A view of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Photo by Muhammad Asim/File
ISLAMABAD: Though the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences’ (Pims) employees have warned of complete closure of hospital next week, both the government and employees leaders are optimistic about their meeting with Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Dr Faisal Sultan on Monday (tomorrow).
President Dr Arif Alvi had promulgated the ordinance in November 2020 placing the hospital under the control of Board of Governors (BoG).
According to the ordinance, BoG will deal with the affairs of Pims once it becomes MTI. The members have been appointed and notified by the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on the recommendation of a search and nomination council.
RAWALPINDI: Five women died of Covid-19 in Rawalpindi on Thursday while 16 more people tested positive and 49 patients were discharged from hospitals after their recovery from the disease.
Kamal Khatoon, 76, a resident of New Lalazar, was taken to Fauji Foundation Hospital on Feb 2 where she died on Thursday.
Irshad Begum, 57, a resident of Bahria Town, died at Bahria Hospital where she was admitted on Feb 3.
Husan Ara, 76, was admitted to Shifa International Hospital from Khyaban-i-Sir Syed on Feb 3 where she passed away.
Noor Fatima, 55, a resident of Tamasmabad, died at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) where she was hospitalised on Feb 3.
Islamabad car crash leaves four dead, FIR names son of Pakistan Federal Ombudsman India Blooms
Islamabad, Feb. 5 At least four people died after a car crashed in Islamabad city of Pakistan on Monday.
The mishap reportedly occurred after a four-wheel drive, allegedly driven by the son of federal ombudswoman Kashmala Tariq, crashed into another vehicle.
According to a first information report lodged at the Ramna police station on Tuesday, five men, who came from Mansehra to Islamabad to write an exam for the Anti-Narcotics Force, were travelling in a Mehran which was hit by a Lexus at the G-11 traffic signal, reports Dawn News.
Pakistan begins Covid-19 vaccine roll-out
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Madrid region suspends Covid vaccination due to shortage. Image Source: IANS News
Islamabad, Feb 3 : Nearly a year after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that claimed 11,746 lives and infected more than half a million in Pakistan, the government began vaccinating the frontline warriors on TuesÃÂday, with a 50-year-old doctor being the first health care worker (HCW) in the country to get the jab.
While a countrywide caÃÂmÃÂpaign is going to start formally on Wednesday in whÃÂiÃÂch over one million HCWs will be vaccinated agaÃÂinst the coronavirus in a period of two months, an anaesthetist and critical care specialist, Prof Rana Imran Sikander, was the first doctor to have been vaccinated against the disease at PM Office in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Dawn reported.