Archive for November 2005
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The Technical Committee of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has decided to spare 10 beds in each ward (total of 100 beds) of Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) to treat patients shifted from areas affected
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A group of psychiatrists and psychologists left for earthquake-affected areas here on Tuesday as part of PMA-Karachi Relief Team, led by its general secretary surgeon Qaiser Sajjad. PMA sources in a press statement here said
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Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (Pima) in collaboration with Al-Khidmat Foundation of Pakistan has so far delivered medicines and medical help over rupees 50 million to the quake victims whereas manifold humanitarian aid has been provided
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Special centres for rehabilitation of earthquake victims suffering from paralysis of the lower limbs due to spinal cord injuries will be established in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and Mansehra. A well-placed source told Business Recorder here on
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A 200-bed hospital having the facility of operation theatre has been established in Balakot by the business community of Sialkot for providing immediate and timely medical treatment facilities to the quake-hit people of Balakot and
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US coffee futures ended down nearly 2 percent on Monday after speculators sold on a cocktail of factors and drove the benchmark contract to its lowest level in four weeks, traders said. Favourable crop conditions
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US cocoa futures extended last week's losses on Monday, with speculative liquidation and short selling knocking the benchmark delivery down 2.2 percent to near its contract low, market sources said. The New York Board of
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Minneapolis Grain Exchange spring wheat futures closed lower on Monday, following declines in the Kansas City wheat market, traders said. The unwinding of inter-market spreads also weighed on values, with traders selling Minneapolis wheat against
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Australia's monopoly wheat exporter AWB Ltd on Tuesday welcomed a government inquiry into its contracts in Iraq after a United Nations report named it as having been involved in kickbacks to the former regime of
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Taiwan importers will be seeking shipments of US soyabeans and wheat this week, while corn purchases remain muted as fears of bird flu continue to stymie demand, traders said on Tuesday. Buyers in key East
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