KARACHI:Sarfaraz Rafiqui Shaheed (SRS) Hospital run by Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has been facing acute shortage of consultants as no new hiring was done in KMC run hospitals across the Karachi since several years.
KMC official told PPI on Thursday that 100-beded hospital has been facing acute shortage of consultants while the posts of resident medical officers, medical officers and women medical officer are also lying vacant in this health facility.
The posts of consultants, including cardiologists, gynecologist, orthopedic surgeon, surgeon, anesthesiologist and other are lying vacant while limited surgeries are being performed in this hospital after retirement of anesthesiologist.
About 14 doctors are available in hospital and number of OPD patients has drastically decreased due to the unavailability of consultants, medicines and other medical facilities. Only 14 nurses are available in health facility out of total 26 sanction posts.
Around 100 to 150 patients visit different OPDs of hospital every day. The hospital administration sent requests to KMC for hiring of consultants and other staff to improve patient care in hospital. Senior Director Medical and Health Survives, KMC, Dr Abdul Hameed Jumani, was not available for comments.