CJP bemoans closure of OPDs for non-corona patients
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Monday bemoaned the government´s decision to shut down health facilities for people suffering from ailments other than Covid-19 by closing out-patient departments (OPDs) in all hospitals across the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. `Patients suffering from other ailments have been left at the mercy of God,` the chief justice regretted. `What kind of medical emergency is this where even people suffering from diabetes or those having a heart condition can go neither to government-run hospitals nor to private clinics,` Justice Gulzar observed. The number of deaths from diseases other than Covid-19 was rising at an alarming...