ATH’s emergency ward struggles to tend to patients

Despite a high influx of patients from Hazara, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH) administration is trying its best to provide state-of-the-art medical facilities to the patients.

This was stated by the Dean of Ayub Medical College Prof Dr Umar Farooq during his visit to ATH emergency.

Dr Umer Farooq further said that keeping in view the facilities for patients, the hospital administration is making every possible effort to facilitate them and in this regard, an order has also been issued to establish a waiting area outside the emergency as soon as possible.

Chairperson of the Medicine department Dr Imran and In-charge of the Emergency and Accidents Department Dr Majid gave a briefing to the administration regarding the problems faced in an emergency.

Dr Majid further said that at ATH emergency, the arrival of patients from eight districts of Hazara division, GB and AJK is very high. "Despite the load, we are trying that the patients visiting ATH do not face any problem," he said.

He added that it was important for citizens to keep in mind that ATH emergency services were only for patients who need immediate medical attention, such as those in an accident or seriously injured patients, heart attack patients, acute respiratory distress or chest pain or unconscious patients. Meanwhile, the rest of the patients should consult their Out Patient Department (OPD) for treatment.

Dr Majid said that unnecessary insistence and arguments will create hindrance for medical care and emergency patients, and requested cooperation with the hospital administration.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 12^th, 2022.