‘Pakistan ranks fifth globally in combined hepatitis B and C cases’
By Our Correspondent KARACHI: Raising alarm over the increasing rate of viral hepatitis C cases in the country, experts have once again stressed the need for ensuring rapid screening for the disease among general population as the only way to avert severe liver damages and other health complications. The disease experts and senior physicians spoke at large at various seminars and awareness meetings held in connection with the World Hepatitis Day, urging the government to take its lead role holistically. Hepatitis Day theme for this year was “It’s time for action”. A person dies every 30 seconds from a hepatitis-related illness globally, says the World Health Organisation, with a call to accelerate action on better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) observed the day with a comprehensive programme to raise awareness about the escalating threat of viral hepatitis in Pakistan. According to a press release, a large numbe...