Health centre shortchanged: Shortage of staff results in recall of doctor, surgeon

Supply of medici­nes stoppe­d at rural health centre in Bhara Kahu.  Sobia Khan, a resident of Bhara Kahu who came to the RHC said this was the third time she had come to get medicine but was refused. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: 
A one-third cut in the budget and a ban on new recruitment resulting in a staff shortage in the capital’s public hospitals have had an adverse affect on primary healthcare services in rural areas which were already in deplorable condition.
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