The author has served as Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, King Edward Medical University.
How the intersection of medicine and politics change the history of nations
Inadequate nutrition is becoming more common as population increases and long established patterns of living get disrupted
As we look at the development of medicine, a lot more is available in terms of advanced medical care than was there a few decades ago
The best and the brightest of doctors trained in Pakistan either leave the country or else end up in the private sector. Why?
Billions of rupees are being spent on mega projects, but healthcare continues to be a stepchild
About angioplasty and other such stuff used to treat blocked heart artery
Based on information available, Nawaz Sharif most likely had a coronary artery bypass grafting to four heart arteries done using a heart lung...
How can we lose weight when established ‘science’ about weight loss and healthy diets keeps changing?
Some of the reasons why doctors get into trouble as patients
Most diabetics can live a long and a relatively healthy life if treated properly
Women play a vital part in issues pertaining to public health as daughters, siblings, wives and mothers
A mandatory system of continuing medical education may help upgrade healthcare standards in Pakistan
The first step to fix the quality of healthcare is to fix the medical centres that are offering basic services. Unfortunately, politics comes in at...
Explaining three major factors that can cause cancer and the ways to prevent the disease
Many new year’s resolutions are about losing weight and that revolve around two ideas -- eating less and exercise
Are we ready for the impacts of climate change in Pakistan?
Antibiotic resistant bacteria is posing new challenges to medical science
Death is inevitable, but the question is how to save terminally sick people from a lot of pain and suffering by letting them die without major and...
With the devolution of healthcare to the provinces, PMDC is no longer capable of performing all the functions it is supposed to
The healthcare policies of the Punjab government show that if the addition of micronutrients to food could be accomplished by building another road...
