KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government would help in further improving the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), and more beds would be added by constructing new wards in the hospital.
This he said while reviewing a progress report of the hospital for the last 11 months, presented by the JPMC Executive Director Dr Seemi Jamali .
According to report, from January to December 2017, 1301,005 patients were provided medical facilities in the Out Patient Department (OPD) of the JPMC, while Emergency Patients number stood at 449,090. Some 66,127 patients were admitted to the hospital, of which 8,288 could not survive.
According to a report, 15,551 delivery cases were handled in the gynaecology department of JPMC during this time. Also, about 27,400 surgical operations were carried out in the hospital. The overall, bed occupancy ratio in JPMC during the said period remained at 84.6 percent.
The chief minister lauded the services of JPMC team. “We would further improve JPMC services and would also add more beds by constructing more wards,” he assured.
