Despite an alert being issued to all the hospitals and authorities concerned by the Punjab Health Department, keeping in view the rising temperature and situation being faced by the people of Karachi, no preventive measure to treat heatstroke victims have been taken. Shoaib Ahmad, a heatstroke patient told Pakistan Today that he visited Services Hospital on Monday where the doctors prescribed him medicines for diarrhea and he felt no better. “My family then took me to a private clinic where the doctor diagnosed a heatstroke,” he added. Visiting any public sector hospitals in the metropolis, it can be observed that not even a single hospital has established any special counters to facilitate the heatwave victims. “We have trained doctors and paramedical staff who are ready to deal with any emergency situation,” he maintained.

Source: Pakistan Today May 31, 2018 12:56 UTC