According to official JPMC figures, over 346,000 patients were treated by its emergency section last year, with the hospital also performing over 28,000 surgeries in 2013.
A total of 4,081 poison cases, 407 alcohol-related cases and more than 4,000 dog-bite patients were also registered at the JPMC last year.
Blast victims, both dead and injured, of several prominent cases in 2013, including Landi and Abbas Town blasts, were also brought to the JPMC.
The hospital’s medico-legal staff conducted a total of 607 post-mortems while 977 gunshot cases were also attended to by the hospital’s staff within the calendar year.
Over 1,700 traffic accident victims, including 712 that were involved in major accidents, were also registered in the hospital’s records for last year. “Around four to five gunshot cases were registered at the hospital daily,” informed JPMC emergency ward in-charge and joint executive director Dr Seemin Jamali. “Each department caters to an incredibly high number of cases annually. Our doctors and paramedical staff strive to provide the best possible service to people.” On a more uplifting note, the hospital also delivered babies for 12,186 mothers.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2014.
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