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Indus Hospital & Health Network (IHHN) celebrated the iHope Volunteer Program's 22nd batch of volunteers on June 23, 2023. Participants included around 80 students from various prestigious schools in Karachi,…
Aga Khan University's Hayat app has been awarded a prestigious silver medal at the international Digital Health Awards 2023. Hayat's innovative approach to improving access to healthcare provision using technology…
The United States and Pakistan held the second stand-alone U.S.-Pakistan Health Dialogue on June 8, chaired by Abdul Qadir Patel, Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and…
In a recent development, the Federal cabinet approved a 14-20% hike in pharmaceutical prices. Pharmaceutical manufacturers demanded a 40% hike in pharmaceutical prices amid a sharp rupee devaluation against the…
The Sindh Health Department, SZABIST and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have launched a campaign to create awareness about the right of way for ambulances and the…
PPHI Sindh & ChildLife Foundation have signed an MoU, to extend ChildLife's telemedicine network to selected hospitals under PPHI's control. This is another step towards the vision of "Every child…
Jubilee Life Insurance, one of the country's largest private sector life insurance companies in collaboration with Sehat Kahani, a leading one-stop telemedicine solution recently surpassed 100,000+ consultations for policyholders with…
BankIslami, Pakistan's leading Islamic financial institution with 380+ branches in 180+ cities, sponsored the 8th Corporate T20 Cup 2023. The tournament was held at the Moin Khan Cricket Academy, Karachi,…
U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer; Federal Secretary at the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation, and Coordination, Dr. Muhammad Fakhre Alam Irfan; and Pakistani National Institute of…
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Secretary of Health Sindh Syed Zulfikar Ali Shah and CEO of Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning (PILL) Prof. Nasim Chaudhary occurred…
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), London, will hold its prestigious Refraction Certificate and Ophthalmology Oral examinations at Al-Shifa Trust for the first time in Pakistan. In this regard, the…
Emergency Rooms in govt. hospitals of Sindh and other locations managed by ChildLife Foundation need more FCPS-qualified paediatric doctors as patients continue to increase due to excellent service delivery. Despite…
Every year Stop TB Partnership and its partners unite to raise public awareness of the devastating health, social, and economic impacts of TB and call for an end to this…
Al-Shifa Eye Trust has set a new record of treating half a million eye patients in rural and remote areas of the country during the last year through its 1500…
The World Health Organization (WHO) will rehabilitate 150 primary healthcare centers in 21 districts of Sindh that were badly damaged in the year 2022 monsoon rains and heavy floods and…
Savyour – Pakistan's leading cashback and consumer rewards platform and Indus Hospital & Health Network (IHHN) have inked an MoU, in a bid to support the latter's mission of providing…
Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, distinguished university professor and founding director of the Institute for Global Health and Development and the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the…
Bringing deaf and hearing-impaired persons closer to their communities, Dialog Axiata PLC announced the launch of a trilingual version of the internationally renowned sign language interpretation app 'DeafTawk' in Sri…
Indus Hospital Health Network (IHHN) & ChildLife Foundation have signed an MoU, for both leading nonprofit health organizations to share best practices particularly Telemedicine. Moreover, both organizations will also collaborate…
WAPDA reigned supreme in archery as it was crowned National Archery Champion 2023. WAPDA won 10th DHA National Archery Championship with three gold, two bronze and one silver medals, while…
The Al-Shifa Trust President, Maj. Gen. (Retd) Rehmat Khan has said that due to the increase in diabetes, and unawareness, the number of eye patients is increasing significantly in Pakistan.…
For the first time in the cricket history of Pakistan, major commercial banks will be participating in a cricket tournament that will be held this Ramadan at Naya Nazimabad. The…
The 7th edition of Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd. (PARCO) T20 Cricket Tournament reached its conclusion with an exciting final between Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd. (OGDCL), and Pakistan State Oil…
President Al-Shifa Trust Maj. Gen. (R) Rehmat Khan on Monday said vision impairment and eye disease are major problems and proper public health interventions can reduce the prevalence of blindness…
Dr. Ruediger Lotz, Consul General of Germany at Karachi, visited the Dowites78 Operation Theatre Complex. He was received by Prof Dr Shafiq ur Rehman, General Secretary, and the senior management…
