Lahore: Shortage of beds, staff and equipment at the nursery wards of the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) are hampering proper treatment of neonates, it has been learnt reliably. \r\n \r\nSource told Daily Times that the 1,000-bed LGH had capacity to cater 60 neonates only whereas bed occupancy rate is 100 percent. They said that the health facility has eight cots while the number of hospitalised babies in nursery ward remains more than 35. Moreover, the nursery ward has only two ventilators to cater to the needs of the patients, and sometimes attendants of new-born patients are compelled to use Amo bags, raising chances of error that can lead to death of neonates due to excessive pumping. |
