Health

News Desk Sargodha: A controversy over patient safety has emerged at Sargodha Teaching Hospital after a video showing a ward servant stitching a patient inside an operation theatre (OT) sparked concerns about unauthorized medical…

News Desk Karachi: Concerns over medical safety practices at Walika Hospital have intensified after two more young girls were reportedly diagnosed with HIV, with families alleging that the infections may be linked to negligence during…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s development strategy is facing a critical rethink as fiscal constraints force the country to confront a difficult question: how can it invest in education, health, and human development when debt pressures…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new line of scientific research is fueling hopes that some inherited diseases may one day be prevented before birth. Researchers working with human embryos in laboratory settings have reported progress in…

News Desk Karachi: Karachi has reported its third death from Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba," this year, health officials confirmed. The latest victim, Muhammad Amjad, 44, a resident of Korangi No. 4,…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new study has found that younger generations may be aging faster at a biological level than their parents, a trend that could be contributing to rising cancer rates among young adults. Earlier this year,…

Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Dr Shazia Sobia Aslam Soomro has criticized the federal budget for FY2026-27, describing it as “public unfriendly” and inadequate in addressing the challenges of inflation,…

News Desk Islamabad: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has welcomed Pakistan’s recent policy, fiscal, and institutional reforms aimed at strengthening its population and development agenda, describing them as a “significant step…

Dr Muhammad Sher Ali  Lahore: Every two seconds, someone in Pakistan needs blood. Despite extraordinary advances in modern medicine, from gene therapy to artificial intelligence, science has yet to create a substitute for human blood. No…

News Desk  Islamabad: Leading medical experts from across Pakistan have launched a landmark initiative to formulate the country’s first national consensus guidelines for the management of oral cavity cancer, a disease that represents a…