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November 18, 2021November 19, 2021

Demand for National Action Plan for Diabetes Prevention

Islamabad, November 18, 2021 (PPI-OT):Health experts have called for a national action plan to prevent and treat all non-communicable diseases including diabetes and said that Provincial governments and all other stakeholders need to be bound by the plan. The prices of diabetes medicines should be reduced by 25% and a free supply of these medicines should be ensured in all the district headquarters hospitals.

These views were expressed by the leading health experts including Dr. Khubaib Shahid central president PIMA, Prof. Hafiz Ijaz Ahmad (Lahore), Dr. Shabbir Ahmad, Dr. Iftikhar Burney (Islamabad), Prof. Abdullah Muttaqi (Karachi), Prof. Fasih Ahmad Hashmi (Hyderabad), Prof. Gulshan Hussain Farooqi (Swat), Prof. Muhammad Tayab (Peshawar), Dr. Sarwar Badini (Quetta), Dr. Abdul Rehman (Bhimber) and others while addressing awareness and screening programs across the country on world diabetes day on Sunday. These programs were arranged by Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) for the general public at over 100 places. People from different walks of life participated in these programs in large numbers.

Experts urged the people to have effective control of diabetes through a balanced diet, regular exercise and medication. They added that diabetes is not only fatal in terms of consequences but also causes many other diseases like heart, kidney and eye diseases. They demanded from the government that children should be made aware of the importance of healthy living, healthy diet, dental hygiene and all kinds of dangers of smoking/drug use in the primary education curriculum so that our future generations could be prevented from these diseases and disabilities by getting information and education.

The government should increase the tax on artificial sweeteners and spend its revenue on increasing the treatment facilities for these diseases. Paramedical staff in Pakistan should be properly trained to bandage the wounds of diabetics so that thousands of people can be saved from disability as a result of the amputation of their feet. He further said that effective check and balance measures are required by the concerned institutions on the cost of Diabetes diagnosis tests and especially on their quality. They concluded that PIMA is striving for the education and prevention of the disease through their 20 free diabetes clinic in different cities and support all government efforts in this regard.

For more information, contact:
Media Coordinator,
Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA)
Central Secretariat, 12-Shalimar Centre, 2nd Floor,
F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-2261943
Fax: +92-51-2857132
Cell: +92-332-5564935
Email: pima@dsl.net.pk, media.pima@gmail.com
Website: www.pima.org.pk

November 18, 2021November 19, 2021

Dengue Spray in different parts of the country

Lahore, November 18, 2021 (PPI-OT):Alkhidmat Foundation volunteers sprayed at various places in Lahore to prevent dengue. Dengue was sprayed exclusively in mosques, schools, churches, police stations, residential areas and religious schools across the country including the capital city, Islamabad.

For more information, contact:
Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan
711, Block J-2 Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42 35957260
Fax: +92-42 35957261
Email: info@al-khidmatfoundation.org
Website: http://al-khidmatfoundation.org/

November 16, 2021

Indus marks World Quality Week 2021 with an aim to be sustainable

Karachi, November 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Quality and Monitoring Directorate of Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) celebrated World Quality Week from November 8 to 12, 2021 at its hospitals across the Network. World Quality Week provides an opportunity to celebrate the achievements and recognize those that uphold trust to sustain and improve performance every day of the year as well as bring greater awareness to the importance of healthcare quality. This year’s theme was “Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet.”

During the week, the Quality and Monitoring Directorate, in collaboration with Infection Control Department and Nursing Services, held awareness sessions for IHHN’s staff across the network. The week started with a session on International Patient Safety Goals for residents of Sheikh Saeed Memorial Campus.

During the week, several online sessions were conducted, including Introduction to Healthcare Quality, Healing Power of Therapeutic Communication by the Nursing Department, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Healthcare Setting by Infection Control Department, and overview of healthcare quality standards by Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Department.

The week concluded with International Patient Safety Goals sessions conducted by QIPS representatives of all the outreach campuses and PIB campus. 500 participants attended the sessions. Sessions were also conducted at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital (THQ), Kahna Nau, THQ Manawan, THQ Sabzazar, District Headquarter Hospital, Badin, Multan Institute of Kidney Diseases, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital, Muzaffargarh.

For more information, contact
The Indus Hospital (TIH)
C-76, Sector 31/5, Opposite Darussalam Society,
Korangi Crossing, Karachi – 75190, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-35112709-17
Fax: +92-21-35112718
Email: crd@indushospital.org.pk
Website: http://www.indushospital.org.pk/

November 16, 2021

Annual Health Screening Camp

Lahore, November 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):Annual Health Screening Camp was organized at Aghosh Alkhidmat Gujranwala in which specialist doctors performed general health screening of all the children.

November 16, 2021

Free Medical Camps

Lahore, November 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):Alkhidmat Health Foundation conducted free medical camps in different parts of the country on the occasion of World Diabetes Day. Hundreds of thousands of patients visited the camps where their screening was carried out and free medicines were given away.

November 10, 2021

Iqbal Day Observed

Lahore, November 10, 2021 (PPI-OT):Alkhidmat Foundation Orphan Family Support Program observed Iqbal Day in different parts of the country to pay tribute to the Thinker of Pakistan and the Poet of the East, Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

Informative lectures were delivered to the children regarding highlighting different dimensions of Allama Iqbal’s inspirational life, his teachings and his revolutionary poetry. The children too wrote articles and gave speeches on the life of Allama Iqbal.