Neurosurgery unit inaugurated at DI Khan hospital

Focal Person to Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Dr Asyia Asad on Saturday inaugurated Neurosurgery unit constructed at cost of Rs90 million at DHQ Hospital Dera Ismail Khan.

Provincial Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Faisal Amin Khan and PTI MNA Ali Amin Khan Ghandapur were also present at the inauguration ceremony.

Dr Asyia Asad, speaking on the occasion, said that DHQ hospital DI Khan in the past had a 34-bed trauma center with a daily admission of more than 300 patients and the extension of trauma was urgently needed to save lives.

She appreciated Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra for establishing the Neurosurgery unit.

She said that DI Khan is the second largest district of K-P with vast catchment area including merged districts having no neurosurgery unit and patients with head injury had to be referred to either Multan or Peshawar, resulting in death of most patients until recently.

She said that now patients could be treated locally lowering mortality rate due to neurotrauma.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2022.