Pakistan's healthcare collapse: Funds crunch pushes Rawalpindi hospitals to brink of total medicine shutdown

The provision of free medications for patients across three major state-run healthcare facilities in the garrison city is on the verge of a complete breakdown next month, exposing the severe administrative collapse and financial bankruptcy of the Punjab Health Department, which has failed to release critical funds for the sector, Dawn reported.

Pakistan's healthcare collapse: Funds crunch pushes Rawalpindi hospitals to brink of total medicine shutdown. The provision of free medications for patients across three major state-run healthcare facilities in the garrison city is on the verge of a complete breakdown next month, exposing the severe administrative collapse and financial bankruptcy of the Punjab Health Department, which has failed to release critical funds for the sector, Dawn reported. The brewing healthcare crisis highlights the intensifying governance failure in Pakistan, where state-run medical facilities are being pushed to the brink of paralysis due to empty government coffers and systemic mismanagement. "Holy Family Hospital (HFH) Satellite Town, Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) Murree Road, and Rawalpindi Teaching Hospital (RTC) Raja Bazaar had demanded a PKR 4.5 bill...