Punjab Ombudsman (PO) Maj (r) Azam Suleman Khan on Monday took notice of a news item aired by a private channel about the delay in the burial of 51 unidentified dead bodies at the morgue in Mayo Hospital.
He summoned both the secretary primary and secondary healthcare department and DIG (Investigations) Lahore, and asked them to submit a detailed report about the matter.
He further directed to provide complete data of all the mortuaries in Punjab, along with their capacity, present status and asked them to bury all such dead bodies according to SOPs.
Punjab Ombudsman Azam Suleman also took notice of the faulty machinery at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology and directed its MS and secretary specialized healthcare and medical education department to get repair the faulty cardiac machinery.
He said that a summary should be sent to the Punjab government for the replacement of angiographic equipment and all other faulty machines for the provision of the best coronary care.
A campaign should also be launched to give awareness to the patients to benefit from such facilities at nearby government hospitals, as well as the PIC, advised the ombudsman.
