Plasma therapy for Covid-19: The hopes and the hype
It is important to review the framework in which plasma therapy is permissible.
Sualeha Shekhani
Voices of the unheard: Living through the Karachi lockdown as a daily wager
Prism takes you inside the lives of those worst hit by lockdowns due to the pandemic in Pakistan's most vibrant city.
Does plasma therapy treat Covid? Is it safe? Here's all you need to know about the approach
There are real dangers in the way plasma therapy has been publicised in the media, particularly in Pakistan.
With Covid-19, healthcare workers are having to choose who gets a chance to live, and who will be left to die
This article examines the emotional impact that the Covid-19 crisis will have on an ill-equipped health workforce.
Media coverage of Larkana’s HIV outbreak is a lesson in how not to report on health
Parents and patients have the right to not be hounded by cameras and asked, “How do you feel about it?”
Are doctors ready for the medical needs of the transgender community?
In pursuit of healthcare, transgender individuals face physicians' ignorance.
How to respond to Pakistan's alarming suicide rates
Calls for awareness ought to be accompanied by a push for an increase in professional mental healthcare services.
HIV is not a death sentence. So why do we treat it like one?
We need to start dispelling myths surrounding HIV in the healthcare workforce, but in larger society too.
Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed would not have died had Pakistan had a deceased organ donation programme
It is mind-boggling that the ultimate gesture of kindness requires so much convincing for acceptance in society.
Pakistan’s newest health challenge: The typhoid superbug
While chemists merrily dispense antibiotics, food stalls dispense salmonella, the bacteria that causes typhoid.
Why are Pakistani doctors assisting in the 'missing women' phenomena ?
Gender-selection and sex-specific abortions violate Pakistan's medical code of ethics.
Pakistan's flawed forensic investigation in rape cases is the weak link in the justice system
Forensic medicine is an orphan specialisation in this country with the brightest minds choosing more lucrative fields.
Pakistani medical codes weren't violated in sending friend request to Sharmeen's sister – and that's a problem
The fact of the matter is that most health professionals draw their own boundaries and follow their own norms.