KARACHI – Soon after the Peshawar attack, the government had paid for the initial bill for the treatments. However, no instructions were given for follow-up appointments.
Ansar Ali Shah, an APS attack survivor, found out at his first follow-up appointment when he travelled to Karachi’s Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). He was part of the group of APS children who were brought to AKUH in February 2015 for better treatment.
The hospital administration asked him to pay out of his own pocket stating that they had run out of the funds the government gave them. Ansar missed his first follow-up appointment due to this issue.
AKUH Patient Building Services manager Adnan Warsi said that nothing had been communicated to them regarding the follow-ups.
However, according to Chief Minister’s Media Coordinator Abdul Rasheed Channa, the Sindh government had no role to play in the finances.
He suggested that the parents need to contact the school administration or the organization responsible for the communication between the parents and the government before their visit to the doctors in Karachi for follow-up treatments.
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