![]() ![]() “People coming from far-flung areas are the worst sufferers. “It has been 26 days since the staff is on strike here,” Zareef, a patient who visited the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Saturday, told Dawn. However, the government was neither holding any serious dialogue with the protesting workers, nor was it taking any step to attend to the needs of poor patients, they said. The situation had been persisting since last Monday when junior doctors, nurses and paramedics decided to go on a complete boycott of outpatient departments (OPDs) over their demand for resumption of health risk allowance, they added. Sources said healthcare facilities in the province were refusing to take emergency cases, new admissions and even cancelling scheduled surgeries due to acute shortage of staff. ![]() KARACHI: Patient services at public sector hospitals across the province remained suspended on Saturday as health workers in several districts held demonstrations in support of their colleagues, who were beaten and arrested by police a day earlier and later released on court orders. Poor patients have to visit private facilities due to strike.Sindh govt blamed for not holding serious talks with protesters. ![]()
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