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Background: The objective of the study was to analyze the epidemiology of risk factors associated with fatal road traffic accidents in Lahore-Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: An Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Lahore, between July 2019 and September 2019. Data of 290 road traffic accidents was collected from office of Rescue 1122. To collect data systematic Random Sampling technique was used. Data was collected on preformed pretested questionnaire. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 23. Chisquare test of significance was applied, p-value of less than 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Mean age of victims of RTA was 31.4±14.7. About 28.3% of the total accidents were observed among 20-29 years age group. Out of total 290 victims, 239 (82.4%) were males. Majority, 228(78.6%) of the accidents involved Motorcyclists. Significant association was found between fatal accidents and injury to head (p-value = 0.00), Concussion (p-value=0.00), with No fractures of limbs (p-value= 0.04) and critical condition of victim (p-value=0.00). Conclusion: Road Traffic Accidents were more common among males of 20-29 years age. Most of the victims were motorcyclists. Head Injuries, concussion and critical conditions of victims has significant association with fatality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Provision of health information and delivery of health care services by means of electronic information and communications technology (ICT) to distant patients, separated by geography, time, social and cultural barriers is termed as telehealth. Objective: To evaluate the provision of telehealth services for Gynae and Obstetrics in relation to satisfaction of patients and fetal outcomes. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted between 18-5-21 to 31-12-21 in Gynae and obstetrics unit of Farooq Hospital Westwood branch. A sample of 108 respondents was collected through simple random sampling technique. In order to analyze the data, SPSS version 23 was utilized, and chi square test was used to determine the associations between variables fixing p value at less than 0.05. Results: Most common device used for appointment of telehealth services was smartphone (87%) (p=0.02) and most important barrier in telehealth services was network issues reported by (55.5%) (p=0.01) of respondents. Majority of the respondents (84.1%) were satisfied with telehealth service utilization (p=0.00). Strong association was seen between utilization of services and easing of appointment (p=0.00), understandability of language (p=0.00), need based services (p=0.00), convenience (p=0.00), comfort (p=0.00), cost effectiveness (p=0.01), better standard of care (p=0.01), careful response of physicians (p=0.02) and sympathetic attitude (p=0.00). Conclusion: High satisfaction rate was observed with provision of telehealth services in Pakistan and most important barrier was network issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]