Lahore April 28 (TNS): Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday paid a visit to a mental hospital in Lahore to review healthcare facilities and the state of cleanliness at the hospital.
The chief justice visited emergency and other wards of the Punjab Institute of Mental Health and expressed displeasure over poor sanitation.
He said the emergency ward reeked of unpleasant smell and directed health officials to pay heed to cleanliness.
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He interacted with patients, who complained of lack medicines at the hospital upon which Justice Nisar sought a report from the minister on health regarding the issue.
The hospital visit was planned over the case of a woman reportedly with mental disabilities, who was on a death row.
While hearing the case, the chief justice said the woman seemed to be someone with mental disabilities. Therefore, he ordered she be shifted to the psychiatric facility from prison.
He ordered that doctors at the psychiatric hospital examine the woman and find out what disabilities she had. He also asked for the update on the hospital’s condition, remarking that he often received complaints of mismanagement there.
The chief justice also visited the hospital’s kitchen during his survey on Saturday, where he expressed reservations over the hygiene condition. The attendant of a patient told Justice Nisar that the hospital was cleaner than it usually was because of his visit.
The chief justice also surveyed pharmacy of the hospitals where he sought details from the incharge.
At one of the wards, a doctor met the chief justice to tell him about her son who was missing for the past eight years. She told him her son was missing for a long time and the police were not cooperating with her to find him. The chief justice took notice of the matter and issued directives for action.
The chief justice was scheduled to go to Services Hospital and then to Supreme Court’s Lahore registry to hear cases.
It is pertinent to mention here that CJP Nisar was repeatedly criticized by the ruling elite for visiting a medical facility in Punjab.
