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Health has still not been assigned the fundamental human right status in Pakistan
Mohammad Jahangir finally breathed his last on a January mid-night this year after over a dozen dialysis sessions in one year at public sector hospitals in the Twin Cities.
Revisiting the painful memories of his father, his only son, Mohammad Ibrahim, says “his feet, legs and nails had turned black a few days before his death as blood circulation in his body was affected”.
Coming from a low-income background, Ibrahim knocked at the doors of every public and private sector hospital to save his father’s life.
The air quality of the federal capital was recorded healthy after repeated days of polluted air due to an increased ratio of pollutants since February amid persistent dry weather.
FMTI hosts white coat ceremony
Islamabad
March 3, 2021
Islamabad: The Federal Medical Teaching Institutes (FMTI) convened the whitecoat ceremony of the new batch of the Federal Medical College (FMC) and School of Dentistry (SOD) for the session 2020-21 here Tuesday.
The PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan presided over the ceremony, which was also attended by Members of the Board of Governors of FMTI, Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) Prof. Dr. Tanwir Khaliq, Ex-Executive Director of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr Ansar Maqsood, senior faculty members, and officers of respective colleges.
Diplomat detained by police, vehicle impounded
ISLAMABAD:
A motorcyclist was killed in Islamabad on Tuesday in a traffic mishap involving a vehicle belonging to a Saudi diplomat.
The incident happened in the Shalimar police station s jurisdiction and according to the station house officer (SHO), the diplomat was taken into custody after the incident and the vehicle was impounded.
The deceased s body was shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS). He was a furniture crafter by profession.
Earlier, a US was involved in a car crash in the federal capital. Col Joseph had jumped a red light at Islamabad’s Daman-e-Koh Chowk and hit a motorcycle. As a result, two riders of the bike suffered injuries and one of them, 22-year-old Ateeq Baig, later died.