Oxygen Supply: Two babies die at PMCH

NAWABSHAH: Two new-born babies died, while six others are in critical condition because of a cut in oxygen supply at People’s Medical College Hospital (PMCH). The supply was allegedly stopped by paramedics of the hospital, as a show of  protest against police maltreatment of their colleague, Rashid Qureshi, a ward boy who had been beaten up by the police. The paramedics staged a sit-in in front of the administration block. The fathers of the deceased infants, Pir Ali Buksh and Muhammed Urs, confirmed that their children died as a result of the incident. Dr. Tufail Baloch, the medical superintendent, said that the authorities have suspended the policeman who allegedly abused Qureshi  and further investigations are underway.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10^th, 2011.