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Chinese dentists have been a part of Karachi’s landscape much before the inception of Pakistan itself. Immigrants from China settled in Karachi, set up dental clinics and made a name for themselves, particularly among the low-income, residents of the city. These Chinese immigrants came to Karachi sometime in the 1940s after having traveled the length [...]

The hospitality and friendship exhibited by the villagers of Dhaliwal was unbelievable. We were treated like royalty. So many children gathered around us that I became a street magician and amused them by showing them tricks with coins and balls that I always carry in my pocket. We were greatly touched by the regard and [...]

Karachi got its second major hospital for cardiovascular diseases with the formal inauguration of Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD) here Friday. The first phase of the project having 20-bed cardiac emergency, 20-bed Coronary Care Unit and 80-bed Indoor facility, has been completed at a cost of Rs185 million. It has 20-bed each male wards [...]

A state-of-the-art clinical laboratory to diagnose and treat drug users has been opened here with assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). “This is the first laboratory of its kind in Pakistan to provide diagnostic services to drug users, including tests for hepatitis B and C and sexually transmitted diseases and treatment for these,” [...]

Soon after Dr. Jamil Ahmed stood before TV cameras two weeks ago and told how his brain-injured patient had snapped out of a stupor lasting almost 10 years, the telephone calls and e-mails started pouring in. Everybody wants a word with Ahmed, 43, who’s just three years removed from his residency training in Boston after [...]

Shazia’s finger, which has been mysteriously churning out needles and operated upon five times for 8 needles to be taken out so far, didn’t show any sign of the new one cropping up, when X-rayed after two days of the last operation, while her mystified family members attribute this to the outcome of successful counter-measures [...]

A 19-year-old boy from Lahore — Omar Zafar — couldn’t bear to see his father suffer due to poor eyesight. He decided to contact eye hospitals in India. In a letter to Venu Eye Institute at Sheikh Sarai, he wrote that his family could not afford to pay the treatment bill and requested them to [...]

The medical facility would cater and provide best medical services and would be one of its kind of affordable Hub to serve millions people. The Hospital complex will consist of 12-to15-storey medical tower including 2-3 basements, two-house medical facilities in required disciplines. The Medical complex will serve as medical training institute as well as the [...]

The Philadelphia Business Journal has named Dr. Raza Bokhari, President & CEO Lakewood Pathology Associates & Parkway Clinical Laboratories, as one of the recipients of the 15th Annual “40 Under 40″ award. This award recognizes the Philadelphia region’s most accomplished young professionals who are proven performers in both their industry and their community. Dr. Bokhari [...]

The Karachi-based Edhi Foundation ambulance service, already the largest private ambulance service in the world, looks set to expand further in Pakistan with the purchase of another 150 vehicles this year. “There are very few government ambulances in Pakistan, “Anwer Kazmi, secretary to the foundation’s head, Abdul Sattar Edhi, told IRIN in the port city [...]