Shamsul-Amin Pirzada
LANDIKOTAL: Most of the new machinery including dialysis machines worth millions of rupees at tehsil Headquarters Hospital Landikotal had been laying nonoperational for the last many years due to which patients were compelled to go to the hospital in Peshawar for dialysis, a health official said on Tuesday.
The Medical Superintendent(MS) of the tehsil headquarters hospital Landikotal Dr, Khalid Javaid told the media that due to a lack of technical and operational staff much Medical Equipment including dialysis machines was laying inactive in the Landikotal hospital warehouse since last six years.
He said the equipment including the dialysis machine had been provided to the hospital when the then-governor of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa had made an announcement to upgrade the hospital from Type-C to Type-A.
After its up-gradation announcement, a nonprofitable foreign organization built new blocks in the hospital and the equipment was also provided. But lack of interest from the concerned people and due to other unknown reasons, the hospital could not be upgraded to type-A and the equipment was still laying in the hospital godown to damage.
He said such circumstances have produced countless injustices to patients who have to visit the kidneys centre in Peshawar. He added that where they have to wait for weeks for their turns to get the treatment.
“This is one of the best dialysis machines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s hospitals. Two skilled technicians and two nurses are required to operate it. we have sent a letter to the director of health in this regard,’’ Dr, Khalid expressed.
He said if the health directorate provided the required staff, they would facilitate poor patients in the area with that machine.
