Sindh: According to The Express Tribune, on Thursday and Friday, a team from the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) discovered that government hospitals in the districts of Shikarpur and Kashmore-Kandhkot in Pakistan lacked adequate infrastructure, had staffing shortages, had power outages without backup systems, and lacked clean drinking water.

The SHRC Chairman, Iqbal Ahmed Detho, who oversaw the hospital visits, spoke about the lack of functional restrooms, awkward sitting configurations, a patient bed shortage, and the unavailability of free medication supplies.

According to The Express Tribune, he saw that many female patients were sitting on the floor in the oppressive heat since there were not enough waiting areas or seating arrangements outside of an overloaded outpatient clinic.

Chairman Detho gave the administrators at the Taluka Headquarters Hospital (THQ) in Kandhkot instructions to make sure the hospital moved to its new location as soon as possible. He gave Medical Superintendent Shahnawaz Dahani and District Health Officer Dr. Aijaz Ali Shah instructions to upgrade the building’s amenities and services.

“In extremely hot conditions, the patients were found lying helplessly on beds during power outages,” Iqbal Ahmed Detho stated of Shikarpur’s Taluka Hospital Lakhi. Additionally, the commission highlighted health service-related challenges to the HRCP by organizing separate interactive sessions with a cross-section of civil societies in the two districts.

According to The Express Tribune, Iqbal Ahmed Detho paid a visit to the judicial jail in the Kashmore-Kandhkot area, which is plagued by bandits, tribal disputes, robberies, and drug-peddling problems.

Since Kashmore-Kandhkot lacks a district jail, Shikarpur prison houses the majority of the district’s inmates. The establishment of a district prison is essential, according to Detho, as its lack “results in the denial of visitation rights and delays in appearance before the trial courts.”