Even though the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has made several promises of providing free emergency healthcare services in government-run hospitals and allocated Rs 1 billion to the cause, patients complain they still have to pay for treatment.
On August 29, 2013, the health department released Rs 1 billion to the province’s hospitals to ensure that free emergency services are provided to visiting patients. Rs 50 million each was released to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) and Hayatabad Medical Complex and the rest was given to several district headquarters hospitals. Patients, however, maintain they have to purchase medicines from the market as they are not available in hospitals. |
