News Report Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced Rs. 1 million free medical covers to all citizens by end of March 2022 (except Sindh) under Qaumi Sehat Card. It will help Private Medical Hospitals to increase services in Rural areas. Insurance companies have paid claims of Rs 46 billion for the treatment of 2…
Ibn-e-Ameer The government has planned to subsidize the Covid-19 testing fees for Pakistani workers and their families traveling abroad through the Bureau of Emigration. The Cabinet has directed the National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Division to work out mechanism and funding requirements. It directed to submit a summary for the Economic coordination committee (ECC)…
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Concerned about red-list countries’ retention Pakistan has appealed a ruling to the UK. With the UK health minister, PM special assistant Dr. Faisal Sultan questioned the decision to keep Pakistan on the “Red List” countries while promoting others to the “Amber List.” He encouraged the UK to reconsider the red list decision. He stated that…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The Government has approved the maximum retail prices of 49 new medicines, enabling the pharmaceutical companies to sell in the open market. Prime Minister Imran Khan had chaired a meeting of cabinet to consider the case of approving prices of new medicines. Sources told Newztodays.com that the Ministry of Health had proposed…
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has re-validated a sum of Rs. 352 billion for the fiscal year 2021-22 to cover associated costs such as the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccines. The Finance Division tabled a summary to carry forward for FY 2021-22, the unutilized cash component amounting to Rs. 352 billion from the Economic Stimulus…
By Kalbe Ali Islamabad: Hand sanitizers’ price in Pakistan is up but the government fails to keep a check on it. The usage of hand sanitizers in Pakistan has increased as per the directives of health experts to contain the spread of Covid-19, but there was no agency to check the price of hand sanitizers…
Xischan Javed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) sacks 12 employees, according to a document dated April 20, available with the scribe. It has informed them that their contracts expired on April 19, 2021, that was extended for 60 days as a one-time measure. The PMC has informed the employees not to come to the office…