CM inspects under-construction emergencies of Mayo, Shahdara hospitals.

LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi conducted inspections at the ongoing construction sites of the emergency blocks at Government Teaching Hospital Shahdara and Mayo Hospital to review the progress. During the visit to Shahdara Hospital, concerns were raised by patients regarding the procurement of risek injections from external sources, despite their availability within the hospital. The CM discovered that the required risek injections were indeed in stock at the hospital pharmacy. Expressing profound dissatisfaction, Naqvi reprimanded the senior medical officer and ordered the reimbursement of funds to patients who had purchased injections externally, despite their availability within the hospital. The CM emphasized that, with the injections in stock at the hospital pharmacy, there was no justification for patients to resort to external purchases. He criticized the management for permitting financially challenged patients to incur expenses on external...

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