Lahore: A shocking investigation has revealed serious corruption, mismanagement and human rights violations at Lahore General Hospital, raising concerns over medical oversight and ethical standards in the city’s largest public healthcare facility.
Unqualified Staff Conducting Sensitive Procedures
The Lahore General hospital morgue has been performing postmortems on female bodies by untrained personnel and male staff members, bypassing proper medical protocols. The investigation obtained footage showing a female assistant conducting a postmortem in the absence of a qualified doctor, while another individual, neither a doctor nor a hospital employee, stitched the body. Medical experts describe both actions as illegal and medically unauthorized.
Unauthorized Personnel Handling Female Cadavers
Furthermore, the footage revealed that unrelated staff members were assigned to examine female bodies during sensitive postmortem procedures. This breach of protocol not only violates medical ethics but also raises serious human rights concerns, highlighting systemic negligence within the hospital administration.
Officials have yet to respond publicly to these revelations, but the investigation has prompted calls from legal and medical experts for immediate corrective measures to ensure that all postmortems are conducted by qualified professionals under strict oversight.
This expose sheds light on critical gaps in hospital governance, raising urgent questions about accountability and the protection of human dignity in public healthcare institutions.
