MS says child not treated despite availability of resources

27 of them were hospitalised

His family is protesting the dehumanising treatment

This disease is caused by the influenza virus

Doctors at government hospitals have been assigned duties at polling stations on July 25 so who is going to treat patients? An emergency is ordinarily declared at public hospitals on polling day but the lack of doctors may pose a problem. In Karachi, the staff of the Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital, Sindh Government Hospital…

Report by: Syed Kousar Kazmi The personal medic of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was not allowed to accompany him as the former prime minister and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested from Lahore airport on Friday. Before leaving the plane at Lahore airport, the PML-N leader had asked security officials to allow his personal doctor…

Faqir Salim Nurses at a Jamshoro medical university beat up a doctor, saying he harassed their female colleague. In a video available with SAMAA, the women can be seen slapping his face and hitting him with a shoe at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences. The police have registered a case against the doctor…

WASHINGTON: An Indian doctor has been sentenced to 10 months behind bars in the US for groping two teenage female patients and faces deportation to India after the completion of his jail term, a report said. According to NDTV, Arun Aggarwal, 40, was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to four counts of gross sexual…

HUBBALLI: An Indian man, Abdul Khader Bagalkot, bled to death after his dentist, Dr Veeresh Magalad, allegedly extracted three of his teeth, reported Times of India. The doctor, however, refuted the allegation of medical negligence. According to a police complaint l odged by Khader’s brother Abdul Razak, the patient was taken to Dr Malagad’s Ratna…

NEWS DESK: Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shared a detailed statement on ‘tweeting, doctor-patient privilege, women and harassment’ in a tweet on Tuesday. In the statement, she clarified that she did not mean to ‘suggest a sense of privilege or power’. She added that as a public figure, she has received numerous friend requests from strangers…

By Minerwa Tahir Note: This piece is a work of satire “I have received over 700 sexual harassment requests, bro.” “I haven’t been able score a girl as yet. I fear the remaining chances of scoring one will soon be over due to Sharmeen.” “As per Bay-Sharm-een’s logic, friend request is harassment and sending your…

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Dr Shireen Mazari on Saturday lashed out at Oscar Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for allegedly getting a doctor fired due to a Facebook friend request. In a series of tweets earlier this week, Ms Chinoy said that her sister had received a Facebook friend request from a doctor she had visited at…

THANE: A city doctor has been arrested by the crime branch on charges of raping a patient, reported Times of India. The police said the accused doctor is assisting another surrogacy specialist doctor who runs a fertility centre in the Naupada area and has been in practice for around 10 years. According to police, the…

NEWS DESK: A doctor about to give birth leapt out of her bed to help bring another woman’s child into the world instead after her baby became distressed, reported The Independent. Dr Amanda Hess rushed to the rescue of Leah Johnson in Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Kentucky, when her own doctor was on a break….

BEIJING: A PhD student from Pakistan studying at China’s Shangdong University School of Medicine saved the life of a Chinese passenger on a flight from Beijing to Paris, reported APP. Muhammad Shahbaz, during the flight on July 2, heard a crew member requesting the assistance of a medical professional to treat a Chinese woman who…

By Gulrukh Tausif “Mom, is it normal to have spots on the stomach like these ones?” When my 15 year old son asked me this question almost two weeks ago, bashfully lifting his shirt, I must admit my heart went a little pitter-patter. I had heard about a spike in chickenpox cases especially in Faisalabad…

UMERKOT: Police arrested the Medical Superintendent of Umerkot’s Civil Hospital on Friday in connection with the death of a sanitary worker who was denied timely treatment at the government-run health facility. Irfan Maish, a sanitary worker in Umerkot, and his three fellow workers fainted due to suffocation while cleaning a manhole at Chhore Road yesterday….

MUMBAI: An Indian doctor reportedly refused to treat a Kashmiri patient over political reasons. According to a report, Dr. Manoj Tiwari of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh told the patient named Nasreen Malik that the “people of Kashmir pelt stones at their forces and come to India seeking medical treatment”. Nasreen’s son…

FAISALABAD: A mother and her son were killed when a train crashed into a motorcycle in Faisalabad on Monday. The unidentified man was taking his mother Shakeela Bibi, 45, to a doctor for consultation with a doctor on his motorcycle. They were crossing Novelty Bridge railway crossing when their bike collided with a train. There…

FAISALABAD: Alleged dereliction of duty on part of a doctor and a nurse caused death of a female patient admitted to Social Security Hospital, SAMAA reported on Friday. The hospital’s Medical Superintendent (MS) suspended the doctor and the nurse for neglecting their duty and ordered a departmental inquiry into the incident. The patient, Najma was…

NEW YORK: Big record stores, streaming services and hit charts adjusted longtime practices as the music industry Friday began a coordinated global release for new albums. For the first time most new albums will be released in all formats on Fridays everywhere in the world, ending regional divergences that industry players found increasingly anachronistic in…