Patients’ referral point established at Torkham border

LANDIKOTAL: As goodwill gesture, Pakistani border authorities established a medical referral point at Torkham border to facilitate patients coming from Afghanistan for medical treatment in different hospitals in Pakistan.

Political tehsildar Torkham, Shamsul Islam told reporters that on the directive of high ups they established a medical check point being run by two medical doctors. He said patients coming from Afghanistan for medical treatment would be facilitated at Torkham border to facilitate.

He said traveling documents of Afghan patients would be checked at Torkham border before they could be referred to different private and public sector hospitals in Pakistan. He said it was decided that patients with serious sickness would be exempted of traveling documents. The official said around 50 Afghan patients  each day are being checked at the checking point who were referred to concern doctors for best possible medical treatment.

Shams said they were also taking approval to provide first aid facilities to the Afghan patients before they could safely take patients to hospitals in Pakistan.

He said all the patients would be required getting examination at the medical point before proceed ahead.