Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Wednesday that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Trauma Centre at Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) was a gift to the people of Sindh and the masses would avail best health facilities in it.
He said this while talking to media persons outside Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Trauma Centre along with Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Provincial Food Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani, Prof Saeed Ahmed Qureshi and others.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Trauma Center at Civil Hospital Karachi. Qaim Ali Shah said that state-of-the-art emergency trauma care facilities would be provided to the people under one roof and thousands of patients would avail the healthcare facilities in the trauma center.
Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said opening of trauma center had been delayed to due to local bodies election in Sindh province and apex court restrictions.
He said trauma center would be made functional in phases and hiring of employees would start soon. Sindh Secretary Health Saeed Ahmed Mangnejo said the government had no plan to hand over Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Trauma Centre to any private organisation and the center will be run by the provincial health department.
It was pertinent to mention here that trauma center comprises 14-storey, and initially, seven-storey building would be made operational in phases. The trauma center has been completed with a cost of over Rs 5 billion.
Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had laid the foundation stone of project on 10th January 2009 and the project was supposed to be completed in 2012. But it was likely to be opened for public on 23rd December after three years delay.
INAUGURATION CAUSES CANCELLATION OF SURGERIES
Strict security arrangements for the guests at trauma centre inaugurated by Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday led to cancellation of several surgeries.
The programme scheduled for noon was delayed due to reasons known to the special guests including Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and other government functionaries.
In the meantime, all main entrance points to the Karachi’s main tertiary care hospital was closed as the much trumpeted facility was located on its premises and the guests being on terrorist’s target needed special security.
The scenario, however, led to severe inconvenience to the hundreds of patients visiting Civil Hospital Karachi as well as commuters plying on major arteries including MA Jinnah Road.
Dr Said Ahmed Qureishi, CHK Medical Superintendent, talking to APP regretted the trouble caused to the citizens due to presence of eminent personalities.
“It is mainly due to encroachments around the hospital that has restricted the mobility of the people, including patients visiting CHK,” he said.
Dr Qureishi said the KMC authorities had been reportedly informed about the situation but no action was taken by them.
About the reported incident of a child patient’s death due to closed gates of the hospital, he in most categorical terms said that no gate of CHK was closed.
Meanwhile, Sindh Minister for Health, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said that reported death of Bisma, resident of Lyari, was being investigated properly. “An action will definitely be taken against those responsible for the incident once its authenticity is established,” he said.
