Paraplegic centre to double capacity

PESHAWAR: The Paraplegic Centre Peshawar (PCP), the only public sector institution of the country which provides free services to patients with spinal cord injuries from across the country and even Afghanistan, is planning to double space for patients, increasing the number of beds from 78 to 150.

The decision has been taken after witnessing an increase in the number of people who visit the hospital seeking treatment for spinal cord injuries. Speaking to journalists at a briefing on Sunday, PCP Chief Executive Officer Syed Muhammad Ilyas said that there was a need to support the centre apart from building additional centres which offer similar treatment at the central or provincial level in provinces so as to manage the load.



“Federal or provincial governments in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan must support our centre, if they do not plan to set up similar paraplegic centres in the future,” he said.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, November 12^th, 2018.