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Dialysis center, gym inaugurates at DHQ Hospital Kotli

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KOTLI (Kashmir English): Azad Kashmir Public Health Minister, Dr. Nisar Ansar Abdali, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art dialysis center and gymnasium at District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Kotli. The dialysis center, built with donations, will provide kidney patients with advanced facilities for treatment. The center is equipped with the latest facilities for cleaning affected kidneys, significantly improving […]

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Large consignment of substandard juice boxes seized in Muzaffarabad

Large consignment of substandard juice boxes seized in Muzaffarabad

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PATIKKA (Kashmir English): In a recent development, the Food Authority Patikka launched a major crackdown on unhealthy and substandard juice boxes sold in Patikka, Muzaffarabad. During the operation, the Food Authority team, Farrukh Rafique Mughal and Sheikh Akram, seized a large consignment of substandard and unlicensed juice boxes. The driver did not have the required

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polio

Pakistan expands polio vaccination to children up to 15 years

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Ministry of Health has chalked out a new polio eradication strategy, expanding vaccination to children up to the age of 15, local media reported. The initiative, going to start in November, will initially be rolled out in Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. New strategy for polio eradication Local media quoted Captain

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Punjab faces severe shortage of hepatitis vaccine for newborns

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  LAHORE (Kashmir English): Punjab government has blacklisted the supplier after the private company it failed to supply sufficient hepatitis vaccine doses for newborns. The province is facing a severe shortage of vaccine after the company failed to deliver the required doses. Vaccine shortage hits newborns According to official documents, the Punjab Health Department had

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever cases rise to 1044 in Azad Kashmir

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The number of dengue fever cases in Azad Kashmir has reached 1044, with Muzaffarabad being the worst-affected district, reporting 685 cases. According to the Directorate of Health Services Azad Kashmir, districts with significant cases include Mirpur (193), Bagh (81), Poonch (30), Kotli (15), Jhelum Valley (16), Neelum (19), Haveli (7), Sidhnoti (3),

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eye infection

KP’s flood-affected districts hit by outbreak of eye infection

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  PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): The outbreak of conjunctivitis, an eye infection, has hit various flood-hit districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as the federating unit has reported 22,863 cases in the month of August alone. In view of the alarming situation, the provincial Health Department has issued an advisory, urging affected individuals to self-isolate. As the province

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Large stock of anti-Covid vaccine set to expire in Pakistan

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  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Federal Directorate of Immunization (FDI) has warned that thousands of anti-COVID-19 vaccine doses currently held in government stock, are going to expire next month. In a warning on the imminent expiry of the vaccine stock, it said more than 5,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, valued at over Rs25

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