LAHORE: The South Punjab Health Department on Thursday formed a six-member team to probe the discovery of bodies on the roof of the Nishtar Hospital, Multan.

Earlier, Adviser to the Chief Minister Chaudhry Zaman Gujjar visited the hospital and found several putrefied bodies on the roof of the dead house. He ordered the cremation of the abandoned bodies and directed the health authorities to take action against the employees involved in the matter.

Additional Chief Secretary retired Capt Saqib Zafar also directed Specialised Healthcare Secretary Muzamil Bashir to look into the incident. He also constituted a six-member team to investigate the matter.

Mr Bashir is the convener of the committee, while members include Prof Dr Masood Rauf Haraj of the Nishtar Medical University, Assistant Professor Anatomy Dr Shafiqullah Chaudhry, Senior Medical Officer Dr Muhammad Arfan Arshad and one representative each from the deputy commissioner and the city police officer of Multan. The committee will submit its report within three days.

A Nishtar Medical University student told Dawn that the bodies were being used for medical experiments by the students. He said the bodies were already used in the experiment and were placed on the roof to extract bones and skulls for further medical use.

Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2022