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LAHORE:The lack of early detection causes severe complication in patients as more than three-quarters, or 79 percent to be precise, living with diabetes in Pakistan only found out they had the...
Say $200m investment offered by industry is at ‘cost of killing people’
Around two hundred thousand people in Pakistan lose their feet annually due to diabetic foot ulcers. Also five million people in the country do not...
Top Story May 23, 2021 KARACHI: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS,R&C) has recommended the Finance Ministry to raise the taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) including carbonated drinks in the coming budget to make them inaccessible to masses due to their health hazards, The News has learnt. “Yes. The Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan has sent a recommendation to the Finance Minister to raise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages on the request from health experts, especially eminent diabetologists of Pakistanâ...
KARACHI: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has recommended the Finance Ministry to raise the taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages including carbonated drinks in...