IHRA, PNAC must join hands for implementation of minimum healthcare standards: Shibli Faraz dnd.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dnd.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
July 26, 2021
Islamabad: Sympathizing with the family of Noor Mukaddam, whose gruesome murder on Eid day will continue haunt every Pakistani for years, the Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) has invited the government’s attention to the mushroom growth of unregulated mental health centres of the kind where Noor’s alleged murderer Zahir Jaffer had reportedly received his ‘training’ and had even worked as a ‘counselor,’ treating individuals and conducting sessions in educational institutions.
“The critical shortage of qualified mental health providers in Pakistan, including psychiatrists, has not only deprived our population of quality, evidence-based mental health services but has also allowed the mushroom growth of unsupervised centers all over the country. These centers are preying on the unsuspecting public of Pakistan, charging huge sums of money for substandard, sometimes dangerous, services without any oversight or any recourse available to patients and families
Crackdown on unregulated mental health centres demanded
July 24, 2021
Islamabad : Sympathizing with the family of Noor Mukaddam, whose gruesome murder on Eid day will continue haunt every Pakistani for years, the Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) has invited the government’s attention to the mushroom growth of unregulated mental health centres of the kind where Noor’s alleged murderer Zahir Jaffer had reportedly received his ‘training’ and had even worked as a ‘counselor,’ treating individuals and conducting sessions in educational institutions.
“The critical shortage of qualified mental health providers in Pakistan, including psychiatrists, has not only deprived our population of quality, evidence-based mental health services but has also allowed the mushroom growth of unsupervised centers all over the country. These centers are preying on the unsuspecting public of Pakistan, charging huge sums of money for substandard, sometimes dangerous, services without any o
People stand in a queue as they wait to receive a dose of the Covid-19 Sinovac vaccine at a mass vaccination centre in Islamabad. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: All indicators related to Covid-19 are showing positive signs as the capital has reported the lowest weekly positivity ratio of the current year a tenfold reduction in cases in two months.
As many as 37 patients were found infected by the virus on Sunday. According to a graph revealed by district health authorities, the positivity rate was 10pc in the second half of April (19 to 25) with 3,425 cases being reported in the entire week. In the last week of May, the number of patients fell to 804, with the positivity ratio recorded at 2.4pc.
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