LAHORE: The Punjab government has assigned the newly built Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) to conduct postmortem examinations with 17 of the city’s police stations.
The stations are Shadman, Gulberg-1, Gulberg-2, Gulberg-3, Defence-A, Defence-B, Defence-C, South Cantt, North Cantt, Ichhra, Mustafaabad, Ghaziabad, Millat Park, Racecourse, Sarwar Road, Ghalib Market and
Guldasht Town. The PGMI has be
en built in the Lahore General Hospital (LGH).
There are only two
morgues in the city. The oldest is in King Edward Medical University’s Mortuary Department and the second is in Jinnah Hospital. A doctor
said people faced problems due to the non-availability of more
morgues in the
city.
He
said that due to the burden faced by the two
morgues timely completion of legal procedure of bodies was not possible. He
said that one more
morgue has started functioning the work could be completed on time. PGMI Professor Ghayasunnabi Tayyab
said the new
morgue would reduce the problems of citizens.
He added that medical professionals had started the first postmortem procedure on Saturday.
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