HYDERABAD:District Health Officer Dr. Lala Jaffar Khan said that the best medical facilities are available in 5 major hospitals across the district where all medicines and insulin are being provided to the patients free of charge.
Dr. Lala Jaffar Khan said this in an interview with reporter here the other day. he said Sindh Govt hospital Preetabad, CDF hospital, Shah Bhittai hospital Latifabad, Sindh Govt hospital Khosar and Qasimabad Taluka hospital were providing treatment facilities to the thousands patients on daily basis.
DHO said that gynecology and pediatric evening OPD facility has also been started in these 5 hospitals under the administrative control of District Health Office which benefiting thousands citizens.
He further said, the CDF hospital had been affiliated with Bilawal Medical College and state of the art gynecology and pediatric wards are being set up where health facilities will be provided to the people like Aga Khan Hospital.
Maternity facilities are available round the clock in these hospitals and a target of 40 to 50 cases per month has been fixed, Dr. Jaffar said, adding the performance of a hospital with less cases than the target is being considered as poor.
Responding to a question, the DHO said that medicines were available in all the hospitals while dog and snake bite vaccines were available in large quantities in every hospital.
Dr. Lala Jaffar said diabetic centres were also set up at all district hospitals with concerned staff for the treatment of diabetic patients and they were being provided required medicines including insulin injections.
The Preetabad hospital is a model hospital of the district for diabetic patients, DHO maintained.
He said casualty was the important part of any hospital and district health authority had posted all available staff in the emergency services like labour rooms and operation theatres for provision of treatment facilities to the common men.
He said a mechanism had also been devised to keep watch on hospitals and 5 vigilance committees headed by the Medical Superintendents were formed which were visiting in different hospitals to review operationalization of the health facilities.
When asked about the facilities for heart disease patients, the DHO said that the health department had offered NICVD for setting up cardiac units in three hospitals of the district, including Red Crescent in Latifabad, Kohsar and Tandojam hospitals.
He said that the best dialysis facility is available at Shah Bhittai Hospital and hundreds of patients are being taken for dialysis every month.