Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that Spencer Eye Hospital is an asset of Karachi and we will not allow it to be destroyed. He said this on the occasion of a surprise visit to Spencer Eye Hospital on Monday. Municipal Commissioner Syed Afzal Zaidi and other officers were also with him. He said that the presence of all doctors and paramedical staff in the hospital should be ensured and those guilty of negligence should not be forgiven in any case. He said that improving medical institutions run by KMC is the priority and whatever steps are necessary will be taken in this regard. Barrister Murtaza Wahab inspected the various wards, operation theaters, refraction rooms, and doctors rooms of Spencer Eye Hospital and checked the attendance register of the staff.
He enquired about the medical procedures used in the hospital and directed them to adopt modern procedures for eye treatment in the hospital and to update all the equipment and machinery to modern requirements. The Mayor said that in the past Spencer Eye Hospital was famous all over the world including Pakistan for eye treatment and patients from far and wide used to come here for treatment. Cornea transplantation was done regularly here to restore eyesight to a large number of people, he said.
He said that this hospital was the only hospital in Karachi and Pakistan where the best and most experienced eye surgeons provided services and the most complex operations were successfully performed.
If attention had been paid to it in the past, this hospital would have been providing the best eye treatment facilities even today, he added. Barrister Murtaza Wahab also met the patients in the hospital on this occasion and asked them about their problems. He said that monitoring committees consisting of peoples representatives have been formed for KMC-run hospitals, in the light of their report and suggestions, the process of providing medical facilities in KMC hospitals will be improved and more facilities will be provided to the citizens.
He said that Spencer Eye Hospital is established on an area of more than an acre which includes staff accommodation, all the wards of the hospital should be fully functional, utilizing the facilities available for eye operations in the hospital is important because a large number of people come here for treatment and operation who cannot afford the expensive treatment of eye diseases in private hospitals, so this hospital is a ray of hope for them. He said that the cleanliness and security arrangements in the hospital would also be improved and better facilities would be provided.
He directed the hospital administration, that they should fulfill their duty and provide the best possible facilities to the patients who come here for treatment, all the requirements to make Spencer Eye Hospital functional will be fulfilled so that the citizens can get the best possible and standard eye care.
