Tag: Doctors
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Zard Patton Ka Bunn episode 10 reveals challenges for doctors in remote areas
Episode 10 of Zard Patton Ka Bunn showed the harsh reality of rural Pakistan, where children are forced into labour and violence with no support from parents, or even the law. It highlighted the poor situation of medical facilities in villages. People living outside big cities struggle to access basic healthcare facilities. It bravely portrayed…
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S. Korea starts procedures to suspend licences of 4,900 striking doctors
South Korea said Monday it had started procedures to suspend the medical licenses of 4,900 junior doctors who have resigned and stopped working to protest government medical training reforms, causing health care chaos. The walkout, which started February 20, is over government plans to sharply increase the number of doctors, which it says is essential…
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“It’s inhumane”: Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan describes conditions Gaza doctors are working in
Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatric intensive care doctor for Doctors Without Borders and a co-founder of the GazaMedicVoices social platform, reflects in an interview on the on-going struggle of doctors in Gaza who are working under dearth of basic medical supplies. “I refuse to let my imagination go to the places where reality has taken…
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Shehzad Roy wants to hold unethical doctors accountable in Pakistan
The internet’s favourite celebrity, Shehzad Roy, wants that doctors in Pakistan are no longer allowed to get away with medical malpractice or unprofessional behavior. In a viral tweet, the singer and philanthropist has encouraged social media users to come forward with their own experiences. The singer and philanthropist had wrote: “We need to hold doctors…
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Suspect in KP MDCAT bluetooth scam has been identified
The suspected mastermind behind the MDCAT test cheating scam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been identified. The accused has been alleged to have helped candidates cheat through Bluetooth devices. Sources have told Jang that the accused turned out to be a former employee of the Public Service Commission and the Federal Public Service Commission, and was…
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35 per cent of female medical graduates are unemployed
Gallup Pakistan and PRIDE have conducted a combined research, revealing that up to 35 percent of female doctors in Pakistan are currently without a job. The research is based on the Labour Force Survey of 2020-21 and has analysed Pakistan Bureau of Statistics’ data on the labour market, collected from 99,900 households. According to the…
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Pakistani doctor jailed in US for attempting to aid ISIS
Muhammad Masood, a 31-year-old licensed Pakistani doctor living in the United States on a work visa, has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for attempting to provide material support to terrorist organisation ISIS, according to court documents. “A Rochester man was sentenced today to 216 months in prison, equivalent to 18 years, followed by…
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Doctors in Faisalabad perform incorrect surgeries on two patients with similar names
In a case of alleged criminal negligence by doctors at a private hospital in Faisalabad, two women underwent incorrect surgical procedures due to mistaken identity, ARY has reported. As per details, Parveen Kausar from Ghulam Muhammadabad, was mistakenly scheduled for gallbladder surgery instead of the knee surgery she had scheduled. The other woman named Kausar…
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US first lady is in ‘good spirits’ after surgery to remove cancerous lesions
Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States of America, has successfully undergone surgery to remove cancerous skin lesions on her face and chest on Wednesday. A third lesion was removed from her left eyelid and sent for examination. The lesions, removed via Mohr’s surgery, were consistent with basal cell carcinoma, a form of…
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Maulana Tariq Jamil is stable now: Doctors
Religious Scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil was shifted to a hospital in Canada after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. The doctor has confirmed that Maulana Tariq Jamil is out of danger and has been shifted to Critical Care Unit (CCU). His son, Yousaf Jamil yesterday in a tweet said that father is in better condition…