KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah Friday said that a record level of OPD patients and surgical operations in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) is the manifestation of public confidence and quality of services and we are committed to improving them further.
He said this while going through a progress report of last 11 months, JPMC Executive Director Dr Seemi Jamali presented to him, said a statement issued here.
According to the report, from January to December 2017, 1,301,005 patients were provided with medical facility in the OPD while emergency patients number stood at 449,090.
Some 66,127 patients were admitted to the hospital of them 8,288 could not survive. Dog bite cases during the said period were 34,700. On this the chief minister expressed surprise that such a huge number of dog bite patients were reported in JPMC only.
The local bodies must launch campaign against stray dogs otherwise this would create more problems, he said. According to report, 15,551 delivery cases were done at JPMC. Some 27,400 surgical operations were carried out and 6230 gynae &Obstt operations were also conducted.
The overall bed occupancy ratio in JPMC during the said period remained 84.6 percent.
The chief minister lauded the services of JPMC team and its executive director for ailing people visiting JPMC not only from all over Pakistan but from other countries also.
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