Patients Suffer As Mayo Hospital Facing Financial Crisis.

LAHORE -- Asia's largest treatment center Mayo hospital is currently undergoing a severe financial crisis as Rs 1.25 billion is required to maintain supply of medicines only, it has been learnt. Hospital sources confided to The Nation that due to non-availability of medicines, Mayo Hospital is facing problems in treating patients. Also, Essential surAgeries are not being done due to shortage of new anesthetics and life-saving drugs. In order to deal with the crisis, the hospital administration has also requested the Punjab government to provide additional funds to pay the arrears, they said.

The sources said that the hospital management was yet to pay the arrears of Rs 1 billion in respect of medicines purchased in in the last one year and a half. Because of non-payment, the hospital is facing a delay in the supply of medicines from the companies and contractors to the hospital.

Sources further disclosed that the companies and the contractors had halted the supply of essenAtial...