Government Employees to Undergo Hepatitis Screening

Government Employees to Undergo Hepatitis Screening

Government employees in Islamabad will undergo hepatitis screening starting August 18. Free tests and medicines offered.

Health Ministry Ties Employee Salaries to Mandatory Hepatitis C Testing

Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has made hepatitis C testing mandatory for all Health Department employees, warning that staff who fail to get tested will not be paid from next month. The announcement was made during the inauguration ceremony of a nationwide hepatitis C screening drive launched under the Prime Ministers Programme for the Prevention of […] The post Health Ministry Ties Employee Salaries to Mandatory Hepatitis C Testing appeared fir…

Health Ministry Employees To Go Without Salary If Not Tested For Hepatitis C: Kamal

Health Minister Mustafa Kamal addresses during inauguration ceremony of hepatitis C screening, Islamabad, August 18, 2026. — APP Federal Minister for Health Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday declared hepatitis C testing mandatory for all employees of the health department, warning that untested employees would not receive their salaries from next month. Addressing the inauguration ceremony for hepatitis C screening, Mustafa Kamal announced a nationwide e…

Pakistan Considers Mandatory Hepatitis C Test Before Foreign Travel

Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday announced the nationwide expansion of Hepatitis C screening under the Prime Minister’s Program for the Prevention of Disease. Speaking after inaugurating screening for Ministry of Health officials, Kamal said screening had become mandatory for all ministry employees. He said the government was also taking steps to make screening mandatory for employees of all federal ministries. The minis…

Govt launches hepatitis screening initiative for Employees

ISLAMABAD:  The government has announced the launch of a hepatitis screening campaign for all government employees in Islamabad, with the screening process scheduled to start on August 18. Sources revealed that personnel from various ministries and government institutions will undergo testing for hepatitis. The initiative will be inaugurated by Federal Minister Mustafa Kamal at the Ministry of Health, who will formally kick off the hepatitis C s…

Hepatitis screening test made mandatory for govt employees

The federal government has implemented compulsory hepatitis screening for all its employees working in various ministries and departments in Islamabad. The screening will take place under the Hepatitis Programme of the Prime Minister and is a part of a campaign to discover hepatitis patients at an early stage and provide immediate treatment to them. In case there is a preliminary positive test, the employees will be given free of charge testing …