<\/span><\/h2>\nLocated on Civil Hospital Road (N\u2011125), Taxila, the hospital caters to Taxila city, Wah Cantonment, and nearby villages\u2014serving an estimated local population of 150,000\u2013200,000<\/p>\n
<\/span>\ud83c\udfe5 Services & Facilities<\/span><\/h2>\n\n- Outpatient care across medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, dentistry, and ophthalmology<\/li>\n
- Emergency\/Trauma care\u2014but lacks a dedicated trauma center and blood bank<\/li>\n
- Basic radiology (analogue X\u2011ray) and pathology services; no digital imaging or CT scan<\/li>\n
- Anesthesia and dental units are non\u2011functional for over 20 years<\/li>\n
- Indoor maternity and minor surgical procedures\u2014but poor after\u2011hours coverage<\/li>\n
- Limited pharmacy stock; patients often must buy medicines externally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span>\ud83d\udd27 Infrastructure & Equipment Gaps<\/span><\/h2>\n\n- No operational blood bank\u2014visits user dismay<\/li>\n
- Aged anesthesia machine (20+ years) and broken dental unit<\/li>\n
- Budget constraints: annual medicine budget ~Rs\u202f0.8\u202fmillion\u2014used within 2\u20133 months<\/li>\n
- Frequent load-shedding\u2014surgeries\/ deliveries sometimes by candlelight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span>\ud83d\udc69\u200d\u2695\ufe0f Staffing & Oversight Issues<\/span><\/h2>\n\n- Critical specialist vacancies: surgeon, gynecologist, ENT, radiologist, pathologist :contentReference[oaicite:13]{index=13}<\/li>\n
- Only 3-out-of-8 Medical Officer positions filled; no civil surgeon :contentReference[oaicite:14]{index=14}<\/li>\n
- Incidents of sanitation workers handling clinical duties raised major oversight concerns :contentReference[oaicite:15]{index=15}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n