Changing staff spells miracles for Sandeman hospital

Revenue generation from OPD receipts increases to Rs150,000 per day

The revenue being generated from daily receipts of Sandeman Civil Hospital’s OPD has surged by 114 per cent to Rs150,000 from the earlier Rs70,000.

Angiography and stents are being provided to patients while in the emergency department cabins have been made for doctors and extra beds have been provided to patients easing pressure off the wards.



Medical Superintendent Dr Arbab Kamran Kasi said, “We were facing a shortage of medicines, but now 70% medicines are available. The regular doctors performing their duties in the emergency ward had to face upsetting the patients due to lack of medicines, which is happening no more.

“We try to provide medicines to patients from the hospital. Instead of shifting patients to wards, we have added 40 to 50 more beds to the emergency ward where after being provided better treatment the patients are discharged. This step has eased the pressure on other wards.”



The MS said that the revenue being generated from the receipts of OPD used to be Rs60,000 to Rs70,000. “After changing the old staff of the receipt section, now the revenue has increased to Rs150,000 daily,” said Kasi. “We are trying to jack up the revenue to Rs200,000 to Rs 250,000 daily.”

He said the hospital was located at the city’s centre where patients from all over the province were brought. “We are putting in our utmost efforts to provide better facilities to the patients,” he added.