Author: Javeria Adil Chughtai

“YOU HAVE SAVED US FROM LOSING OUR MOTHER”.. Just a month ago right at the time when we were at a peak of COVID19 in Pakistan, we faced a serious shortage of medicines. That too, the ones which were required at a high priority. People were dying because of the lack of medicines the were in need of. The Healthcare sector was crashing and the shortage of medicines was the last nail in the coffin. Hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, and medical stores were crowded and people were ready to pay any cost for anything to save their loved ones. Being a…

Sleeping until the last possible second before dragging yourself out of bed and can’t get up no matter how much you try? you may be wondering, Why am I always tired? What is upsetting me even if I have slept a lot? What should I do to get my energy back?. Sometimes, the days pass and we’re on our feet working every hour but then one day all the energy is gone. Getting up, preparing yourself for the day is difficult than it can ever be. All the motivation just disappeared and we can never know why. The energy to…

Some Health Professionals Say, There’s only one type of UV light that can inactivate Covid-19 and it is extremely dangerous! COVID19 affects different people in different ways, all depending on the level of immunity that they have. Similarly, every person now has their own way to fight and disinfect COVID19 germs. Some people use expensive disinfectant sprays. Whereas, some believe in using the homemade disinfected spray because apparently both work the same, right?. As yet, no one knows what actually works on this and what does not. Some news and information say that UV light has some capabilities to kill…

Since December last year, this COVID19 spread has been uncontrollable and the whole world is affected. It has already caused us millions of deaths and the healthcare sectors of many countries have collapsed. Some of the countries who have taken hold of this situation have worked on their testing capacity. Testing capacities play a major role to identify infected patients and bringing the disease under control. Getting tested and then waiting for hours before receiving the results was a difficult thing to go through. This disease has its own fear and anxiety and later waiting for the test results can…

Many medical companies around the world are working day and night to roll out a COVID19 vaccine as soon as possible but all the news that we are hearing from is not here in Pakistan. This raises our concern that will Pakistan not receive any vaccine? Or, how long will it take to reach us?. There are many other things that cross our minds and leaves us thinking whether will we be safe from COVID19 or not?. Well, I guess it is time that we stop thinking about it because it is great to know that UHS Punjab is starting…

As we are all busy thinking about how to keep ourselves safe from COVID19, there are various factors that we are ignoring. COVID19 undoubtedly is the greatest threat to us all but, there are things which are can prove to be even deadlier. Every year, as Eid Ul Adha approaches, it brings along the news of a virus which can be a life threat to us all. You might have come across the news that Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) or also known as the Congo virus, has started emerging in Pakistan. It has been a while now that Pakistan…

Dr. Amer Latif, an Associate Professor HPB/ Liver Transplant Surgeon is on panel with Marham. He is a specialist in the complex liver, gallbladder, bile duct, and pancreatic disorders. Dr. Amer also deals with biliary strictures and injuries that happened to the liver and bile duct during laparoscopic or open surgery. He has been working in this field for over 27 years of time. Over the years, he has performed various complexed procedures but very recently, he has performed on a patient who had a very rare condition. Here’s how he saved his life! The Condition Of The Liver Transplant…

Whenever our heart starts acting a little weird, all we can think of is that maybe we’re not letting it rest properly. It is understandable that we do sometimes stop and think when to exactly worry about heart palpitations. Especially since this COVID19 lockdown has started and we have paid a little more attention towards ourselves, we have started noticing the things we never noticed. Heart palpitation is a feeling when our heart starts beating a little too quickly, irregularly, fluttering in a strange way, or beating way too hard in your chest With keeping all the possibilities in mind,…

Taking a walk is all we can think about in this COVID19 lockdown because what else can be done?. We are sick of sitting in our rooms, we are sick of looking at the blank walls and all those TV shows that we have been repeating for months. Now, after months, walking has become a routine. We go out, we walk every day but why don’t we think of the walk as a healthy routine and just a time pass?. Taking a walk is a great way to get some exercise when you do not have a gym to go…

COVID19 and coronavirus had us thinking if it would ever go away or not and we can put all the blame on it for not going away. Do we ourselves take care of the precautionary measures? Do we bother to consider social distancing? Have we made sanitizers and handwashing a part of our lives?. We need to questions ourselves first if we are doing everything right. If the answer is YES, then you are a part of those who actually want to get back to normal asap. But, if your answer is NO, then you have to start following these…