Sindh, May 17 -- A team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) found unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff in government hospitals in Shikarpur and Kashmore-Kandhkot districts of Pakistan's Sindh on Thursday and Friday, The Express Tribune reported.

SHRC Chairman Iqbal Ahmed Detho, who led the visits to the hospitals, mentioned about the absence of adequate toilets, improper seating arrangements, a shortfall of beds for patients, and missing supplies of free medicines.

He noted that many female patients in the sweltering heat were sitting on the floor due to the lack of proper seating arrangements and waiting ro...