Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) More than 669,000 people are affected by Tuberculosis in Pakistan which causes 51,000 deaths in a year, local media in the country reported citing the latest stats revealed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on World Tuberculosis Day. Pakistan holds a 73 per cent share of the TB burden within the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region and is the fifth most affected in the world. Each day, more than 1,800 new cases are reported in Pakistan and 140 people die from tubercul…
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Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) The Punjab government is actively considering a proposal to allow hospitals in other states to be empanelled to treat childhood cancer patients from the state under the official health insurance scheme, an official said on Tuesday. “Recently, we got an empanelment request from a hospital in Gurugram in Haryana where five Punjab patients were shifted for treatment from AIIMS,” said Dr Gagandeep Singh Grover, Assistant Director, Non-Communicable Diseases, Department…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), on Sunday said the war in the Middle East has reached a perilous stage with strikes reportedly hitting the Natanz Enrichment Complex in Iran, and the Israeli city of Dimona, where a nuclear facility is located.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is looking into incidents reported in southeastern Iran, and in Israel’s city of Dimona. “No indications of abnormal or increase…
Gorakhpur, March 21 (IANS) Gorakhpur Mayor Manglesh Kumar Srivastava said that children from the district and adjoining areas, diagnosed with cancer, can now undergo treatment at the BRD Medical College as part of Uttar Pradesh government’s efforts to improve access to early treatment, an official said on Saturday. “Reiterating the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government’s commitment to augment health facility, particularly for childhood cancer, Srivastava stressed on spreading awareness to…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) India’s pharmaceutical industry has evolved into a globally integrated and policy-supported system, ranking third globally by volume and 11th by value, with more than 3,000 companies and 10,500 manufacturing units, an official factsheet showed on Saturday.The domestic pharmaceutical market, valued at $60 billion, is projected to reach $130 billion by 2030.According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, in FY25, the sector’s annual turnover reached Rs. 4.72 lakh crore, wi…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Aiming to promote Ayush-based preventive healthcare, wellness, yoga and stress management among its personnel, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Ayush, an official said on Thursday.The collaboration seeks to deepen cooperation between the two organisations to extend Ayush-based preventive, promotive, and wellness services to CISF personnel, the official said in a statement.The MoU aims to promo…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistan is grappling with a worsening crisis of youth drug abuse and rising suicide rates, according to local media reports citing a 2025 systematic review of rehabilitation cases. The study found that heroin accounts for 48 per cent of substance abuse cases among young users, while cannabis makes up 28 per cent, underscoring the alarming scale and severity of addiction among the country’s youth population.According to the study, thirty-five per cent began using drugs…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Assuring innovative funding models to support childhood cancer, Deputy Director General of Health Services L. Swasticharan said on Sunday that the Union government is aiming to achieve a survival rate of 60 per cent for childhood cancer by 2030.Speaking at an event to mark the International Childhood Cancer Day observed globally on February 15, Swasticharan highlighted the government’s focus on saving precious human capital and said, “We should not leave anybody behi…
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) West Bengal on Thursday reported its first case of a Nipah virus-related death, after a nurse, who was affected by it and was admitted at the critical care unit of a hospital at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, passed away.State Health Department sources said that the deceased had developed a “secondary infection” in her lungs. Another nurse, also affected by the virus, was under treatment at the same hospital.These nurses have been the only two cases of persons bein…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) As many as 4,000 doctors left Pakistan for better opportunities in 2025. Skilled labour in Pakistan start looking for opportunities abroad since their graduation, at least in majority of the cases, a report said. “New big data analysis by Gallup Pakistan, based on Bureau of Emigration records, shows around 3,800 to 4,000 doctors formally emigrated last year, marking a historic peak in medical migration from the country. Pakistan produces about 22,000 new doctors annually …