Punjab Authorities Mandate Hospital Safety Reforms After Medical Tragedy

Punjab moves to prevent Pims-like tragedies

• Orders Rescue 1122 deployment at all teaching hospitals across the province • 11-member working group to prepare SOPs for nursery, neonatology units LAHORE: The Punjab government has initiated multiple major steps at public-sector hospitals across the province to prevent a recurrence of the incident that clai­med the lives of 14 infants at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) in Islamabad. The Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education Department on Sunday asked Emergency Servi...

By [email protected] (Asif Chaudhry)