Six Pakistani hospitals face shutdown amid fund request denial

Six hospitals in Pakistan's Islamabad and Lahore may soon cease to operate after the Finance Division rejected a request by the federal health ministry to provide a supplementary Rs11 billion for the smooth functioning of these medical facilities, media reports said.

Political meddling in Pakistan hospitals angers doctors, staff as they threaten to resign

Islamabad: Following the resignations of three hospital managers of Pakistan's Khalifa Gulnawaz Hospital, medical consultants, young doctors and other allied staff on Sunday also threatened to observe a complete strike and tender collective resignations by demonstrating against the alleged  political interference in the three teaching hospitals, showing a dark side of the situation in which health workers are working in the country.