Pakistani Shia Muslim mourners sit beside the coffins of blast victims at a mosque following overnight twin suicide bombings in Quetta on January 11, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
A total of 35 survivors of Thursday’s twin blasts in Quetta have been shifted to hospitals in Karachi by special aircraft provided by the Pakistan Air Force. Those shifted are critically injured, and were accommodated on Sunday in two hospitals. Other hospitals have been asked to remain prepared to receive more.
“There are 28 injured in Agha Khan University Hospital (AKUH), while seven are in Liaquat National Hospital,” said Karachi Executive District Health Officer Dr Imdadullah Siddiqui in a phone interview on Sunday. “Hospitals have been asked to provide the best possible treatment to the survivors.”
Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, lacks the medical facilities to treat a large number of critically injured people. The blasts in the city on Thursday left 102 people dead, and over 200 wounded, while a large number of survivors are in serious condition.
The Sindh government has decided to provide financial assistance for treatment and will monitor the conditions of the victims on a daily basis, Siddiqui said. The government also asked the Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus to stay prepared to receive more injured from Quetta if required. Saleem Khan, a spokesperson for the health ministry, said that all victims of the Quetta blasts in AKUH are stable. He added that ministry doctors are also visiting the injured.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2013.
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