^ My mother worked in the 'public healthcare' system in Pakistan all her life. Things have been bad but improved in the last 4-5 years. Most of the Pakistani doctors specially working in the rural areas put up a real fight to effectively utilize the meager resources that they are provided.
These doctors have to use their experience and skill to diagnose and treat patients in absence of advanced diagnostic equipment and I guess they are more or less equally successful in doing that.
And then, we are talking about providing treatment to Huma Wasim, which I am sure could be reasonably well provided in Pakistan, specially in private hospitals.
I agree that they have improved, but are they enough to handle situations. and really I am not trying to discuss death of Huma Wasim only. Dozens of ppl die in Pakistan daily on health care related issues only. Huma is just an example and got the highlight cause she was wife of a known person.
Else, the real situation is much horrible than one can imagine. The point is that serious reform is required all together. Enough of erecting mobile phone towers and its companies. Pakistan need better services in Water, Electricity , Health care and food.
Like yesterday Sui Nothern Gas Annoucned that it would not provide GAS to the industry for three months. Thats alarming as well.
I know our doctors very well and their capabilities as well, but again they do best with what they got. You know that our house officer who are doing house job after their graduation earn like 6,000 per month and they do work like 12-16 hours perday. This really discourages most of them. Hence they go to other countries. Most of them receive threats from political parties as well, if something goes wrong with political party workers.