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February 22, 2024

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman, addressing the media at the inauguration of the two-day Pak Pharma and Healthcare Expo at Expo Centre, Lahore, emphasized the importance of a balanced regulatory framework for the pharmaceutical industry, according to a statement on Wednesday. He stressed that while the caretaker government’s initiative to deregulate drug prices is laudable, the regulations should not be overly strict, risking the exit of pharmaceutical companies from the industry. According to the release, the 16th Pak Pharma & Healthcare Exhibition & Conference (PPE) began with over 400 stalls and the participation of 100 foreign and local exhibitors.

December 12, 2023

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WHO protests after patient dies in rescue delay by Israeli troops

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday protested Israel’s detention of a medical rescue convoy in the Gaza Strip, saying a patient died during an evacuation held by soldiers who arrested and abused a Red Crescent staff member. In a post on social media platform X, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a WHO-led mission to bring supplies and evacuate patients from the last partially functioning hospital in northern Gaza was stopped in both directions by Israelis . We’ve got more details on Saturday’s high stakes @WHERE– under mission leadership #Gauze at Al-Ahli Hospital. We are deeply concerned about the

November 19, 2023

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Al-Shifa ‘death zone’, says WHO as Israel pounds Gaza

Israel’s assault on the people of Gaza continued for a 44th straight day on Sunday, with hospitals in the enclave shutting down amid shelling of UN-run refugee camps and schools. The World Health Organization described Gaza’s largest Al-Shifa hospital as a “death zone”, announcing plans to evacuate the last patients, while Israel’s military said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas. Meanwhile, Israeli shelling targeting hospitals, refugee camps, schools and residential areas in northern and southern Gaza continues around the clock, with no respite, even as Hamas fighters continue to resist. At least 31 Palestinians were killed in separate raids

November 8, 2023

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Gaza’s main hospital becomes a crowded camp for displaced people

GAUZE: Huddled under makeshift canvas shelters in the parking lot, sleeping in corridors or on landings, spending daylight hours in stairwells, hanging laundry from the ceiling – thousands of displaced Gazans fill every space at Al Shifa Hospital. The main hospital in Gaza City has turned into a huge shelter for people whose homes have been bombed or who fear being caught in Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which is entering its second month. “We ran from our home because of the heavy airstrikes,” said Umm Haitham Hejela, a woman sheltering with young children in a makeshift tent

November 2, 2023

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Gaza patients at risk in ‘indescribable’ situation – WHO

GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the forced evacuation of hospitals in the Gaza Strip would put the lives of hundreds of patients at risk as he described the situation on the ground as “indescribable”. “Twenty-three hospitals have been ordered to evacuate Gaza City and northern Gaza, and a forced evacuation under these circumstances would put the lives of hundreds of patients at risk,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. At a press conference in Geneva, Tedros also reiterated his call for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war to help the thousands

Balanced pharmaceutical regulations sought

WHO protests after patient dies in rescue delay by Israeli troops

Al-Shifa ‘death zone’, says WHO as Israel pounds Gaza

Gaza’s main hospital becomes a crowded camp for displaced people

Gaza patients at risk in ‘indescribable’ situation – WHO

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