SARGODHA: Taking notice of the incident in the suburb of the city in which a patient was administered a wrong injection which burnt her arm, the health department sealed a private clinic and suspended the lady health visitor.

According to sources, Yasmin of Chak 105-NB was checked at the private clinic of Pull 111on Sargodha-Faisalabad Road.

When the LHV gave her an injection, her hand was burnt. The patient was shifted to the DHQ Hospital where doctors referred her to Faisalabad or Lahore.

The husband and relatives of the patient expressed their inability to shift her to other city due to poor monetary condition and appealed to the Punjab Chief Minister to order her free treatment.

INSPECTION TEAM: A three-member delegation of the Punjab government visited the DHQ Teaching Hospital and Maternal and Child Maula Bakhsh Hospital and checked medical facilities being provided to patients and the performance of doctors and staff.

The delegation comprising Additional Secretary Admin Zahida Azhar, Deputy Secretary Establishment Tayyab Tahir and Contract Manager Shafiq Hussain checked the pharmacy and laboratory and talked to patients or their attendants about free medicines and laboratory tests.

The team also talked to the Medical Superintendent of the DHQ Hospital Dr. Mushtaq Bashir Akif, Principal Medical College Prof. Dr. Muhammad Waris and MS Maternal Child Maulabakhsh Hospital Dr Ikramul Haq and told them the Punjab government had formed committees for monitoring government teaching hospitals.

The heads of the two hospitals apprised the delegation of various issues. The visiting team promised that their requests would be brought to the notice of the Punjab government.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2024