RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: Duration of out patient department (OPD) in Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital has been extended for 24 hours after the imposition of Medical Teaching Institution Reforms Act.

The LRH hospital administration has said that the duration has been extended due to crowd of patients in the hospital who faced difficulties by old timings that were from 8am to 4pm.

Medical Director Dr Mukhtiar Zaman said that LRH witnesses large number of patients due to its location in the metropolis.

He said that the hospital has treated more than 2.3 million people in 2015 among which 142,000 patients were also admitted.

He said that old machineries are being replaced by new advanced machines to relief maximum people. LRH consists 1,598 beds whereas approximately 470 patients get treatment in hospital daily.