Mental health services
LAST December, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) received a complaint that 35-year-old Rukhsana (not her real name), who was working for an MNC, was being illegally detained at…
Essential health services
I RECEIVED a lot of feedback on my article ‘Robotic priorities’, including some from defensive robotic surgeons! Some readers have asked about the essential health services package I referred to.…
Health services reform
ALTHOUGH it was to be expected, given the PTI government’s self-imposed, unrealistic 100-day timeline, one is still dismayed by the way the ‘naya’ health services system is unfolding in Punjab.…
Priceless quality healthcare services at The Indus hospital
A twelve-year-old boy named Asif on March 27, was brought into The Indus Hospital by his parents who at this point were grief-stricken and in shock. When he was admitted…
Improving mental healthcare
A COUNTRY’S socioeconomic challenges and the risk of ill mental health among the population are closely related. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is a benefit-cost ratio of…
