Hepatitis: Pakistan and the allegations on her vaccines
He has attended some of the top universities around the world including John Hopkins (USA) and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. In 1994, he won the Sitara-e-Imtiaz which was added to an already impressive list of awards and recognitions. He [...]
Asbestos: Silent But Deadly
It was the spring of 2008 when Byron Scott, who was happily helping his eldest grandson on his house, became unwell and went to see his doctor. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable type of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, [...]
Tracheostomies and Mortality
“I threw some drapes over her body leaving the neck exposed. It looked as thick as a tree, I felt for the bony prominence of the thyroid cartilage. But I couldn’t feel anything through the rolls of fat. I was beset by uncertainty…where [...]
The Relationship of Tuberculosis and Pakistan
“If Louis Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru or Mahatma Gandhi had been aware in April 1947 of one extraordinary secret, the division threatening India might have been avoided. The secret was sealed onto the gray surface of a film, a film that [...]
Thalidomide: From Tragedy to Triumph?
Formerly hailed as “The tenderlion” of New York, the famous, bustling Times Square is home to a huge sky scraper known as the Conde Nast Builiding. Seventeen years ago, it was the office of Beth jacobson, a former pharmaceutical lawyer who [...]
