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Around 8% of population have diabetes in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan: Around eight percent of the population of Pakistan is living with diabetes due to absence of effective health care, stress, sedentary lifestyle...

Healthy diet can reduce diabetes risk: Tarar

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Ms Saira Afzal Tarar has said that maintaining normal body weight, engaging...

Pakistan to observe World Health Day on April 7 with focus on diabetes

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan would observe World Health Day on April 7(Thursday), with focus on its over seven million diabetic patients. The theme of World Health...

Canada pledges C$ 40 million for polio eradication in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The government of Canada has announced support for Prime Minister of Pakistan's initiative for eradication of polio from Pakistan with a pledge...

Child Psychiatric Department to be established at PIMS

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Monday announced to establish a Child Psychiatric Department...

94,000 people in Pakistan living with HIV

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: As many as 94,000 people in Pakistan are living with disease of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). An official of National AIDS Control Programme...

PIMA to organize two-day doctors convention in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) would organize two-day all Pakistan Doctors convention at Peshawar Medical College from April 2. Chairman PIMA Convention Dr...

300,000 persons diagnosed with TB every year in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: About 300,000 new tuberculosis cases are diagnosed and treated free of charge every year in Pakistan through countrywide network of 1500 TB...

942,000 patients treated under TB Control Programme in 3 years

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Around 942,000 tuberculosis patients were treated under the Tuberculosis Control programme in three years from 2013 to 2015. According to figures of Ministry...

First ever heart transplant in Pakistan to be carried out in RIC from April

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The first ever heart transplant in Pakistan will be carried out in Rawalpindi Institute of cardiology (RIC) from April 2016 and it...

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