HEALTH: WHY ARE DOCTORS LOSING THEIR RESPECT? With a rise in the number of reported incidences of medical practitioners being abused and physically attacked by patients... Published 20 Sep, 2020 07:00am
HEALTH: PRIORITISING CANCER PREVENTION To win the battle against cancer, we need to understand what causes the disease and streamline our healthcare system... Published 01 Mar, 2020 07:06am
HEALTH: CANCER CARE AND POLICIES To win the battle against cancer, it is imperative that we understand the enemy and develop policies accordingly Published 05 Jan, 2020 07:40am
HEALTH: NEW PMDC — OLD CHALLENGES The newly created council of the PMDC has a delicate task ahead to standardise medical education in the country Published 21 Jul, 2019 05:53am
HEALTH: THE TRAINED NURSING WORKFORCE CHALLENGE Tragic incidents of errors leading to loss of life continue in hospitals because of the lack of trained nurses Published 02 Jun, 2019 07:16am
HEALTH: NURSING PIPE DREAMS The president’s initiative to create a nursing university seems divorced from the reality on the ground and what needs Published 14 Apr, 2019 07:08am
HEALTH: THE LURE OF QUACKS Quackery is deep-rooted in our society and cannot be eliminated unless the public is educated and a proper healthcare Updated 05 Nov, 2018 12:28pm
HEALTHCARE: A STATE OF EMERGENCY An expert highlights an agenda for the new government to tackle the abysmal health sector at the grassroots level Published 02 Sep, 2018 06:58am
COMMENT: WHITE COAT CORRUPTION With provincial governments abdicating their responsibility to deliver healthcare, the system has been rigged to the Published 06 May, 2018 07:05am
HEALTH: THE CURE FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION Pakistan needs its ‘Flexner Moment’ to completely revamp the structure for training doctors Published 11 Feb, 2018 06:39am
A paralysis of vision State-of-the-art hospitals and thousands of doctors are not enough to run a healthcare system. Published 12 Feb, 2017 07:22am
Why were hospitals better in Pakistan during the colonial times? Pakistanis owe their tertiary healthcare system to the British because after Partition governments have made no effort. Published 07 Aug, 2016 06:43am
Health: Frozen in time A year before Partition, the British proposed radical changes to the healthcare system to deliver universal healthcare; Published 12 Jun, 2016 07:06am
Medical community: The noble profession The community pays taxes to help run government medical colleges, but when it comes to payback time, the doctors go Published 17 Jan, 2016 06:42am
Medical education: Dangerous doctors Plans to set up a new medical university, raises the question of improving poor standards in the existing ones Published 06 Dec, 2015 06:33am
