Legal notice served for ensuring adequate equipment at public hospitals

A Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice to the government, asking it to arrange necessary number of medical equipment at the public hospitals across the country in 15 days in order to accurately diagnose diseases and to provide proper treatment to the patients.

Lawyer Md JR Khan Robin sent the legal notice to the authorities concerned of the government, also requesting them to take necessary steps to repair the faulty equipment of the hospitals in 15 days.

He sent the legal notice to the secretaries to the ministries of health and home, director general of directorate of health services and director of central medical stores depot, saying that he will move a writ petition before the High Court for necessary orders if they do not take steps to this effect.

In the legal notice, JR Khan Robin said the state is responsible to ensure people's right to health and life under the constitution.

But some public hospitals are reportedly facing shortage of medical equipment and many equipment are ineffective although the government has allocated budget for this purpose, he added in the legal notice.