A 9 year old boy, which drowned in the local nallah inNaidkhai, but was retrieved alive, finally lost the fight of life, due toabsence of the doctor the local Primary Health Centers. According to reportsthe incident, that occurred on Friday, when a 9 year old boy Faizan Manzoor s/oYousuf Sultan r/o Niadkhai drowned in water, while he was playing in the localnallah. Although he was retrieved immediately from the water by passersby andrushed to Primary Health Centre Naidkhai, but there was no doctor present inthe center to give him the required first aid. He was then taken to SumbalHospital, where he was declared brought dead. Locals got infuriated over thedeath of the child due to the absence of the doctor at PHC Naidkhai andprotested against the messy health system in the area.“Had the child receivedmedical attention in time, his life would have been saved”, they alleged.

The protesters were up in arms against the health departmentand said that the system has totally failed in Sumbal area.

Pertinently Sumbal has been in news for past few days nowe,over the defunct health-care system in the area.

In the meanwhile a joint team of Nab Tehsildar and BMO,after being informed about the absence of doctors in various health facilitiesin the area by raided three centers, where he found doctors absent from theduty. The team marked them absent without authorization and the action has beeninitiated against the absent doctors posted at 3 centers Shilwath, Rakh eShilwath and Andkhaloo.