PESHAWAR: An immediate inquiry has been ordered into an oxygen cylinder shortage at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s second largest teaching hospital, the Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has expressed his great displeasure over reports of the shortage and ordered action against those responsible, according to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government spokesperson Kamran Bangash.
Health Minister Taimur Jhagra has directed the board of governors to submit an inquiry report within 48 hours. The report will be made public, he vowed.
In the meantime, he asked people to avoid spreading rumours and fake news. “We will bring everything before the people”, Bangash confirmed.
Reports have been circulating of deaths at the hospital due to the oxygen shortage.
