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Doctor Shortage Cripples Attock Health Centre as Patients Seek Care Elsewhere
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News18•09-10-2026, 20:30
Doctor Shortage Cripples Attock Health Centre as Patients Seek Care Elsewhere
- •The Maryam Nawaz Health Centre in Chhab is facing a severe healthcare crisis due to six vacant doctor positions, forcing patients to rely on a dispenser for medical consultations.
- •Local residents are forced to travel to hospitals in Rawalpindi for treatment as the sole temporary doctor went on leave without any alternative arrangement.
- •Despite spending over PKR 30 million on upgrades this year, facilities remain unusable due to unresolved infrastructure issues and a faulty electricity transformer.
- •A newly installed solar power system remains disconnected, and residents are demanding the urgent deployment of substitute doctors and the reinstatement of Dr Mansoor.
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The facility is struggling due to a severe, prolonged shortage of medical staff, leaving six sanctioned doctor positions vacant and forcing patients to rely on a dispenser for consultations and prescriptions.
A faulty electricity transformer has reduced power to a single phase which disables the X-ray equipment, a newly installed solar power system remains disconnected, and several upgraded areas remain unusable due to unresolved infrastructure problems.
Residents are urging Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and the Health Department to fill all vacant doctor positions, deploy substitutes during leaves, repair power issues, and reinstate Dr Mansoor whose 15-year contract expired.
