DC recommends measures to improve situation at hospital.

HYDERABAD -- Deputy Commissioner, Fuad Ghaffar Soomro has declared situation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU) of civil hospital Hyderabad as pathetic and unsatisfactory and recommended measures to improve it.

In a letter addressed to Secretary Health Sindh, he said in LUH/Civil hospital there was a lack of medical as well as nursing staff to look after the patients.

As per international criteria for management and operation of ICU/HDU, sole dedicated, active nursing staff is required to meet the medical needs of single patient, whereas at the LUH/Civil hospital Hyderabad, single nurse has been assigned to look after 25 patients, the letter reads.

The DC said though Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro was trying its level best to provide medical and technical support to the administration of civil hospital. Moreover, it also extended support to improve status of ICU/HDU and enforce minimum SOPs, but these efforts are not yielding desired outcomes, he asserted.

In order to improve ICU/HDU, the deputy commissioner recommended the measures including posting of a proactive Medical...