The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has sealed a hospital in Multan where over a dozen surgeries had gone wrong and had the affected patients examined at the city’s Nishtar Hospital.
The development came after at least 16 people, including seven women, lost their eyesight at the same time after their surgeries at a local private hospital in Multan.
All the patients had used Sehat Insaf Card – an initiative introduced by the PTI government to provide free health facilities to the masses.
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These patients were then examined at the ophthalmology department of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital on the directives of the Chief Health Officer, Dr. Arshad Malik informed. The PHC had asked that the patients in question be provided a check-up.
Dr. Malik said that the PHC would be informed about the treatment of these patients, which would decide whether they should be admitted to the hospital or sent home with medicines.
He said that the PHC would complete its probe today (Wednesday), while a five-member inquiry committee formed by the Punjab Chief Minister has already submitted its report on the matter.
The committee will take strict legal action against those found guilty upon completion of the inquiry.
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PHC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Muhammad Saqib Aziz, said that they had already sealed the hospitals where the botched surgeries were carried out. The treatment records were confiscated, and its operating rooms were shut down.
Out of 16 people, 12 have lost sight in one of their eyes.
The shortcomings of [some] doctors have come to light, action will be taken against them after completion of the inquiry.
It was revealed upon investigation that the surgery rooms were not properly disinfected before the operations. Meanwhile, Dr. Hasnain Mushtaq, an eye surgeon who carried out surgeries, denied any negligence in the process.
Irony of low grade article writing to use irrelvant facts within an article. What is Insaaf Card Program to do with a doctor’s negligence? Are you an idiot or with lack of words?
Why not mentioned the name of Hospital. Still they need their Goodwill.
Laeeque rafiq hospital ka naam ha
Lack of sanitary environment in the ICUs and operating theatres is a common sight in most government run hospitals. It is the responsibility of management and not the doctors. Unfortunately investigation commissions are prone to influence and often come to conclusions which protect the powerful.