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20,000 snake bite cases registered every year in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A total of 20,000 snake bite cases are registered every year in Pakistan, and the mortality rate is around 1.9 per 100,000...

Another polio case surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR/KARACHI, Pakistan: The third case of polio in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2019 has been confirmed, the Health Department said. The Health Department said that the...

25,220 registered AIDS patients in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: There are 25,220 registered patients of AIDS in Pakistan, the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Aamer Mehmood Kiani told...

Pakistan close to polio eradication: UNICEF

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The UNICEF Pakistan has maintained that Pakistan will soon get rid of polio, a highly infectious viral disease which mainly affects young...

160,000 unregistered TB patients in Pakistan, Senate told

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Aamer Mehmood Kiani told the Senate that there are 160,000 unregistered Tuberculosis (TB)...

340 government hospitals & treatment centers in Pakistan for TB control, Senate told

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A total of 1,195,247 Tuberculosis (TB) patients have been cured in 340 government hospitals and treatment centers which are currently working in...

Brain tumor removed after 14 hour long operation in Lahore General Hospital

Lahore, Pakistan: Famous brain and spine needing surgeon Dr Khalid Mahmood removed a big tumor from the brain of a woman in Lahore General...

PAEC cancer hospitals to be upgraded in new fiscal year

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The government would upgrade three hospitals of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in the new fiscal year with the allocation of a...

25 million Pakistanis are tobacco users, Senate body told

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Tobacco Control Cell officials on Tuesday informed the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination that 25 million Pakistanis...

Nori hospital screened over 500 cancer patients in October

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: More than 500 patients of cancer especially breast cancer were screened free of cost in Nori during the last month as October...

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