Karachi:The underground water reservoirs and overhead tanks of government hospitals are not being cleaned on regular basis as a result, visiting and admitted patients have been compelled to drink contaminated water, it is learned on Sunday.
An official at Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) told PPI that the underground water reservoirs of this health facility were not being maintained or cleaned on regular basis by the hospital administration. The visiting and admitted patients have compelled to drink health hazardous polluted water.
He said more than 5,000 patients from Karachi and other parts of Sindh and Balochistan province visit different OPDs of the hospital every day. This contaminated water also is supplied to various departments of the hospital and staff colony.
The official said consumption of contaminated and polluted water could develop water-borne diseases among the patients and their attendants. He said the patients had been compelled to purchase mineral water from medical stores for daily consummation.
Similarly, the overhead tanks and underground reservoirs of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Jinnah Hospital Karachi and others hospitals are also not being maintained or cleaned since the past several months due to slackness of heads of healthcare centers. Medical Superintendent, Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, Dr Noor Soomro, was not available for comments.