Govt hospitals go on alert for Muharram

Health minister declares emergency at govt hospitals in the city.

KARACHI: Health minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed has declared an emergency at government hospitals in the city and has directed all EDOs and medical superintendents of government health facilities to ensure their doctors, paramedical staff and medicine are available during Muharram, especially on the 8th, 9th and 10th of Muharram.

He met the medical superintendents of teaching and other government hospitals at his office and reviewed measures for treating mourners.

The minister ordered all casualty and emergency departments to be working round-the-clock from Muharram  8 onwards and asked the MS to set up medical camps along the routes of the processions.

A central camp will be set up at Numaish Chowk along with a central control room with one doctor and one paramedic. The minister directed officers to personally visit hospitals during Ashura.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 9^th, 2010.