[DAWN] MANSEHRA: The provincial government has closed down four basic health units and two mobile outreach health service units in Mansehra...
a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south...district.
People fear the closure of health facilities created in remote areas of Shergar, Jarad, Gandian and Kotli Balla to curtail maternal and infant mortality rates will have negative bearing on local healthcare system.
They told Dawn the BHUs used to remain functional round the clock to offer not only pre- and postnatal care to women but also laboratory tests free of charge.
Currently, around 50 BHUs operate in the district from 8am to 2pm forcing patients, including pregnant women and infants, to visit rural health centres and tehsil and district headquarters hospitals at other times of the day.