RAWALPINDI, Sept 13 Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday visited Benazir Bhutto Hospital and ordered the suspension of its deputy medical superintendent for not attending a patient in the emergency ward for four hours.

Mr Sharif also took notice of the absence of the medical superintendent.

On his arrival at the hospital, a family informed the chief minister that one of their relatives, Umer Aziz, was injured in an accident and shifted to the District Headquarters (DHQ) hospital but doctors present there refused to attend the patient and referred him to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital.

The complainants said Aziz was shuttling between the two hospitals for medical treatment and the doctors of Benazir Bhutto Hospital were also not providing first aid to him for the last four hours.

Upon this, Mr Sharif ordered suspension of Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Amanullah, and directed District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdadullah Bosal to hold an inquiry into the fact that why the patient had been sent from the DHQ hospital without treatment.

Another patient complained to Mr Sharif about the doctors' failure to administer snake-bite vaccine to him at Benazir Bhutto Hospital.

The chief minister also ordered a probe into the matter.