Healthcare in Pakistan: Navigating Challenges and Building a Brighter Future.

A healthcare system is one of the most essential pillars of any country. The primary role of a healthcare system is to ensure that all people get the best available health facilities in a timely, acceptable, affordable, and accessible manner. However, for a healthcare system to function as such, it requires proper infrastructure and financial support.

Attitudes and Factors Determining the Practice of Routine Medical Checkups in the People of Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Routine medical checkup (RMC) is a screening and preventive technique that is implied to detect non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aims to assess the awareness in public regarding RMC, the association between education level and level of familiarity regarding RMC, and factors that prevent and encourage the practice of RMC by the public.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Psychosocial Impact of Electrical Burn in Children: A Follow-Up Study Conducted at a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Introduction Electrical burn injuries are very common in the pediatric population and are usually accidental and sometimes occupational. The objective of our study was to evaluate the epidemiology of electrical burn injuries and prospectively evaluate the long-term psychosocial impact of electrical burn injuries in children. Materials and methods A qualitative interview study was conducted prospectively among sixty patients presented to Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Type 4 Ileal Atresia and Anorectal Malformation in a Neonate: A Rare Association.

Anorectal malformations and jejunoileal atresias are common causes of intestinal obstruction in neonates. Both have their own set of associated anomalies but it is extremely rare for the two to co-occur in the same patient. In this case report, we detail and describe this unusual incidence in a three-day-old neonate who was provisionally diagnosed with a case of simple imperforate anus.

Epidemiological Comparison of Anorectal Malformation With Other Gastrointestinal Abnormalities in Patients in the Pediatric Ward.

Background Anorectal malformations are congenital defects wherein there is defective development of the anus and rectum. For babies born with congenital anorectal malformations, prompt treatment is crucial which requires detection of the anomalies at the earliest. This study aimed to determine the epidemiology ofanorectal malformations in the Pediatric Unit of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan over a period of 19 months.

Aphallia: A Very Rare Congenital Anomaly, With Associated Genitourinary And Ano-Rectal Malformation.

Aphallia or penile agenesis is very rare congenital anomaly of unknown cause occurring 1 in 30 million live births. Very little has been written in literature about aphallia. There is absent phallus and urethra may open abnormally in perineum or into rectum posing various surgical, social and psychological implications as the child grows.