Punjab CM takes notice as death toll in DHQ hospital nursery reaches 18
The chief minister ordered police to register a case and arrest the culprits after a three-member investigation committee sent him a comprehensive report on the matter.
The death toll has now reached 18 in the past four days as two more children died on Saturday due to insufficient health facilities in the nursery at District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Sargodha.
While the parents of both the children blame the hospital staff for providing insufficient oxygen supply, the hospital management had denied the allegations.
However, a senior doctor at the hospital, Adilah, told Express News yesterday that there was indeed a lack of oxygen at the nursery ward and each child was receiving far less oxygen than they required.
“The resources available to us are not sufficient however, we are doing our best,” she added.
She further explained that there were very few incubators to cater to the increasing number of children being admitted to the ward. Further, the medical superintendent (MS) of the hospital had recently constituted an inquiry team to probe into the deaths of children.
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Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep.
Ray Davies.
Another day, Another Notice. Unfortunately a person must die in Punjab so that the ruling kingdom will take notice of the incident.
As soon as it gets into the media, the CM takes notice. These notices come to nothing and are an attempt by the CM to divert attention so that people forget his and PML's murderous incompetence.
Thanks for taking notice Rspected CM, JOB DONE. Now you can speed up your work on Islamabad Rawalpindi Metro.
An other Committee ..what happened to following committees?
1) Joseph Colony incident 2) Child eaten alive by rats in Rawalpindi hospital 3) Fake Dengue prevention spray in Punjab 4) Sialkot brothers incident
and list goes on n on n on ....My parent always told me not to wish bad for anyone at all but these people will only act when their own loved ones face anything like this...but that's not going to happen in this God forsaken country.
If Shahbaz Sharifs grand children were to be treated in this hospital ...... atrocities of this nature would never happen.