SHC seeks reports from hospitals as concerns over mouth cancer grow
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the health director general, and district and sessions judges to call reports from the government and private hospitals of the province with regard to medical treatment to mouth cancer patients during the last five years. Hearing petitions seeking a ban on the sale and manufacturing of gutka and mainpuri in the province, a division bench of the SHC headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar observed that as per doctors, the primary reason behind the prevalence of mouth cancer in Pakistan is the use of gutka, mainpuri and mawa. The high court expressed concern over a report filed by the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre’s (JPMC) cancer ward...