Expressing anger over the poor performance of the electricity supply company, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid said that special power lines should be scrapped. Expressing frustration over the slow pace of the regional grid project, he said that steps should be taken to upgrade the electronics system on priority basis. Focus on introducing alternative energy […]
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Critical condition: Liberia’s hospitals battle deadly shortages
A young woman lies in intensive care at Liberia’s Phebe Hospital. Her mother comes running in with the drugs she needs, but the doctor shakes his head. It is too late. “When patients come, we are obliged to send (family members) out to get drugs. Sometimes by the time they get back (the) patients are […]
Daesh ‘caliphate’ exodus overwhelms Syria hospitals
Young children nursing severe facial burns, others suffering from malnutrition — an exodus of jihadist families and civilians from the Daesh group’s vanquished final enclave is overwhelming eastern Syria’s hospitals. A handful of health facilities in the Kurdish-administered northeast receive dozens of patients every day, often including young victims who are terribly disfigured, some allegedly […]
Dilapidated health sector of Balochistan
Balochistan, despite being considered the hub of the CPEC project – a multi-billion economic project, namely the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, has one of the most dilapidated health sectors amongst the other provinces. This, sadly now, is in a dismal state. Regretfully, there are no good health facilities, and people are confronting numerous problems in […]