Meanwhile we also have refusals to vaccinate children against polio, rising by 85pc in KP, leading to 11 polio cases in Bannu division alone. Rapacious and mendacious physicians have apparently traded their Hippocratic Oath for the Hypocrite Oath of minting money and acting more like ruthless bank directors. The Sahiwal DCO initially held a bio-metric engineer responsible and recommended his suspension. The hospital authorities maintained that only one of 11 air conditioners malfunctioned and the infant deaths (3, not 8, as reported by electronic media), were caused by known medical diseases. The Punjab CM has ‘taken notice’ and a two-man inquiry committee will submit its reports within 24 hours.

Source: Pakistan Today June 03, 2019 16:06 UTC