ISLAMABAD: A number of deficiencies including the lack of required equipment and facilities were found at a local hospital and a medical college by a team of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) in a surprise inspection on Wednesday, said a press release. The team, headed by PMDC President Dr Shabir Lahri, paid surprise visits to the Al-Nafees Medical College and Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad to examine teaching facilities. Expressing displeasure over the deficiencies at Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad the PMDC president ordered a comprehensive inspection to be held in the near future. It was found that the hospital lacked a cardiology, MRI, and CT scan facilities.
The operation theatres and recovery room lacked proper equipment, and monitors, suction machines and resuscitation equipment was also unavailable.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 18th, 2016.
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