No money: Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Dialysis Centre shut down in Jacobabad
Set up to facilitate patients, the hospital's dialysis centre has shut down due to the 'lack of funds.' Photo: Dunya News
(Dunya News) – Established at Civil Hospital Jacobabad after spending millions of rupees, the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Dialysis Centre turned into a dump, just two years into its creation.
The condition of the centre due to the negligence of the Sindh Government is a proof of the authorities’ inadequacy across the province.
Civil Hospital Jacobabad, which is a central healthcare centre for the people of Northern Sindh, Balochistan and parts of Punjab is home to the Benzair Bhutto Shaheed Dialysis Centre that was established in 2008.
According to the staff members, it’s been almost eight years since the centre has shut down. Photo: Dunya News
Even though the hospital has an annual budget of Rs. 160 Million, the staff is seen complaining about the lack of funds to keep the hospital running.
Set up to facilitate patients with failed kidneys, the hospital’s dialysis centre has shut down since 2010 due to ‘lack of funds.’
Speaking to Dunya News, the management of the hospital said that the Sindh Government does not release funds to keep the centre running.
“The machines that were once running cost around a million rupees each,” the management of the hospital told Dunya News. Photo: Dunya News
“It’s been almost eight years since the centre has shut down. The machines that were once running cost around a million rupees each.”
The centre is the only dialysis centre for the locality’s population of around one million.
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