Effects of harassment on health of women prisoners at a prison in Pakistan

Pakistan ranks 125th out of 169 countries on the Gender Development Index [GDI] and has high prevalence rates of violence against women. The objective of this original research was to determine the frequencies and identify patterns of harassment among women in a prison of Karachi. It was a cross sectional survey conducted from 1st April 2011 to 31st June 2011 of all women incarcerated at Karachi Central Prison. A total of 70 women prisoners were present in the prison at the time of the study. However, only 38 women prisoners consented to provide respective information. Women prisoners were interviewed on a pretested questionnaire after obtaining necessary ethical approval from the authorities. Study results indicate the frequency of harassment in the women prison Karachi was 21%. It was predominant in

Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a 22 years experience

This study presents the results of 3011 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG] surgery at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases [NICVD], Karachi, from 1977 to 1998. Of the 3011 patients, 81 percent had triple vessel disease. A total of 9964 grafts were done in these patients with an average of 3.3 grafts per patient Post-operatively, morbidity was comparable to the western data. However, the incidence of post-operative wound infection was much higher. Mortality was 9.4 percent daring the first 5 years of study. It has dropped down to 3.2 percent in recent years