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NICVD opens Chest Pain Unit in Jacobabad

NICVD opens Chest Pain Unit in Jacobabad

KARACHI: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICD) in collaboration with the Sindh government has opened its 15th “Chest Pain Unit” (CPU) at Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) to facilitate patients having chest pain with easy access and free of cost services. According to

Karachi children ‘need continued deworming activities’

  By Our Correspondent KARACHI: In the light of a survey of schools conducted in four provinces of the country, various NGOs in collaboration with the Sindh health and education departments ran a campaign aimed at deworming half a million children at the government schools

Body to oversee blood business constituted

Lack of awareness causing rise in myopia cases

By Yusra Irfan KARACHI: A study carried out in the general population attending outpatient department (OPD) of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, revealed that myopia is rapidly increasing in the country, like other parts of the world, but majority are least concerned about their

Body to oversee blood business constituted

Body to oversee blood business constituted

KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has finally notified the constitution of the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) after a long wait, obviously to streamline blood transfusion-related activities across the province, it emerged last week. According to sources in the health department, the Sindh health minister