Tessori inaugurates Mother Care Ward, Ultrasound Unit at Sobhraj Hospital

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori on Thursday said that a five-year plan should be prepared for Karachi, which will reveal how Karachi will be in the next five years.

“Once there was a stone age, today there are stone people,” he expressed these views while inaugurating the Mother Care Ward and the renovated Ultrasound Unit at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital.

Administrator Karachi Dr Syed Saifur Rehman, Senior Director Medical Services Dr Nadeem Asif, MS Sobhraj Hospital Dr Hooria and a large number of other concerned officers, doctors and paramedical staff were also present.

The Governor Sindh said that doctors do their part and the service rendered by them in the time of COVID-19 is admirable, he said that together we all have to change the situation. Talking to the media representatives, he said in response to a question that the protest is done for the rights of the people.

He said that it is the right of every political party to raise their voice and speak in the Assembly to resolve the problems of the people. The governor said that he had opened Gate No. 4 of the Governor House, every person belonging to Karachi and Sindh can register their complaint to the complaint cell.

These complaints are registered on phone number 1366. All utility service providers Institutional representatives are present here and try to take action within 15 minutes of registering the complaint. “I myself will sit in the complaint cell in the morning and listen to the complaints of the citizens,” he added.

Tessori said that the rulers do not know how a person who gets a salary of Rs 25,000 supports his family and what problems he faces. He said that now is not the time for politics. Administrator Karachi Dr. Syed Saifur Rahman said that efforts are being made to upgrade the hospitals managed by KMC and today a mother care unit and ultrasound were inaugurated in Sobhraj Maternity Hospital with the support of UNESCO. These facilities will help the patients coming here and women will get facility.

He said that there are 400 OPDs on a daily basis in Sobhraj, more than 15 operations are performed, he said that it is also a teaching hospital and students of Karachi Medical and Dental College study here. He said that Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Sarfraz Rafiqi Shaheed Hospital, Leprosi Hospital, Spencer Eye Hospital are the hospitals of Karachi whose services are commendable. Senior Director Medical Services Dr. Nadeem Asif, MS Sobhraj Dr. Houria and Hashim Shaikh also spoke on the occasion.