PESHAWAR
People are facing difficulties to treat their patients due to unavailability of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit facility in Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar the major hospital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The administration of pediatric Nursery Lady Reading Hospital was refusing treatment to patients due to unavailability of the same facility in the whole hospital.
Ishfaq, who travelled from Tank to Peshawar for treatment of his 14 days newborn daughter, told APP that he embarked on eight hours journey to treat his daughter Atika in LRH. He said that his daughter is suffering from a critical condition of hernia and needs immediate treatment including surgery in two days.
I was refused treatment of my ailing daughter due to unavailability of bed facility at ICU, he told. He said that ward administration told him that minor need treatment but is not possible due to same facility in the ICU. I was directed to rush patient to PIMS hospital Islamabad or Children Hospital Lahore.
He said that the other doctors also suggested him to shift his patient to Northwest Hospital but the Northwest administration also refused to operate his daughter on health card.
He demanded of KP Government to take notice of the serious problems keeping in view miseries of people who are moving from pillar to post for treatment.
