Appointment of doctors at BHU demanded

MANSEHRA: The residents of Shungli Bandi in Oghi tehsil demanded that the government appoint doctors and other staff at the only Basic Health Unit in the area.

“We lack transportation, education, and healthcare services. If the government does not address issues we have been facing, we will take to the streets for our rights,” Siddique Ahmad, a resident, told reporters in Oghi.

A group of locals stated that they had raised these concerns with local lawmakers and relevant departments but to no avail.“The local BHU lacks adequate healthcare services, medicines, and laboratory tests. Above all, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has yet to appoint doctors and paramedics,” Ahmad said.

Another local resident, Tariq Tanoli, said that the Shungli Bandi Union council, which consisted of dozens of villages and localities, didn’t have a high school for girls.“Most of schoolgirls discontinue their education after completing middle school, as the entire union council still lacks a high school even in this modern era,” he added.