“DATA Sweets and Bakers” Bahawalpur sealed for selling unhygienic sweet

Lahore : District Co-ordination Officer Bahawalpur, Dr. Ehtisham Anwar Mahaar has said that all patients who got sick after eating substandard and unhygienic sweet and got admitted at Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital are in stable condition.

The patients admitted in the hospital’s Accidents and Emergency department are being extended best medical cover by mobilizing all available resources.

He made these remarks during a visit of Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital to inspect the measures taken regarding the medical treatment provided to the patients at the hospital. He was accompanied by EDO health Dr. Shahid Khaliq; Assistant Commissioner Bahawalpur city Rao Tasleem Akhter; District health officer Dr. Saeed Asghar; Director Accidents and Emergency department of BVH Dr. Amir and other officers and officials of the concerned departments.

DCO was briefed by the director Accidents and Emergency department BVH Dr. Amir about the different medical measures taken by the hospital authorities which include:- washing of the stomach of the patients immediately after their admission in the hospital and sending of the blood and food samples of the patients for chemical examination at the pathological lab.

EDO health Dr. Shahid Khaliq informed the visiting DCO that the admitted patients are being properly looked after and they are out of danger. He informed DCO that 5 patients who have been admitted in the hospital include:- Zohaib Arshad from Lodhran; Rahil Victor from Rahim Yar Khan; Muhammad Aslam from Model town ‘C’ Bahawalpur; Manzoor Ahmad from Moza Pakka Laaran tehsil liaqatpur and Muhammad Safdar from Karachi Mod Bahawalpur.

Meanwhile on the directions of the DCO Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtisham Anwar Mahaar local administration has sealed the concerned sweets shop “DATA Sweets and Bakers” chowk Saraiki Bahawalpur which sold the substandard and unhygienic sweet to the customers who got sick after eating it.