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Afghan cancer patients say they are struggling to enter Pakistan for treatment after the placement of tighter restrictions on cross-border travel. From Peshawar, Pakistan, VOA’s Muska Safi has the story, narrated by Bezhan Hamdard. Camera: Muska Safi. Source link

Srinagar, Feb 29: Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, the valley's premier tertiary care health institute, has treated an impressive number of patients over the past year, with over 12 lakh people seeking medical assistance at its Out Patient Department (OPD).According to data SKIMS Soura witnessed a significant ...

Hundreds of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients, dependent on long-term oxygen therapy during winters, are gasping for oxygen in Kashmir due to prolonged and unprecedented electricity cuts, owing to poor planning to procure electricity ahead of winters this year.Ghulam Muhammad Mir, 85, a resident of Srinagar’s Alamgari Bazar, ...

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.In Bangladesh, roughly 300,000 people have been infected with dengue this year during the country's worst-ever ...

Yasir Ali is a 35-year-old daily wage laborer from Pakistan who makes less than $4 a day. His brother suffers from epilepsy, and requires daily medication. Talking to DW, Yasir said that the official price for a pack of epilepsy tablets is 300 Pakistani rupees (just over $1) but ...

Javed Akram, Minister for Specialised Health in Punjab said police were questioning two men they believe to be the drug’s distributors.“A high level committee has been constituted to probe the issue. A case has been registered against the distributor and his aide,” Mr Akram said.Avastin is approved in more ...

Pakistani authorities have opened an investigation into the spread of contaminated and counterfeit medicines, after a locally manufactured injection apparently caused blindness in 13 patients. At least 13 diabetics were blinded after taking a locally manufactured injection to treat retinal damage in the central Punjab province. Punjab Health Minister ...

According to the National Mental Health Survey of India, there is a huge gap between the number of people who have some common mental illness and the number who actually received treatment for the same.  | Photo Credit: file photo A study by researchers from NIMHANS and the University ...

Kupwar: District Magistrate Kupwara has sought an FIR against a private clinic here over alleged medical negligence by the doctors leading to death of two patients. The District Magistrate Kupwara Dr. Doifode Saggar Dattatray in a communique to SSP concerned Yougal Manhas asked the latter to lodge an FIR ...

Jammu: Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar, today launched 6th edition of 108 free ambulance services magazine at Civil Secretariat here. Project Head, 108 Emergency Medical Services J&K, Mushtaq Ahmed and senior officers of H&ME department were present on the occasion. Secretary lauded the Emergency Ambulance Service 108 ...