The emergency department of Jinnah Hospital, which is visited by as many as 3,000 patients in a day, lacks essential medical facilities, sources claim.
It is reported that the sole ventilator often remains out of order and there is no flow-meter for oxygen. The department suffers from shortage of life-saving drugs and even the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit lacks drugs due to which patients have to purchase them from the market. One of the four operation theatres of the emergency department is also dysfunctional.
When contacted, an official from the hospital management said that due to shortage of funds, they were unable to improve the condition of the department. Meanwhile, patients made a fervent appeal to administration of the Punjab Health Department to take notice of the situation.