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Citizens for improving services at PIMS emergency department

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (APP): Citizens on Thursday demanded of the authorities concerned to improve healthcare services at emergency department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to entertain maximum number of patients. According to them, a large number of patients from far-flung areas visit PIMS emergency unit daily and face many problems because of lack of facilities and adequate services. When contacted, Vice Chancellor Shaheed Zulifqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, PIMS Dr Javed Akram said that a sufficient number of doctors perform duties in the hospital’s emergency. They said that only limited beds were available in wards situated in the emergency department, where not only staff was limited but there were acute shortage of medicines.