2,666 patients died in Chandka hospital in 2009: report

RATODERO: Last year, 2,666 patients died in the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Larkana, according to its detailed annual report.

According to Dr Zulfikar Siyal, the CMCH Medical Superintendent, 181 patients died at the nephrology ward, while 131 died in medical unit-1, 360 in medical unit-2 and 126 in unit-3 whereas 55 died in surgical unit-1, 44 in surgical unit-II and 35 in surgical unit-III.

At the Shaikh Zayyed Hospital for Women, 25 patients died in the gynaecology unit-1 and in gynaecology unit-2, 13 people died.

In two wards of paediatric medicine, 878 newborn babies died in 2009 whereas 28 children died in the paediatrics surgery department.

Twelve patients died in two units of orthopaedics surgery, four patients died in neurology and one in dermatology.

In the cardiology department, 210 patients died and only two died in the psychiatry ward. In the ear, nose and throat (ENT) ward, six patients died and only one died in the ophthalmology department whereas 69 and 44 died in the neurosurgery and chest disease wards respectively

Around 440 patients died in the casualty ward.

According to hospital figures, 56,323 ultrasounds, 85,617 x-rays and 1,514 echocardiograms were carried out during the year. Meanwhile, 230,406 laboratory tests and 12,878 ECGs were carried out.

Physiotherapy of 11,192 patients was done whereas 17,865 were examined at the dental department. Dialysis was provided to 5,059 patients.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2010.