LAHORE: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Lahore chapter called on the government to construct hospitals and expand the
emergency and out-patient departments of existing hospitals.
Addressing a press conference, PMA leaders including
Dr Ajmal Hassan, Dr Wajid Ali and Dr Iram Shehzadi expressed grief over the death of
Zohra Bibi in Jinnah Hospital due to not being attended to by staff. They claimed that such incidents happened due to a lack of hospital and medical facilities.
They said that at least six hospitals were required to meet the nee
ds of the ever increasing population of the city which had increased to over 12 million. They also asked for the prompt restoration of the medical superintendent of Jinnah Hospital and three other professors, w
ho were suspended following
Zohra Bibi’s sad death.
