim
Rawalpindi The prevalence of asthma in Pakistan is increasing day-by-day with an annual increase of five per cent along with more than two million patients, nearly eight to 10 per cent of Pakistan’s adult population, already ...