Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro is operating the Dialysis Center under an agreement
By Rehan Khan Khushik
DADU
After a long period of 16 years, the district headquarter hospital Dadu, has started operating the fully-equipped Dialysis Center with the help of expert staff arranged by the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro.
Besides, a Children Ward, Medical Ward, Gynecological Ward, and emergency sections have also been equipped with all kind of facilities and specialist doctors.
“With establishment of 10-bed dialysis center, the patients can save Rs.20000 to 25000 per visit,” Prof Dr. Ikram u ddin Ujjan told during inspection of newly established dialysis center at DHQ hospital Dadu.
“Some patients have rotation of twice time a week and some patients have rotation of once a week for dialysis treatment,” Prof Dr. Ikram u ddin said.
“The serious patients of remote areas of Kachho, Johi, KN Shah, Mehar, Moro and Naushehro Feroze and other adjoining areas had been travelling to Hyderabad, Karachi and other towns paying huge transport charges but with establishment of dialysis center at DHQ hospital Dadu, they are receiving free of cost treatment facilities,” he said.
“If the patient of dialysis will not receive its treatment timely its death happens hence it needs to get treatment according to prescriptions of doctors timely,” he suggested.
“Due to 50 degree Celsius or above temperature at Dadu, the air-conditioners were installed at this dialysis center. Besides, RO plant for drinking water and other facilities were provided to the patients,” Prof Dr. Ikram u ddin said.
“Each patient takes 6 to 7 hour time to rotate and clean the blood and it is very painful process,” he said.
“As soon as, district headquarter hospital Dadu was handed over to the LUMHS Jamshoro under an agreement, it moved to development and facilitating the people of area and all the departments with emergency sections and OPD were functioning round the clock,” he told.
“Not only this, the LUMHS Jamshoro has established state of art diagnostic research laboratories in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Mirpur Khas and Sukkur divisions to facilitate the poor patients with all kind of tests on cheap rates with quality,” he said.
Dr. Ikram said, “Beside this, in Thatta, a medical college was established with quality education. LUMHS.”
“I have sold all of my 15 buffalos and 10 cows to bear the expenditures of dialysis treatment from other hospitals of Hyderabad and Karachi for last 8 years continuously but he was receiving treatment free of cost at DHQ hospital Dadu and he has been coming here twice a week,” 45 years old Naveed Ahmed resident of Moro town, told this scribe.
50-year Abdul Hakeem Rodhnani, resident of Kachho area said that he has to come twice a week for dialysis. He was poor man and he had faced huge troubles as for each visit, he had to pay Rs.10000 for taxi while Rs.15000 to 20000 for other expenditures of the hospital in Hyderabad previously.
Medical Superintendent of DHQ hospital Dadu Dr. Amjad Hussain Mastoi told that dialysis center was established in 2004 by former federal minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi but due to different reasons it was closed by the end of 2007. It was shifted from old building to newly built building of the hospital under the arrangements of LUMHS.
He said that five state of art operation theaters were also established and 10 consultants for Orthopedic, Cardio, skin, Gyne etc. were appointed.
Dr. Sheeraz Dawach Skin Specialist said that ratio of skin patients was increasing and his OPD was handling 200 to 250 patients daily. He said that most of patients were reporting from Kachho area.
Child Specialist Dr. Allah Bux Korejo said that ratio of patients has increased and 500 to 550 patients visit the hospital daily with various seasonal diseases.
Another Child Specialist Dr. Muzmal Brohi said that due to increasing ratio of newborn babies, a a fully equipped Neonatal care unit was establish. She said that serious newborn babies were kept at this unit for treatment.
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