LAHORE:The Punjab province has geared up awareness activities on vaccination and immunisation in all districts as part of the World Immunisation Week 2022 that is being observed the world over from.
Dr Yasmin Rashid announces reforms in blood transfusion services
July 24, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid announced here Friday complete reinvigoration of the Blood Transfusion Authority and Institute of Blood Transfusion Services. The minister announced that the administrative control of the blood banks shall be handed over to designated authorities in the respective teaching hospitals.
The minister chaired an important meeting at the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department. Present in the meeting were Secretary Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department Amir Jan, Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Sarah Aslam, Additional Secretary Development SH&ME Dr Asif Tufail, Additional Secretary Technical Dr Salman Shahid, Secretary Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority Dr Shahnaz Akhtar, Professor Javed Chaudhry and officials of the Institute of Blood Transfusion Services. Secretary BTA Dr Shahnaz Akhtar presented progres
Lahore
May 25, 2021
LAHORE:A meeting chaired by Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid here on Monday decided to administer corona vaccine to all students of medical universities and colleges in the province.
Addressing the meeting, Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said that the process of vaccination is in full swing in the province and more than 124,000 people were vaccinated last day. He directed that complete data be collected to expand the scope of vaccination in the province. He said that the proposal of preferential vaccination of people from 30 important sectors including banks, industries and educational institutions is under consideration.
The Punjab chief secretary directed the officers to ensure implementation of SOPs after easing of some restrictions. He said that complacency could lead to a surge in cases. He also sought a report from the Punjab Healthcare Commission regarding underreporting of corona cases by private labs in some cities.
Corona claims 32 more lives in Punjab, ICT
National
December 12, 2020
LAHORE: Around 19 corona patients died and 647 new infections were confirmed in Punjab during the last 24 hours, according to report issued by Primary and Secondary Healthcare (P&SH) Department on Friday. Meanwhile, the death toll reached 3,284 in Punjab, while confirmed cases became 125,897 in the province. As per the spokesperson for Corona Monitoring Room at P&SH Department, 16,645 tests had been conducted in the last 24 hours, which raised the total number of tests to 2,147,392 in the province. After 3,284 fatalities and recovery of a total of 114,647 patients, 7,966 active cases still remain, who are either isolated at homes or under treatment at different quarantine centres and health facilities.