Kamal meets Chairman NADRA to make ID card as patient’s MR
ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Health, Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that utilizing modern technology is the need of the hour. During meeting with Chairman NADRA, Lieutenant...
Hailstorm coupled with strong winds brought destruction in twin cities killing one
Islamabad: Hailstorm along with thunderstorms struck Islamabad on Wednesday, today, evening smashing glasses of cars also killing a person while Sector E-11 remained the highest...
Health Minister Kamal calls on PM to brief on health projects
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the swift completion of the Jinnah Medical Complex Islamabad project. He gave these instructions during a meeting with...
Week-long anti-polio drive to start on April 21: Kamal
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal has called for eliminating misconceptions regarding the polio immunization and sensitizing the people about the importance...
PMD issues warning of intensifying of heatwave from today across the country
Islamabad: A warning for an intense heatwave affecting various regions of the country, particularly Sindh, southern Punjab, and Balochistan by the Pakistan Meteorological Department has...
Karachi’s 34,000 people refuses administering of polio drops to children: Kamal
Karachi: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal has shared a shocking details of people not administering polio drops to their children even in Karachi....
President Zardari discharged from hospital
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has been discharged from a private hospital in Karachi after being treated for 10 days, his physician Dr Asim Hussain...
Heatwave warning issued for coming week
ISLAMABAD: The Meteorological Department has warned of a potential heatwave across the country in the coming week. A major rise in temperature is expected as...
Hurdles in implementing one-patient, one ID to be solved on fast track: Kamal
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal along with Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT) Shiza Fatima Khawaja on Thursday visited Pakistan Institute of...
Caution, seriousness first priority in taking decisions impacting directly to human lives: Mustafa Kamal
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that a whopping number of pregnant ladies during deliveries lost their lives every year in...
Kamal meets Shiza to discuss promotion of IT in health sector
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday, today called on Minister for Information Technology (IT) Shiza Fatima Khawaja to discuss promotion of...
Health Minister Kamal vows to bring doctors and medicines on doorsteps of people
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday, today said that Pakistan is heading towards the Universal Health Coverage. In his message on...
PM reiterates govt’s determination to ensure health care facilities for every citizen
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated government’s determination to ensure health care facilities for every citizen. In a message on the World Health...
World Health Day being observed today across globe
Web Desk: The World Health Day is being observed on Monday across the globe. The day is a global initiative led by World Health Organization...
Safety advisory issued for public as against scorching heat
Karachi: In light of the rising temperature trend, the Met Department has issued a public advisory urging citizens to take precautions. People are advised to...
Intense heat predicted for Karachi as mercury likely to hit 40°C today
Karachi: Karachiites have been warned of rising temperatures today, with the mercury expected to climb up to 40°C and sea breeze remaining suspended during daytime...
Karachi will receive good news about health sector: Syed Mustafa Kamal
KARACHI:The Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday, today, said that Karachi will get good news pertaining to...
President Zardari’s health is better, discharge in couple of days: Dr.Asim
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari’s health has been better and nothing to be worried about, President’s personal physician Dr Asim Hussain said here in a...
Will improve healthcare sector to better serve underprivileged patients: Mustafa Kamal
Islamabad: Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal has assured that efforts will be made to improve the healthcare sector to better serve the...
President Zardari’s health deteriorates, transferred from Nawabshah to Karachi
KARACHI: President Asif Zardari was shifted to a private hospital in Karachi after his health deteriorated in Nawabshah on Monday night. Sources stated that President...
Maryam disguised as common citizen pays surprise visits to Punjab hospitals
Lahore: Senior Provincial Minister Maryam Aurangzeb on Sunday, today, disguised herself as a common citizen and conducted surprise visits to Jinnah Hospital and Lahore Children’s...
World Bank approved $300 million loan for Pakistan to combat air pollution in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank approved a $300 million loan for Pakistan, earmarked for the Punjab Clean Air Programme. According to the World Bank’s statement, the...
U.S. Department of Health to Lay Off 10,000 Employees
WASHINGTON: The United State Department of Health has announced plans to lay off 10,000 permanent employees. This decision follows the voluntary resignation of 10,000 staff...
Sindh govt makes birth registration free
Karachi: Sindh government has made registration of new born across the province free to ensure 100 percent registration of every new birth of a child. ...
PDMA predicts rainfall across Punjab from March 25
LAHORE: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert for widespread rainfall across Punjab between March 25 and 27, warning authorities to stay...
3Nursing Groups from Dubai, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia Sent Back Due to Fake Degrees: Standing Committee
ISLAMABAD: During the meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Health, member Agha Rafiullah accused the Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC) of being involved in...
CM Punjab surprise visit to Jinnah Hospital Lahore
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Monday ordered suspension of the medical superintendent of Jinnah Hospital and directed the Principal of Jinnah Hospital to resign...
President GDGF felicitates Mustafa Kamal on assuming charge of health ministry
Seattle: President Global Development Gates Foundation (GDGF) Christopher Elias has penned a letter to the Federal Minister of Health Syed Mustafa Kamal. The President GDGF...
World Tuberculosis Day being observed today
Web Desk: World Tuberculosis Day is being observed on Monday, today. This year’s theme is “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver.” The Day...
Severe heat forecasted in Karachi today
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has issued a warning about a severe heat wave affecting the city, predicting that temperatures could soar to 37 degrees...
Israeli Army destroys Gaza’s cancer hospital
GAZA: The Israeli army has destroyed Gaza’s cancer hospital. According to Arab media, the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital was located near the Salah al-Din Street in...
Syed Mustafa Kamal commends Bill Gates’ polio eradication support
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Health, Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday, today, praised Bill Gates and his team for their vital role in supporting polio eradication efforts...
Kamal visits PIMS hospital urges to treat patients with kindness, professionalism
Islamabad:Federal Minister for Health, Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday,today visited Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital. The Health Minister visited the PIMS hospital to...
PM launches countrywide tree plantation drive
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday launched the 2025 Spring Tree Plantation Drive here. As many as around 41.7 million samples will be planted...
Punjab govt Announces Rs.23,000 for Mothers of Newborns, Pregnant Women
LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced a payment of 23,000 rupees for mothers of newborns and pregnant women. According to details, under the Aghosh Program,...
Danish ambassador calls on Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal
Islamabad: Denmark’s ambassador Jakob Linulf on Tuesday, today, called on Federal Health Minister, Syed Mustafa Kamal. Syed Mustafa Kamal and the Danish ambassador Jakob Linulf...
It is high time to take effective steps to control Hepatitis-C in Pakistan: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that it is a high time to take effective steps to control Hepatitis-C in Pakistan Addressing an event...
FinMin commends National Health and Population Policy team for their hard work, progress makes so far
Islamabad:Minister for Finance commended the National Health and Population Policy team for their hard work and the progress made so far. A high-level meeting was...
Kamal expresses concern over 43,000 vaccine refusals in Sindh
Karachi: Federal Minister for Health, Syed Mustafa Kamal, visited the Provincial Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for Polio to review ongoing eradication efforts. Briefed by Provincial...
Measles cases surge in Karachi
KARACHI: Increasing cases of measles being reported in Karachi as more than 2000 cases of the infectious disease reported this year in Sindh so far,...
Sindh reports more than six thousand Malaria cases by March
KARACHI: Malaria rises in Sindh, over six thousand cases reported by March. As of March 13, the health department of Sindh has confirmed a concerning...
WHO representative in Pakistan meets Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal
Islamabad: World Helath Organization (WHO) representative in Pakistan, Dr. Luo Dapeng on Wednesday today, met with Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal. The United Nation’s...
There is urgent need to tackle rising health challenges in country: Ahsan Iqbal
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has emphasized the urgent need for comprehensive action to tackle the rising health challenges in Pakistan....
Karachi reports first Naegleria fowleri death of 2025
KARACHI: A 36-year-old woman from Gulshan-e-Iqbal has become Karachi’s first victim of Naegleria fowleri this year. She developed symptoms on February 18, was hospitalized the...
Death toll rises to two due to injection reaction at Mayo Hospital
LAHORE: An “injection reaction” claimed another life at Mayo Hospital in Lahore on Monday as the death toll because of the adverse reactions to an...
Al-Shifa Trust to establish South Asia’s largest eye hospital in Lahore
Lahore:The Al-Shifa Trust (AST) announced on Monday, today, its plan to establish South Asia’s largest eye hospital in Lahore. Speaking to the media about the...
Syed Mustafa Kamal assumes charge of Health Ministry
Islamabad: Federal Minister of Health Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the God Almighty loves his creatures adding that helping the God creatures is the...
Use of substandard injection kills two patient, 4 critical in Meo Hospital Lahore
Lahore: Two people have died in Lahore Meo Hospital owing to using substandard injection while 18 people received reaction from the injection out of which...
CM Punjab surprise visit to Mayo Hospital
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz has surprised visit to Mayo Hospital and has given the approval the appointment of Prof Haroon Hamid and Dr.Ihtishamul...
Govt committed to completely eradicate polio: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to complete eradication of polio from the country. Chairing a meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday,...