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LAHORE, Nov 27: The Punjab health minister says 13,000 beds have been reserved in the public sector hospitals for the treatment of the people injured during the earthquake.
Briefing a three-member delegation from the UK on healthcare arrangements for the quake victims here on Sunday, Dr Tahir Ali Javed said not only the injured were being provided free treatment facilities but their attendants were also being provided free accommodation and food.
He said arrangements had also been made for psychotherapy and transportation of the injured back to their native villages after treatment.
The minister informed the delegation comprising Dr Nabeela, Farhan Baig and Richard that a project for the preparation of artificial limbs for the people disabled during the quake had also been launched.
He said the government was not only providing healthcare facilities to the victims within the province, but it had also sent 100 healthcare workers to Azad Kashmir to spray insecticides in the affected areas. The health department had also sent 40 teams comprising two to three doctors and an equal number of technicians and a member of the WHO for a survey for rehabilitation of rural health centres and basic health units.
SERVICES: The Services Hospital medical superintendent said some 450 injured had been shifted to the hospital from Balakot, Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Mansehra and admitted to the orthopaedic ward.
He said 425 injured had been discharged from the hospital, and 25 were still undergoing treatment.
NAZIM: District Nazim Mian Amer said the overseas Pakistanis were also contributing to the efforts for rehabilitation of the quake victims.
Talking on phone from the US, the nazim said the Pakistanis living there had been sending medicines and relief goods besides donating money for the affected people.—Reporter
