LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notices to the Punjab health department on a petition questioning lack of kidney treatment facilities at public hospitals in the province.

Advocate Farooq Badar filed a public interest petition and said except Mayo Hospital of Lahore, there was no adequate facility for kidney patients in government hospitals of the province.

He said the number of kidney patients had been drastically increased in the country but the government failed to ensure proper treatment for them.

The petitioner said that patients were forced to go abroad for the treatment due to the poor health facility at local hospitals.

He asked the court to order the government to provide proper treatment to kidney patients in the province. The court sought a reply from the government within 10 days.

Published in Dawn, May 26th, 2015

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