New PIMS emergency department opens with 69 patients in first hours
Executive director Prof Dr Tanwir Khaliq toured the unit to identify shortcomings, and an appendectomy was performed under general anaesthesia, Dawn reported
The new emergency department at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad has started receiving patients, with more than 69 assessed and treated in its first hours, Dawn reported.
A further 258 patients were seen and managed on Saturday, according to the newspaper. An appendectomy was performed under general anaesthesia in the department, and the operating theatre's functioning and operational readiness were reviewed.
PIMS Executive Director Prof Dr Tanwir Khaliq toured the new department to assess how it was working, identify shortcomings and review the measures being taken, Dawn reported.
The Associated Press of Pakistan reported that the department had started operations and that patients now had access to improved emergency healthcare facilities. Its account did not give patient numbers, describe the surgery or name the executive director.
Both outlets described the department as newly established. Neither report gave the number of beds it holds, the cost of the facility or the date it was commissioned. Skardu Times could not independently verify the patient figures.
PIMS is the teaching hospital attached to the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University in the federal capital, and its emergency and accident ward is one of the busiest entry points for patients brought in from Islamabad and the surrounding districts.
How the reports differ
Dawn's report carried the patient figures, the appendectomy under general anaesthesia and the executive director's inspection round. The Associated Press of Pakistan's account ran to a single paragraph saying the department had started operations and that patients now had access to improved emergency facilities, with no numbers, no account of the surgery and no official named.
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