Health has still not been assigned the fundamental human right status in Pakistan
Mohammad Jahangir finally breathed his last on a January mid-night this year after over a dozen dialysis sessions in one year at public sector hospitals in the Twin Cities.
Revisiting the painful memories of his father, his only son, Mohammad Ibrahim, says “his feet, legs and nails had turned black a few days before his death as blood circulation in his body was affected”.
Coming from a low-income background, Ibrahim knocked at the doors of every public and private sector hospital to save his father’s life.