SILAKOT, July 29: The heirs to a 16-year-old girl who died at the Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital late on Saturday have blamed “absent doctors and paramedics” for her death.

Sheikh Inayatullah, of Jaamkey Cheema, told reporters his daughter Amina was admitted to the neuro surgery ward of the hospital on Friday after the doctors of a private hospital had diagnosed a brain tumour in her head. He said that on their arrival to the hospital, no doctor or any paramedic was present in the ward. The girl remained there for 14 hours untreated and later she died at the hospital.

The grieved family protested against the pathetic attitude of doctors, saying the absence of doctors and paramedics killed the girl.

Inayatullah submitted an application with police for the registration of a case against the doctors and other staff.

Sialkot district health officer Dr Javed Warraich said a probe had been ordered against the doctors and paramedics and all responsible would be brought to task.

BURIED: Two children who had died due to the wall collapse of a PTV booster on Saturday were laid to rest in Azizpur Bohari. Rasheed and Mohsin died when an outer wall of the recently-established PTV booster fell on them during the torrential rain. The boys were taking cover of the wall. Villagers protested against the contractor, saying he had used substandard material in the construction of the building of the booster station. They also demanded the shifting of the said booster out of the residential area.