Tag: Doctors
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YouTube will let doctors apply to be labeled as ‘certified’ to avoid misinformation
In an attempt to decrease inaccurate information on the platform, YouTube said Thursday that doctors and other health care providers can apply to have their channels certified. The change will allow viewers to more easily access videos containing “high-quality health information,” YouTube said. “This is a big step towards helping people more easily find and…
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Pervaiz Elahi lifts ban on ad hoc appointments of doctors in Punjab
Chief Minister (CM) Punjab, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has on Tuesday lifted a ban on ad-hoc appointments of doctors and nurses, reports The Nation. After the provincial Health Department forwarded a summary to the CM, the government allowed ad hoc appointment of doctors and paramedics to meet the severe shortage of health officials in public health…
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‘No restriction on Pakistani doctors and students to work, train in US’: PMC clarifies
The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has denied media reports claiming doctors who attended medical schools in Pakistan might not be permitted to practice in the United States (US) after January 2024. “Unfortunately over the last few days a malicious and false campaign in the media and social media has been initiated falsely claiming that PMC…
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President Alvi takes notice of prescribing ‘unnecessary medications’
President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has reportedly taken notice of the unnecessary sale of medicines. He asked about the priority of doctors, whether it was the sale of medicines or the health of their patients. Vice-Chancellor of Health Services Academy Dr Shehzad Ali Khan said that the president shared a prescription on which a…
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A Punjabi female doctor faces harassment at Karachi hospital
A senior female doctor who works at a major public sector hospital in Karachi says that she is being harassed and blackmailed for the last several months on gender and ethnic grounds and being forced to quit her job. The doctor is in-charge of the hospital’s gastroenterology and hepatology ward. She claims she is the…
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Bahawal Victoria Hospital bans jeans, bangles, rings in hospital premises
Newly hired medical superintendent of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) Dr Muhammad Younus Warraich has banned jeans in the hospital and made dupatta or scarf mandatory for the women medical officers (WMOs) and paramedics, Majeed Gill reported for Dawn. The new dress code has been introduced reportedly by the new head of the hospital to…
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Coin mistakenly stuck in nose surgically removed after five decades
A Russian man had mistakenly put a coin in his nose when he was only six years old. It was surgically removed from his nose when he complained of a breathing problem at the age of 59. Doctors in Russia said they recently faced a unique case when the patient told them he was unable…
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Employment opportunities for Pakistani doctors, nurses and paramedics in Kuwait under new agreement
Kuwait has signed a government-to-government bilateral framework agreement with Pakistan to hire its healthcare professionals on a regular basis, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said. “We [have] signed an agreement with the government of Kuwait to send an increased number…
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‘There is no corona’: Mob attacks Karachi hospital as health workers remain at risk amid rising fatalities
In yet another incident of a hospital being ransacked by survivors of a deceased coronavirus patient, a mob on Friday night attacked Civil Hospital Karachi while also harassing and attempting to assault the medical staff on duty. According to the hospital’s management, at least 70 people entered the hospital and took the body of the deceased from…
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Young health workers who sacrificed their lives fighting COVID-19
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan are on the rise and according to the latest numbers, there are 64,028 cases of COVID-19 in the country. Healthcare workers, who are fighting on the frontlines, have been badly affected by the virus. As per reports, until May 28, 17 medical professionals had died of COVID-19 in Pakistan out of…