Johnson & Johnson Reaches out of court settlement on Opioid
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by Arsalan Shaikh
2y ago
New York:Johnson & Johnson and its U.S.-based Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies today announced a settlement agreement with the State of New York and its participating subdivisions, including Nassau County and Suffolk County, resolving their opioid-related claims against the Company. With this agreement, the Company is removed from the trial scheduled to begin in Suffolk County on June 28, 2021. The settlement will provide New York and its participating subdivisions with up to $263 million in funding to address opioid related issues, as well as reimbursement for attorney fees and costs. Not ..read more
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Physical therapists perturbed over being bracketed with paramedics
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
PESHAWAR: A law recently passed by National Assembly to constitute ‘allied health council’ has perturbed members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Physical Therapists Association and they have demanded of the government to form a separate council for them as they have completed five-year degree like medical doctors. “The National Assembly passed a bill according to which Pakistan Allied Health Professionals and Paramedics Council would be formed to overlook the matters relating to physiotherapists and paramedics. It is not acceptable to us as we are different from paramedics in terms of education and medi ..read more
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PAMI Announces Revolt Against PMC
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
ISLAMABAD: The General Council of the Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI), an association of private medical colleges, has recently announced a boycott of the PMC, demanding suspension of Admission Regulation 2021. Prof. Dr Chaudhry Abdul Rehman, president, PAMI has said that PMC has been handed over to inexperienced people, wrong policies are destroying medical education. According to details, an emergency meeting of the General Council was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr Chaudhry Abdul Rehman, President, Pakistan Association of Pri ..read more
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Sindh Health Minister chairs meeting on polio drive and COVID situation
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Health Sindh, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, recently chaired an important meeting on the anti-polio campaign and the corona vaccine situation in the province. The meeting was attended by Health Secretary Sindh Kazim Jatoi, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Qasim Soomro, EOC Coordinator Fayyaz Abbasi, and Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners from across the province via video link. The Sindh Health Minister said targeted polio coverage in all districts should be made possible in all cases while ensuring polio vaccination in case of absence of children. She directed ..read more
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PAMI Sindh rejects PMC Constitution
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
Karachi: The Sindh Chapter of the Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI) recently rejected the constitution of the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC). In an executive committee meeting of PAMI held here, all the regulations pertaining to admission and inspection and others were dismissed by the official body of PAMI. PAMI also boycotted the newly introduced legislation of MDCAT (Medical and Dental College Admission Test) and NLE (National Licensing Examination). The meeting also decided to side with the rest of the medical and dental associations protesting again ..read more
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Chitral records highest Covid vaccination rate in KP
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
PESHAWAR: As the health department scales up efforts to vaccinate more and more people against coronavirus, the far-flung Upper and Lower Chitral districts have reported the highest inoculation rate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to a government report, the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine has been administered to Upper Chitral’s 30 per cent targeted population of above 18 years of age, the highest rate by any district of the province. Lower Chitral is second on the list with 15 per cent of the residents receiving the first dose of the vaccine. The report said the province’s 46.88 per cent res ..read more
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PMA to stage protests in districts against National Licencing Examination
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Medical Association has announced to stage protest demonstrations in all districts of the province against the National Licencing Examination (NLE) declared a must for medical students by the Pakistan Medical Council (PMC). The decision was taken at a meeting of the PMA held with its president Dr Tanveer Anwar in the chair at the Allied Hospital here on Sunday. Doctors from different districts attended the meeting and shared their views on the issue. All the graduates who are currently doing house job or ready for it must have to clear the NLE exam for their permanent ..read more
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18 nurses get jobs thru’ fake PPSC letters
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
LAHORE: The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department have unearthed a scam of posting of nurses on the fake Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) recommendation letters allegedly prepared and entertained by a network of officials within the department and hospitals. The department has initially identified that 18 charge nurses (BPS-16) serving at the Kot Khwaja Saeed Hospital and the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) for the last four years were never recommended by the PPSC nor were their appointment orders uploaded on the department’s web portal. The nurses, whose ..read more
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K-P to increase number of vaccination centres to 1,000
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has decided to increase the number of vaccination centers across the province from 270 to 1,000. With the increase in the vaccination centres, the target for the daily vaccination will also be increased from 30,000 to 100,000 daily. Addressing a new conference, Health Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Special Assistant to CM on Information and Higher Education Kamran Bangash said that the news stories about the lack of vaccination centres were just rumours and the federal government was constantly supplying all the provinces with vaccines. “Currently, a ..read more
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Lady health worker gunned down in Faisalabad
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by Arsalan Shaikh
3y ago
FAISALABAD: A lady health worker was recently shot dead by her relatives over a domestic dispute in the area of Raza Abad police station. Police said that Kausar Bibi, wife of Zafar Abbas, resident of Street No 7, Jhang Road, was going to perform her duty when her relatives Abid and Naubahar opened fired at her over some domestic dispute. As a result, she received critical injuries and was rushed to hospital, where she breathed her last while the accused managed to escape from the scene. The police have taken the body into custody and started an investigation into the case. The post Lady healt ..read more
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