Ten newborn babies have died at Children’s Hospital due to suspension of electricity during the last 24 hours.
Per reports, four children died on Friday night, while the condition of several others turned critical in the intensive care unit (ICU) after electricity went off last night. Six more children died on Saturday morning, the channel reported. It said that diesel was also not available for the hospital’s generator.
Children Hospital Medical Superintendent (MS) Afsar Bhutto said that four children had been brought in serious condition. They were provided treatment but could not be saved, however, six more died due to late delivery.
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah have sought report of the incident, while Deputy Commissioner Asadullah Bhutto has convened an emergency meeting with the hospital staff, including its MS.
Meanwhile, Professors Saifullah Jamro, Khurshed Ahmed Abbasi, Anwer Ali Shaikh held a press conference and said that the hospital currently had only 140 beds in all of its wards. He said that despite the completion of 180-bed Institute of Child Healthcare at a cost of Rs 137.075 million, the building was not functional because it was not being provided electricity. They said the equipment procured for the hospital was lying idle because of no electricity.
Do not blame power failure for tragic death of ten new born. The culprit is corruption. Every hospital MUST have a standby generator for uninterrupted power supply, which was not there simply because of non availability of its fuel or else it was non functional but why? The money allocated for fuel and maintenance ends up in someone's pocket. Life and death is from GOD, so the blame also ends up somewhere else.
Larkana is the home town of legendary leaders who raised the slogan of Roti Kapra Aur Makan several decades ago, four government of same party ruled Pakistan. But trust me government infrastructure in Larkana is miserable, poverty is rampant. If they could not bring change to their own home how can they do good for entire Pakisatn?
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