LAHORE (Kashmir English): Mayo Hospital Lahore reported a total of 21 monkeypox cases over the past six months, local media reported citing officials. According to hospital sources, none of the 21 patients diagnosed with monkeypox have had any history of recent foreign travel. At present, nine patients remain under treatment at the Mayo Hospital, […]
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KUWAIT CITY (Kashmir English): The Ministry of Health of Kuwait reduced the prices of 1,654 medications and pharmaceutical products during an 18-month-time from May 2024 to December 2025. In an official statement, the ministry said that the government’s move placed drug prices in Kuwait as the lowest among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan recorded significant progress in its fight against polio, with the number of cases coming down sharply in 2025, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). Official data shows that only 30 polio cases were reported in 2025, compared with 74 cases recorded last year. According to the NEOC, no
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has welcomed the establishment of a hospital in Azad Kashmir for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, saying that there is no greater task than serving suffering humanity, and 24-hour facilities should be ensured for the treatment of patients. According to details, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, while
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Health Minister of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi, paid a surprise visit to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Muzaffarabad late last night and inspected the emergency ward in detail. On this occasion, Commandant CMH Brigadier Shakir and Director General Health, Azad Kashmir, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed, were also
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KUWAIT CITY (Kashmir English): Kuwait has banned energy drinks in schools, restaurants, and government offices. According to details, Dr Ahmed Abdulwahab Al Awadhi, Kuwait’s Minister of Health, issued a ministerial decision regulating the sale and circulation of energy drinks, introducing age restrictions, consumption limits and wide-ranging controls on where the products can be sold,
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): With the winter at its peak, children’s health becomes a major concern for parents as they are particularly vulnerable and require more attention. The drop in temperature, cold winds, and changed weather conditions often lead to colds, coughs, fever, and respiratory issues in children. Young children, particularly whose immune system still
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RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): In a rare medical achievement, surgeons at a Rawalpindi hospital restored the eyesight of a 101-year-old man following a highly complex cataract procedure that many local specialists had declined to undertake in view of his age and underlying retinal disease. Centenarian Raza Khan from Islamabad, underwent surgery at Rawalpindi’s Al-Shifa Trust
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): As winter starts across Pakistan, jaggery makes a familiar return to kitchens. Jaggery is less processed than refined white sugar that makes it more acceptable for Pakistani consumers. It is used in tea to traditional sweets. Experts are of the view that jaggery may offer certain advantages over white sugar, but
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MIRPUR (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir government has accorded formal approval for the establishment of a state-of-the-art fully-equipped Kashmir Institute of Urology and Renal Transplantation at state-run Mirpur Divisional Teaching Hospital, soon, said official sources. In this regard, an official notification was issued by the AJK government which said, “The President, Azad Jammu &
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