“Humein tou koi insaan nahi samajhta”: The life of a sanitary worker in Pakistan
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Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Besides discrimination, sanitary workers in Pakistan are also at higher risk of contracting life threatening diseases. Photo: Geo.tv/ file
I had known Younas Masih for several years. He was my neighborhood’s go-to-person if a clogged sewer needed cleaning.
Often, I would watch an emaciated Younas jump into a dark, grimy sewer armed with nothing but a wooden stick. All he had were his bare hands to protect him.
When Younas fell ill, his family did not have enough money to get him proper medical care. When he died, they didn’t have enough for his burial.
No more hotel quarantine facility for health workers
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Lower cadre workers worried about safety of their family members
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Lower cadre workers worried about safety of their family members The quarantine facility at hotels, provided to all health workers of Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) while on COVID-19 duty for the past nine months, was discontinued from Sunday. This decision has evoked criticism from a section of health workers.
Since April, all health workers of GRH - including doctors, nurses and sanitary workers - were accommodated at various hotels across the city during their quarantine leave. However, the decision to discontinue the facility was taken due to shortage of funds with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, say senior health department officials.