Water tanks of hospitals not being cleaned regularly

KARACHI:The underground water reservoirs and overhead tanks of government-run hospitals are not being cleaned on regular basis and visiting and admitted patients are compelled to drink contaminated water, it learned on Thursday.   An official of Sindh’s largest tertiary care hospital, Civil

Unqualified staff occupying pharmacist posts at CHK

Karachi:Unqualified professionals are occupying posts at Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) pharmacy when qualified pharmacists are struggling to find relevant jobs. The CHK administration has miserably failed to implement Sindh Health Department policy to post pharmacists in Central Pharmacy. The

(Health): CHK’s two major departments in jeopardy

Karachi:Despite keeping health sector on top priority, two major departments of Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) are in jeopardy as important diagnostic instruments of these wards are lying out of order since one and half years, sources at CHK told

(Crime): Woman strangled to death

Karachi:A woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband in Mauripur area of the city in the early hours of Tuesday. According to police sources, a 23-year-old woman, Saba, wife of Sikandar, was strangled to death by allegedly her husband at

(National): Burns victims suffer as elevator not working

Karachi:The elevator at Burns Centre Karachi has not been functioning, causing grave hardships to patients with burns injuries and rescue workers to shift patients from ground floor to upper floors. The elevator is not operational since two weeks as Burns Centre administration

(Health): Second incinerator being installed at CHK

Karachi: Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) management has finalized arrangements to install second advanced incinerator in the hospital for disposal of medical waste. Second advanced incinerator is being installed in government-run Civil Hospital Karachi for disposal of medical waste, including disposable syringes, drips,

(Health): CHK registers 200 COVID-19 deaths in six months

Karachi: Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) has registered 5,032 coronavirus positive cases from 1st March to 31st August out of which 1,432 patients got admission in COVID-19 Wards while 200 died during this period. The hospital management has recorded a