RAWALPINDI: Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta here on Saturday visited Rawalpindi Institute of Urology and Transplantation (RIUT) and inspected the medical treatment facilities being provided to the patients.
Vice Chancellor, Rawalpindi Medical University, Dr. Umar, DMMS, RIUT Dr. Azhar, Xeon Building and other officers were present on the occasion.
The Commissioner took notice of non-functional heating system in some wards of the hospital due to technical fault in HVAC sensors.
He said that HVAC sensors should be replaced immediately and the heating system should be made fully functional as the patients could not bear this cold.
The Commissioner also visited Emergency, Operation Theater, Radiology, Dialysis Center and OPD.
The DMS briefed the Commissioner about the facilities being provided to the patients in the hospital. The Building Department representative also briefed about the repair work.
The Commissioner was informed that in this state-of-the-art 250-bed hospital, more than 1
00 emergency patients are admitted and provided medical treatment daily while on an average, 250 to 300 patients visit the OPD of the hospital daily. Currently, five departments of the hospital are fully functional.
So far, the patients are being provided surgery, dialysis, pathology, radiology and nephrology medical facilities at RIUT.
The transplant unit would also be fully functional by March, the Commissioner was briefed.
Apart from this, 13 departments of Holy Family Hospital are also temporarily providing services in this hospital.
Medical facilities are also being provided at RIUT due to the rush of the patients and revamping project of the Holy Family Hospital.
All encroachments from the service road were removed to provide the patients easy access to the hospital.
The Commissioner said that the administration was striving to provide quality medical facilities to the resident of Rawalpindi.
The RIUT is providing state-of-the-art medical facilities to the patients, he added.
The Commissioner al
so talked to the patients and their families who expressed satisfaction on the medical facilities being provided in the hospital.