HYDERABAD, July 27: A survey for construction of trauma centres in four district of Sindh is under way and will be completed in five to six months.

A delegation from the Aga Khan University stated this during a recent meeting with Sindh Health Service Director-General Dr Ghulam Nabi Memon.

Talking to the delegation, Dr Ghulam Nabi Memon said that every year five million people in the world lost their lives in accidents and Pakistan stood at number five in deaths in accidents.

The delegation comprised of the head of the department of emergency medicines, AKU Karachi, Dr Junaid A Razzaq, Dr Syed Mohammad Baqar, Dr Vanash Kumar and Dr Junaid Bhatti.

The DG health said that the Sindh minister for health and the secretary wanted construction of a trauma centre in each district of the province to provide immediate treatment to victims of road accidents.

The construction of trauma centre, he said, had become necessary due to increase in population and road accidents.

The members of the delegation informed the DG health that trauma centres will be constructed in other districts of Sindh after approval and added that the staff would be specially trained to meet any emergency with regards to accidents.

However, they said that initially trauma centres would be constructed in four district of Sindh — which are Larkana, Sukkur, Matiari and Jamshoro.

The DG health extended full cooperation of the health department in this regard and appointed Dr Mohammad Ali Laghari as a focal person.

DEMO: Sindh Agriculture University employees under the banner of All Sindh Universities Employees Federation staged a protest demonstration outside the press club on Sunday.

They were demanding the removal of university’s vice-chancellor Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh.

They accused the vice-chancellor of nepotism and misuse of power and alleged that he had appointed a large number of his own family members and favourites in the university.