KARACHI: Sindh, with its fluctuating daily COVID-19 infection rates, registered three of the four related deaths reported in the country on September 21 when authorities here confirmed 296 new infections, out of 15,211 samples, during the last 24 hours. Pakistan’s fourth COVID-19 fatality of the
KARACHI: The Sindh Minister for Education, Saeed Ghani, has declared that educational institutions in the province will reopen from September 15 to 30 in phases, while observing the relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). In accordance with the federal government’s decision, the institutions will be allowed
KARACHI: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) is likely to launch a 12-machine dialysis facility for kidney patients operational at Larkana next month. An officer of the institute revealed that the dialysis unit in question, an extended part of SIUT Chablani Medical Centre
By Mukhtar Alam: The administration and teaching faculty at the University of Karachi (KU), on April 22, examined the preparations for introduction of online teaching in the wake of prolonged coronavirus epidemic in the country. At a relevant meeting, held with KU Vice Chancellor Prof
By Mukhtar Alam: The first phase of upgradation works of the Sindh government’s Chemico Bacteriological Laboratory (CBL), undertaken by the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, may take another five months or so to complete, this emerged on April 19. According to sources
By Yusra Irfan: KARACHI: A descriptive observational study was conducted among the pregnant women attending outpatient department (OPD) at Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit II of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro. Revealing the contributing factors of antenatal anemia, the study observed that
By Mukhtar Alam: The researchers at Karachi’s Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), on April 13, claimed having achieved a significant breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19. They, according to a DUHS press release, have succeeded in preparing intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with plasma obtained from
KARACHI: Experts at a conference held in connection with Rare Disease Day 2020 at the Aga Khan University (AKU) have said that policymakers and stakeholders must pay greater attention to the challenges posed by rare diseases in Pakistan, mentioning that a simple blood test —
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a two-day moot on primary healthcare services have stressed the need for bringing essential healthcare services at the doorsteps of common man by way of fostering training programmes and policies for comprehensive development of family medicine, besides investing in public health and
By Our Correspondent: ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a dissemination event about provision of quality services to pregnant women and newborns have called for addressing the nutrition and health care challenges across the country on an emergent basis. The event was arranged by a global organisation, Nutrition