KASUR
Hundreds of patients visiting DHQ Hospital Kasur continued to suffer due to alleged negligence of the hospital administration and the apathy of the doctors while the situation is being benefitted by the private hospitals.
DHQ Hospital serves as a referral hospital as majority of the patients rushed to the emergency ward in a critical  condition are referred to  other hospitals in Lahore on one pretext or the other.
It is observed that the lady doctors remain absent from the duty after 2 pm and the paramedical staff in the wards refer patients to various private hospitals. Apart from this, various touts also roam in and around the hospital round the clock.
The situation in the cardiac centre also presents a dismal picture of the affairs as the only cardiac specialist prefers to check the patients at his residence in the premises of the DHQ Hospital. It is also learnt that only the patients visiting the private clinic of the doctor are admitted to the hospital while the others are referred to Lahore.
The condition and performance of the X-Ray department is also the same. Civil Society and social organisations have demanded that the chief minister should pay a surprise visit to the DHQ Hospital so that the reality is revealed to him.
FOUR DIE: Four people including a woman died in three road accidents on Sunday while three others suffered injuries.
In the first accident, Imtiaz Ahmed along with wife Kishwar was on his way home on their motorcycle on Changa Manga road. A speedy motorcycle had a collision. As a result, Imtiaz and Akbar Ali died on the spot while Kishwar and Khursheed Ahmed suffered injuries. The injured were rushed to THQ Chunian in a critical condition.
The second accident took place near Phoolnagar at Multan road when a speedy motorcycle of Abdull Rasheed and of Muhammad Ashraf collided. Resultantly, co rider Bushra bibi of Muhammad Ashraf died on the spot while Ashraf and Abdul Rasheed sustained injuries. In the third such incident, a rickshaw crushed to death Farzand Ali who was crossing the road, at Baldia chowk Pattoki in the limits of Pattoki police station. The driver of the rickshaw managed his escape.