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VEHARI City News
Messy affairs of VEHARI DHQ Hospital
From Mian Inamul Haq VEHARI: People have demanded Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif make a surprise visit to the District Headquarters Hospital whose messy affairs have made the life of patients miserable. The hospital is the only health facility in the area but it has reportedly become a ‘slaughterhouse’ for the patients as a number of them has lost their lives in the last few days either due to the alleged negligence or unavailability of doctors. The main reason behind increase in deaths in emergency ward was reported that the specialist doctors have forbidden the emergency doctors **t to make them any call after 2pm. If a patient is brought to the DHQ Hospital after 2pm, he is referred to the Nishtar Hospital in Multan and if the patient has ** resources to go Multan, the emergency doctors start ig**ring him and consequently he dies. A**ther major problem for the patients is **n-functional air conditioners in the hospital. It is reported that the air conditioners are repaired every year but the result is zero. The other problem of the hospital is poor sanitary conditions as some sweepers were Muslims and they have refused to work soon after their appointment. They have been appointed on political grounds. The shortage of staff is yet a**ther problem being faced by the patients and their attendants at the hospital. The hospital has been upgraded to 300 beds but the staff has **t been provided. When contacted, DHQ Hospital Medical Superintendent Ghazanfar Abbas Dharalla said that he was posted here about 45 days ago. When he took the charge, all the generators were out-of-order, he said, adding that **w three generators were functional due to his efforts. He said that repair of air conditioners was under way. He, however, said that 50 per cent air conditioners could **t be repaired and he had sent its report to the district administration. About poor sanitation, the MS said that there were 38 sanctioned posts of sanitary workers. Of them, eight were ill while six others were Muslims and 12 seats were lying vacant. He said that the Muslim sweepers had been appointed on political grounds and he was helpless to take action against them. Ghazanfar said that there were 36 sanctioned posts of doctors and of them 15 were lying vacant. He said that if he tried to take action against any doctor for any negligence, he either came under political pressure or threatened to resign. To a question regarding specialist doctors, who did **t admit patients after 2pm, the MS said that he had repeatedly asked the doctors in this regard, but to ** avail. He suggested that the Punjab Health secretary should issue a letter to all specialist doctors, directing them to visit the emergency ward in the evening. The MS admitted that the paramedics were posted on political grounds and he had started rotating them but the speed was slow due to political involvement. DCO Akbar Ali Bhatti said that he was making surprise visits to the hospital and he had succeeded in improving the emergency ward. He added that air conditioners of one room of emergency ward were working and free medicines were being provided to the patients. He admitted that the paramedics had been working on the same post for the last many years and ** one could change them. The DCO said that he had sent a report to the health secretary about working of specialist doctors and **w it was his duty to take action against them. Jumatul Wida observed From Our Correspondent VEHARI: The faithful Friday observed Jumatul Wida with religious fervour. A large number of people offered Juma prayers in mosques and open places in the city. Big congregations were held at Baghwali Mosque and **ori Masjid. Ulema highlighted the importance of the last Friday of Ramazan and special prayers were also offered for the solidarity of the country and unity of Ummah. [IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/com/YEor/~4/hN4mwpRl**4[/IMG] أكثر... 
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