hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Accident and Emergency Department of the hospital had no facility of Computerised Tomography (CT) Scan and the patient had to be shifted to another building.The path from Accident and Emergency Department to the CT scan machine was uneven and bumpy that complicated the case of patients with serious injuries.
But the miseries didn’t end for the ill-fated family. The patient was shifted to Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit. However, to the surprise of many family members having affiliation with the PTI, they were told that the patient couldn’t be treated in the ward.
“We were referred to a private hospital because only one out of the five ventilation machines at Neurosurgery ICU was working,” Khurram recalled.“Is this the change brought in the working of the hospitals as claimed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his government in the province?” he questioned. “The slogan of change is just a ploy to hoodwink the people,” Khurram alleged.
He said it took more than an hour to get oxygen equipment-installed ambulance from the hospital administration and that too after approaching two local journalists.In the meanwhile, they also contacted Rescue 1122 to provide them the facility of oxygen-installed ambulance to shift the critically-injured schoolteacher to a private hospital in Hayatabad. But they said they were not allowed to shift patients from one hospital to another.
However, after an hour Khurram succeeded in getting oxygen equipment-installed ambulance from the LRH administration. The injured schoolteacher was shifted to the private hospital at around 2:30 am where she succumbed to her injuries at 2:55 am.
Third, Khurram and his family are also critical of the Elementary and Secondary Education Department, the local MPA and education minister.None of them bothered to contact the bereaved family let alone take the pain to visit them to offer condolences.
“My mother served the Education Department for 18 long years and died in the line of duty. She was performing election duty along with her primary job to adorn our future generation with education,” her eldest son Zohaib Hassan pointed out.
He said it would not have brought his mother back had the government officials or elected representatives attended her funeral. “At least it would have provided solace to our family. It would have given us satisfaction that her services were being recognised,” he remarked.