I shudder at thought of such an outbreak as Ebola in Pakistan, where government medical facilities are nonexistent and corruption infected check posts at our airports/seaports have been facilitating even criminals to walk in and out of this country, no questions asked. There are thousands of our men and women serving as Peace Keeping troops in Sierra Leone and countries which have been put on watch list by world community, apart from sailors and aircrew working in charter companies, frequently visiting that region.
As it is, Pakistan is on the Polio watch list, with Hepatitis having assumed an epidemic situation, yet neither civil society, nor political elite, consider it important to raise their voices. Even in presence of existing health hazards, we witness prolonged Dharnas, with minimal of sanitation and hygienic facilities, nor clean drinking water. I hope somebody in government, parliament, judiciary and bureaucracy of this country spare a moment to give this a thought, because our electronic media seems to be to over committed in pursuing their political agendas, or else don't have time to focus on public interest health issues.
TARIQ ALI, UAE,
October 19.