Leading by example

PESHAWAR: While the dwellers of this city always play a leading role in rescue activities whenever visited by some trouble, the doctors at emergency department of the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) are no less than others.

Dr Shiraz Afridi, head of the Accident and Emergency Department, washed bodies of victims before burial. “I request the people to register themselves with us as volunteers to help us in washing the bodies in future,” said the doctor.

Dr Shiraz, the only qualified doctor in NWFP to deal with the emergency and accident cases, told The News that a 200-bedded Accident and Emergency Department had been approved in Peshawar and work on the project would be launched soon. He said it would be the largest facility of its type in the world.

The bearded Dr. Shiraz was the busiest man around after the Peshawar blast on Wednesday and again on Thursday, sharing information with reporters, relatives of the dead, injured and the missing people. And he was also making arrangements for the burial of the unclaimed bodies in liaison with the city district administration.