ISLAMABAD: A team of senior officers of the federal ombudsman on Tuesday visited Polyclinic to take stock of the problems being faced by patients and the general public as well as the constraints of the hospital management and help resolve their problems.

Taking notice of numerous complaints about shortage and inadequate provision of medications, inordinate delay in certification of medical reimbursement bills, unhygienic conditions and undue delay in clinical tests and treatment, Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi sent a team of advisers to Islamabad’s Polyclinic hospital to find out the gravity of the problems and also ascertain the constraints of the hospital management with a view to identifying corrective measures.

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2022

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