Jul 2023
World No Tobacco Day is an annual event celebrated on May 31st to bring global attention to the dangers of using tobacco and raise public awareness. Its purpose is to educate people worldwide about their right to health and well-being while safeguarding future generations. The World Health Organization (WHO) established this observance in 1987. Tobacco… Continue reading Grow Food Not Tobacco
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Esophageal Cancer is a growing concern in Pakistan, particularly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and neighboring Afghanistan. The survival rate for patients diagnosed with this type of cancer is alarmingly low, but with proper treatment at a reputable hospital like Kulsum International Hospital, the chances of survival for five years can increase significantly to 40%.… Continue reading Understanding Esophageal Cancer: Signs, Symptoms, and Surgical Treatment
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From the valleys of Buner, Swat, a resilient 45-year-old man’s life took an unexpected turn. A dedicated supervisor in the road construction industry for over a decade and a half, he was suddenly faced with a mysterious illness. Diagnosed with an uncertain right pleural effusion, a buildup of fluid in the chest, his condition left… Continue reading Successful Mesothelioma Cancer Surgery
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An overweight person is fed up with his/her body weight and wants to get rid of those extra pounds. What he/she does is pick up the mobile, search for the weight-loss diets, and start following them without any professional recommendation. And, the result? Not satisfying at all! The reason behind this failed effort of weight loss is… Continue reading Common Misconceptions Regarding Weight Loss Diets
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What is a fragility or osteoporosis fracture? Fragility is a state of being delicate or breakable and this type of fracture is a break in the bone resulting from a fall from standing height or less. In most people, a fall of this kind should not result in a broken bone. A fragility fracture is often… Continue reading Fragility or Osteoporosis Fractures
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The feeling of being able to nurture your new born, to provide them the Basic Life Syrup (BLS) to add value to their life by giving first vaccination is match-less. We are filled with gratitude for our creator “Almighty ALLAH” when we know that breast milk, our new born’s first and most suitable feed, the… Continue reading BREAST FEEDING – THE MOTHER’S PRIDE
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It was a minor domestic dispute. Swayed by uncontrolled emotions, she gulped the acid. She was immediately taken to the local hospital in Mianwali district, where her stomach was washed. The family returned. Yet, this was not the end but the beginning of an agonizing journey 08 months ago. Eating or drinking anything became increasingly… Continue reading From a Cup of acid to a cup of tea- an eventful journey
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Thoracic or chest surgery relates to treatment or surgery of all organs in the chest, except heart. This includes all surgeries of lungs i.e tuberculosis, cancers, all surgeries of rib cage i.e birth defects and deformed ribs, surgeries of the airways i.e narrowing of Trachea after ventilator support, surgeries for diseases of food pipes and… Continue reading Chest Surgical Diseases – An Awareness Program
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You don’t have to take surgical appointment abroad now. You are offered state of art chest wall reconstruction procedures at KIH Islamabad. Be it an incurved or out curved (Pigeon Chest Deformity) of chest wall since childhood or a deformity you have noticed in your kids while they were changing their shirts. It may also… Continue reading Chest wall deformities. Reconstructive surgery offerred at kih
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Thyroid A rare case of advanced Thyroid disease operated at KIH Prof. Brig (Rtd) Asif Asghar -SI(M) (Chest Surgeon) What if you hear a patient saying that while I was sleep, my kids used to judge evidence of life in me from my noisy laboured breathing. They would rush to see their mother if they… Continue reading Thyroid
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