HYDERABAD: Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Abdul Hafeez Abro has declared emergency in the hospital due to floods.

He has cancelled leaves of all doctors, paramedics and nurses.

Presiding over a meeting of doctors and the administrative staff on Thursday, the newly-appointed MS said that patients should be provided the best possible healthcare.

He said that in order to enable the staff to handle any emergency, they should be ready round the clock at the LUH city and Jamshoro branches. He urged senior doctors to visit all wards.

He has also warned that no laxity would be tolerated and action would be taken against delinquent staff members.

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Ayaz Latif Palijo has demanded of the Sindh government to declare flood emergency in the districts of Dadu, Badin, Jamshoro, Thatta, Hyderabad, Sanghar, Mithi, Nawabshah, Matiari, Mirpurkhas and Tando Allahyar. In a statement issued here on Thursday, he said that relief measures should be taken immediately.

He said the rain-affected families should be given Rs200,000 each, adding that food and ration should be distributed among them.

Mr Palijo said the owners of the houses washed away in rains should be given Rs500,000 in each case.

He said temporary relief camps should be set up right from Kashmore to Karachi and the government should close schools and colleges till Aug 26.

Calling for removal of encroachments on natural waterways in different districts, he said that fragile drainage system should be improved in Karachi and Hyderabad.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2022