The public hospital project, whose foundation stone was laid in 2021, is reportedly collapsing after the contractor disappeared, prompting the Sajag Shehri Ittehad to launch a continuous protest for nine days, demanding immediate government intervention.

On Sunday, for the ninth consecutive day, the Sajag Shehri Ittehad organized demonstrations against the incomplete taluka hospital. Participants, holding banners, placards, and black flags, severely criticized the elected MPA, MNA of their constituency, and the health department.

During the rally, the alliance’s leaders, including Senior Vice President Sufi Ghaffar Channa, Asif Kathio, and Muhammad Malook Laghari, addressed the crowd. They stated that the purpose of their protest is to ensure the hospital’s restoration and to address the severe shortage of doctors and medicines at the rural health center, issues they claim are being ignored by the elected representatives and the Sindh government.

The organizers reported that the constituency’s MPA, Burhan Khan Chandio, had inaugurated the center in 2021. However, they alleged that the contractor later disappeared, leaving the construction incomplete and the building in a dilapidated state, close to collapsing.

A warning was issued by the protest leaders that if work on the hospital does not resume, the protest movement will be expanded to various villages of the taluka, ultimately turning into a severe public outcry.

The protest has received widespread support, with participants including STP leader Mansoor Soomro, PTI’s Arbelo Khan Shaikh, Dravidar Welfare Association official Ashiq Noonari, and representatives from the Shia Ulema Council and several youth organizations, in addition to a large number of citizens.