MANSEHRA: The people of Lower Kohistan on Friday blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) to vehicular traffic in protest against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, which according to them couldn't appoint doctors and paramedical staff at the sole hospital in the district.
The protesters staged a sit-in on the Karakoram Highway at Pattan, the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan, to block it to traffic. It caused inconvenience to commuters travelling between Gilgit-Baltistan and KP.
"The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government claims to overhaul the Health Department but the civil hospital, which was upgraded as the District Headquarters Hospital two years ago, is still without doctors and other medical staff," Maulana Abdul Wadood said while addressing the protesters.
He said the district lacked medical facilities and patients, especially pregnant women died on way to the hospitals. Another protester, Maulana Guldad said the only degree college for boys in the district was without teaching staff and students were compelled to move out of district to get the higher education. He said that most students quit education after matriculation. "People are without basic amenities and cannot afford high expenses on health
and education," said Maulana Guldad.
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