Several residences, vehicles damaged in the incident during recent rain

Torrential rain disrupts work at public health facilities

With limited healthcare funding, hospitals expect patients to arrange bone repair rods and plates from suppliers

With few chemotherapy and radiation units, patients have no choice but to empty their pockets at private hospitals

Only 1,253 out of 44,340 radiation patients were admitted at the Jinnah Hospital from January to December 2024

With no space or medics available at healthcare facilities, patients forced to wait in corridors and sleep on footpath

Only 6,500 beds are available across nine government hospitals for a population of 30 million people

Handles over a dozen bone fracture surgeries daily

Lack of nursing arrangements mean mothers find formula feeding more convenient

With low public awareness & meagre facilities, patients with organ failure have dimmed hopes of survival