from Balochistan.
Ministers visit hospitals
Sindh Senior Minister for Education Nisar Khuhro and Sindh Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah visited heatv stroke camps established at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and Sobhraj Hospital and appreciated authorities for taking timely measures to deal with the emergency.
Speaking at JPMC, Khuhro expressed satisfaction over the hospital’s arrangements and treatment of the patients admitted at the facility.
Awareness campaign
In a session organised by the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), civil society activists stressed for the need to educate city residents and other stakeholders of the measures supposed to be taken during such an extreme weather, adds APP
They called for devising a policy to avert human loss since heat waves were reported to occur in city from time to time from now on.
Head of the Aman Community Health Programme and Aman Clinic, Khalid Pervez, said the people needed to be sensitised about preventive measures. He reiterated the need for improving the level of preparedness for all sorts of emergencies, particularly weather induced.
A lawyer and human rights activist, Jibran Nasir, said both the civilian government and the armed forces did not only need to train people for war emergencies but also for peace time calamities. “There is sufficient budget for it but nothing concrete is being done for it,” he regretted.
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Joint Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali said immediate attention was required for healthcare needs of the marginalised sections of the society. Mir Shabbar Ali associated with urban and infrastructure engineering at the NED University said vegetation was critical in reducing temperatures as they absorb almost 20 percent of the heat. Medical experts and civil society activists critical of the provincial authorities’ inability to timely respond such crisis, considering the massive death toll during the previous heat wave, called for the unfortunate episode to not be repeated.