New drug treatment Center opens in Karachi

Karachi: Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho has inaugurated a new Opioid Agonist Maintenance Therapy (OAMT) Center at Jinnah Hospital to help people recovering from drug addiction.

Speaking to the media the minister said the center will support people in gradually overcoming addiction and returning to a healthy normal life.

Patients will receive medical treatment regular health monitoring counseling and rehabilitation services under one roof.

Dr. Pechuho said the facility will be staffed by experienced doctors and trained healthcare workers who will closely monitor patients throughout their recovery.

She also stressed the need to speed up HIV screening so that more cases can be detected early and  treated without delay.

Commenting on reports of a patient’s death at Jinnah Hospital the health minister said that every loss of life is deeply tragic.

If negligence was involved she said a full and transparent investigation must be carried out to identify those responsible.

She added that no patient’s death should ever be treated as unimportant and strongly condemned any remarks that appeared to downplay such incidents.