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PMA blames Pakistan's broken governance for spiralling dengue outbreak in
Updated : 4 months ago IST
As the dengue epidemic deepens across Sindh, with more than 400 patients receiving treatment in hospitals, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has urged the government to declare an immediate health emergency in Karachi and Hyderabad, the two divisions worst hit by the mosquito-borne dise
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Pakistan: Sindh health dept reports 819 dengue cases, hospitals record ove
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sindh faces a major dengue outbreak, with hospital data showing over 12,000 cases in six weeks, far exceeding official figures of 819, Dawn reported. Experts blame poor drainage and weak fumigation, while the health minister said anti-dengue campaigns have been intensified across the provinc
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Pak activists slam poor traffic management in Karachi, blame lack of law e
Updated : 1 year ago IST
These opinions were shared during a discussion titled "Traffic and Transport Issues in Karachi, Proposed Solutions," hosted by the Concerned Citizens Alliance (CCA) at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) House on Friday, moderated by Mirza Ali Azhar, as reported by Dawn.
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Pak economic meltdown results in shortage of life-saving medicines
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PMA said that it had already warned the government that the failure to open letters of credit (LC) for the import of raw materials would result in an acute shortage of medicine.
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Pakistan's economic crisis affects its healthcare system, patients struggl
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Local pharmaceutical manufacturers have been forced to slash their production as patients suffer in hospitals. Doctors are forced to stop performing surgeries due to the shortage of drugs and medical equipment.
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Hunger, diseases rife in Pakistan as flood-victims forced to live under sk
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5 (ANI): Record monsoon and heavy floods in Pakistan has given rise to hunger and various illnesses which have affected 660,120 people since July and the experts believe that the situation would aggravate in the coming days as the flood affectees are forced to
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COVID-19: Next three weeks could be critical, warns Pak medical body
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): Amid the unabated spread of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Tuesday warned that the next two to three weeks could be critical for the country.
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Pakistan faces potential outbreak of gastrointestinal diseases due to infe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Pakistan is under threat of a potential outbreak of various gastrointestinal diseases as the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has notified the public about the abundance of flies in the country.
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Fourth wave of COVID-19 likely to hit Pakistan by July end
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): Amid the worsening situation of COVID-19 in Pakistan, medical officials have warned about the fourth coronavirus wave which is likely to hit the country by late July or early August and raised his concern over the increasing figures of infections once agai
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Over 200 Pakistani doctors die of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): Over 202 doctors passed away from the coronavirus since the pandemic began while 30 paramedics have also succumbed to the infection, as per a press release from the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Wednesday.
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'We are running out of beds': Doctors in Pakistan plead with govt to enfor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): A group of Karachi's leading doctors, belonging to the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), on Wednesday, urged the government and religious leaders to continue to abide by stricter precautionary measures to control the rapid spread of the highly contagious
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