Health

  QUETTA: Balochistan Institute of Research and Development (BIRD) with the collaboration of Malaria control program government of Balochistan marked the World Malaria day at Sardar Bahadur Khan University. The chief guest of the event was honorable Health Minister Mr.Rehmat Saleh Baloch,along with Dr. Baseer Khan Achakzai National Programme Manager & Director (NHSRC), Vice Chancellor Sardar Bahadur Khan University Dr. ...

By: Mehraj Altaf Chikungunya is a viral disease which transmits from one human to another through the biting of the mosquitoes. Chikungunya is a well-known and a famous disease worldwide. It is spreading in more than 60 countries from various continents such as Asia, Africa and Americans. The signs of Chikungunya are headache, nausea, Fatigue and rash. After 3 or 4 ...

By: Staff Reporter KALAT: At least 8 people have been bitten by stray dogs in Kalat city in last 3 days; however, no rabies vaccine is available at District Head Quarter-Hospital. The injured include children and women belonging to different areas of Kalat. Sources told The Balochistan Point on Sunday. According to the sources over 8 people were bitten by ...

By: Ubaid Zehri KHUZDAR: According to administrative division, Khuzdar is headquarter of Kalat division. Its civil hospital is known as the divisional headquarter of Kalat zone,however, the  civil hospital is in execrable state. In case of emergency people have to purchase medicines and required things   from the medical stores of market even some poor cannot afford to buy any medicine ...

By: Saeed Yousuf  QUETTA: Secretary Health, Asmat Ullah Kakar has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the ongoing blood safety system reforms in Balochistan, because in Balochistan the blood related diseases ratio is very high, as caused by many demographic, water and genitival problems along with others. It is   to be ensured that within the available resources safe ...

QUETTA: Secretary Health Asmatullah Kakar and additional secretary health Abdul Rauf Baloch visited hunger strike camp of Baloch Students action Committee on Wednesday and constituted a committee to address their issues. Students at hunger strike camp expressed their grievances with Government officials from health department. They also demanded beginning of classes in new medical colleges. The constituted committee will be ...

 By: Staff Reporter  QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has categorically stated that no hurdles would be tolerated in achieving the set goals of cleaning Balochistan from polio virus. “We can’t afford to put the future of our children at stake at any cost and accountability of concerned officials would be made who shows indolence and laziness,” he ...

Quetta: Three-day anti-polio drive will begin in twenty nine districts of Balochistan from Monday. Addressing a news conference Provincial Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre Balochistan Syed Faisal Ahmed said in Quetta more than 2.4 million children up to five years of age would be administered anti-polio vaccinations during the campaign. More than nine thousand mobile teams have been constituted. He also ...

Quetta: Five-day anti-polio drive started in three districts of Balochistan, Pashin, Qilla Abdullah including the Provincial metropolis, Quetta on Saturday. The Coordinator Emergency Operation Centre, Syed Faisal Ahmed said that during the drive, over seven hundred thousand children up to five year of age would be administered anti-polio vaccination and for this reason 3054 mobile teams have been constituted. He further ...

By: Yousaf Ajab Baloch The growing numbers of cancer patients’ along with the responsibilities of government authorities in Balochistan are also increasing the tasks of volunteers and journalists in Balochistan. Most of the patients of different ages belong to poor families who are unable to bear the cost of life saving treatment. The recent past has witnessed that volunteers and ...