The elevator of Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) has not been functioning in due to some technical fault for the last three weeks which has increased the miseries of patients who require emergency medical care.
An official of the Civil Hospital told the news agency on Monday that the patients suffering from different diseases had been facing great hardships for the last three weeks as the elevator of the five-storey building had gone out of order. He said that shifting of patients from emergency to other departments had become difficult for attendants and volunteers as they had to climb staircases carrying wheelchairs and stretchers of their patients.
He said that hundreds of patients of Kidney, Surgical Ward 3, 4, 5, Plastic Surgery, Gynecology Ward 1 to 3 and Colorectal Ward had been facing difficulties due to the faulty lift.
He said that shifting of patients from one floor to another through staircase is very difficult for attendants and volunteers and also dangerous for patients as they may fall if their attendants lose footing.
The patients and their attendants appealed to the hospital administration for early repair of elevator as shifting of patients through staircases carrying stretchers is not easy.
CHK Medical Superintendent Prof Muhammad Saeed Qureshi, when contacted, told the news agency that the evaluator would be made operational very soon as repair work was under way.
Bad elevators can cause problems and accidents which create injuries. We should be careful while managing and installing new stairs and elevators.
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