Doctors in England begin six-day strike after rejecting government’s pay, workforce deal
- 08-Apr-2026
Resident doctors in England started a six-day walkout on Tuesday after rejecting an offer the government said would not get better, with the British Medical Association saying it failed to reverse years of pay erosion and staffing pressures. The strike action during the Easter holiday period is due to run until the morning of April […]
FBR to ‘initiate audit’ of high-earning doctors, beauty parlours
- 26-Nov-2025
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has ‘decided’ to broaden the tax net by auditing high-earning professionals in major cities, including doctors and operators of beauty parlors, ARY News reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Sources report that doctors charging high fees and businesses selling expensive cosmetics will now be under FBR’s scrutiny. Information regarding the […]
Hyderabad Civil Hospital doctors ‘refuse’ treatment to patient over foul odor
- 23-Nov-2025
HYDERABAD: Doctors at Civil Hospital allegedly refused to treat a patient, claiming he had a bad odour, ARY News reported on Sunday. As per details, the patient was brought to the hospital by ambulance after being found within the limits of Hatri Police Station. The ambulance driver reported that the patient was continuously bleeding from […]
Civil Hospital faces chaos as doctors, other staff tortured by miscreants
- 02-Oct-2025
KARACHI: Civil Hospital, Sindh’s second-largest hospital, saw violence by some miscreants as senior doctors, staff, and patients claimed they were harassed and beaten by some outsiders, ARY News reported. According to the details, the matter was raised by the Additional Medical Superintendent (AMS) of OPD in a letter penned to the Civil Hospital Karachi […]
Conjoined twins separated in Karachi after 12 hours long surgery
- 03-Dec-2024
KARACHI: In a remarkable advancement in the field of medicine, a team of physicians at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi successfully performed surgery on two-month-old conjoined twins, Naila and Shumaila, who are from Naushahro Feroze district. The intricate procedure spanned 10 to 12 hours and required the collaboration of a team […]
DRAP advises antibiotics be given on doctor’s prescription only
- 04-Aug-2024
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in a letter to provinces urged to make sure that antibiotic medicines are sold only on prescription by registered medical practitioner, ARY News reported, citing sources. The directive has been issued to the health departments of all four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Islamabad Capital Territory […]
Explainer: How freezing embryos plays a crucial role in IVF
- 20-Apr-2024
The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in Alabama this year, when the state supreme court ruled that such embryos should be considered children, exposing clinics to wrongful death claims in the event they are destroyed in the thawing process. In 2021, more than 80% of […]
Pakistan bans companies’ sponsored foreign tours of doctors
- 04-Mar-2024
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has slapped a ban on the companies’ sponsored foreign tours of doctors and hospital staff, ARY News reported on Monday. National Institute of Health (NIH) through a letter dispatched to the hospitals being run by the federal government has banned foreign trips of doctors and hospital staff, sponsored by the pharmaceutical companies. “Iam […]
The Healers
- 28-Apr-2023
A messiah on earth, a living angel, bounded by the Hippocratic Oath for the service of humanity, is the common image of the ‘doctor’ who by virtue has been branded a symbol of dedication in our society as in any society. No wonder that sometimes the people implore them to just place their palms on […]
UK junior doctors vote for strike action in England
- 21-Jan-2023
Junior doctors in England have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay, HCSA, a hospital doctors’ union, said on Friday. “This result underlines the huge anger among Junior Doctors at the staffing turmoil and years of pay decline they have been subjected to,” HCSA President Dr Naru Narayanan said in a statemnt. The […]