People of Tehsil Gandakha, Usta Muhammad on Friday demanded the provincial government to appoint a lady medical officer in the area for provision of health facilities.
Local residents including Dr Abdul Ghani, Maddasar Nazar, Saleem Ahmed, Abdul Hakeem, Imran Khan, Amir Khan and others said in a statement that monsoon floods have damaged roads and infrastructures in Gandaka Tehsil and other areas where various diseases have spread.
They said many pregnant women have also lost their lives due to absence of lady medical officer in the area and women were facing difficulties due to diseases in the region so it is necessary to have a lady doctor.
The residents of the Gandakha demanded the provincial government to recruit a lady medical officer in order to reduce difficulties of the women patients.
They said that diseases were spreading in the area due to the recent flood and monsoon rains where people were suffering problems due to lack of health facilities.
They also appealed to the provincial government to provide health and other basic facilities to the flood affected people living under the open sky as winter was coming and people had lost their homes and all belongings.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2022.
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